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Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee Meeting 10-11 Feb 2012

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:33:04 -0800
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee Meeting 10-11 Feb 2012
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Funding Drought Jeopardizes Future NASA Astronomy Missions

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:24:07 -0800
AUSTIN, Texas — With NASA operating on an increasingly tight budget, the agency's ability to launch future large astronomy missions is at risk, scientists said. And this quandary has no simple solution.
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NASA Marshall Researcher Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou Receives 2012 Dannie Heineman Prize in Astrophysics

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:34:59 -0800
NASA Marshall Researcher Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou Receives 2012 Dannie Heineman Prize in Astrophysics
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NASA Hosts Briefing On New Observations of Interstellar Matter

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:02:39 -0800
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, to discuss new analysis from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft of material from outside our solar system and the interstellar boundary...
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Cutbacks imperil NASA astronomy missions

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:15:57 -0800
With NASA operating on an increasingly tight budget, the agency's ability to launch future large astronomy missions is at risk, scientists said. And this quandary has no simple solution.
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AAS Dispatch: Big Funding Cuts Loom for Astronomy Projects

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:01:52 -0800
Budget woes are about to reach all the way into space.
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Physicist talks on ‘observer effects’ at free talk

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:17:09 -0800
TROY, N.Y. -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institure’s Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center will host physicist John D. Barrow in a free and open to the public lecture on the "observer effects" principle and the impact of images on the development of science throughout history on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m.
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Report Endorses NASA's Proposed Contribution to Euclid Mission

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:32:38 -0800
Report Endorses NASA's Proposed Contribution to Euclid Mission
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Teacher Feature: UR professor discovers Saturn-like ring system

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:45:55 -0800
Professor Eric Mamajek of the Department of Physics and Astronomy provides insight into his recent astronomical discovery — a Saturn-like ring formation in the constellation Centaurus.
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Space Day shows students the fun side of science, math

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:57:09 -0800
Elementary students viewed a star-studded night sky during class.Older students sent rockets soaring across classrooms.A NASA astronaut and a Lockheed-Martin space operations engineer shared their stories.It was all part of the second annual Space Day at Discovery Canyon Campus in Academy...
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