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Vatican Hosts Alien Conference
... Thirty scientists, Catholics and non-Catholics, came from across the world to attend the summit. Chris Impey, an astronomy professor from the University of Arizona, said he had not problem with the Vatican hosting it. "Both science and religion ... Comment?
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NASA debunks 2012 doomsayers
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Apparently, NASA scientists are concerned that people might think that Roland Emmerich's new disaster movie "2012" is a documentary. Comment?
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Study Finds Missing Link in How Stars Die
Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopy of this inconspicuous blue object -- SDSS1102+2054 -- reveals it to be an extremely rare stellar remnant: a white dwarf with an oxygen-rich atmosphere. Comment?
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The Lithium Clue to Exoplanets
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The exoplanet watch among our readers is clearly in full operation, to judge from the number of backchannel messages I received about the latest work from HARPS . Comment?
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Phew, Just Missed Us! 23 foot diameter Asteroid passes just 8,700miles from Earth - we had only 15 hours warning Although no one noticed at the time, the Earth was almost hit by an asteroid last Friday. Comment?
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NASA Sends Mural To UMaine
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... but clouds thousands and thousands of light years away that block our view," said Neil Comins, a professor of astronomy at UMaine. "And since the infrared and x-rays can see through these clouds, we can see these features absolutely invisible to us ... Comment?
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NASA to try to free stuck Mars rover Spirit
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A picture taken on April 26 shows the Spirit rover's wheels slipping in soft Martian ground, as seen by the rover's front hazard-avoidance camera. Comment?
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Rosetta to make final home call
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Europe's Rosetta probe will make its third and final flyby of Earth on Friday as it seeks to position itself to chase down a comet in 2014. Comment?
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New U. telescope captures universe
The University of Utah's astronomy program became full-fledged Wednesday with the official unveiling of the department's first reflective research telescope that was mounted this summer on a peak in southwest Utah. Comment?
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Vatican Looks to Heavens for Signs of Alien Life
"Could god have sent his only son, to us and to another civilization?" George Coyne is an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory; he says scientists are trying to solve several theological and philosophical issues that would be created by alien life... like if they had any hope of "salvation." It's a move that's gaining a lot of criticism from ... Comment?
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Rapid Star Formation Spotted In 'Stellar Nurseries' Of Infant Galaxies
The findings show that "stellar nurseries" within the first galaxies gave birth to stars at a much more rapid rate than previously expected, the researchers from Durham's Institute for Computational Cosmology revealed. Comment?
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GSU Planetarium to Unveil Images from NASAa s Great Observatories
... X-ray Observatory. The photographs of the central region of our Galaxy commemorate the International Year of Astronomy, which marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of the telescope to explore space. The images will be unveiled tomorrow night ... Comment?
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... tell scientists more about movement and how life functions, said Steve Hawley, Kansas professor of physics and astronomy and an astronaut on five shuttle missions. "The more we learn about how physiology works in space whether it's human physiology ... Comment?
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(VIDEO) Astrobiology Is the Study of Life in the Universe
... of life to adapt to future challenges, both on Earth and in space. Astrobiology utilizes physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, molecular biology, ecology, planetary science, geography and geology to investigate the possibility of life on other ... Comment?
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The Earth Is Middle-Aged Say Authors of The Life and Death of Planet Earth
The earth is middle-aged according to the authors of "The Life and Death of Planet Earth." In their compelling book 'The Life and Death of Planet Earth,' Geologist Peter D. Ward and Astronomer Donald Brownlee describe a planet in late middle age on a trajectory toward a lifeless end. Comment?
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Meteor shower to brighten night sky if the clouds stay away
... flashes in the sky, but they are only predicting 12 an hour," said Scott Severson, a Sonoma State University astronomy professor. Others predict as many as 20 to 30 meteors will streak across the sky every hour, still far fewer than the 2002 meteor ... Comment?
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2009 Leonids; a Wise Decision
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... you know (or even those you may not know) for their service. Yesterday was also Wednesday so there is a new astronomy video that talks a bit about the upcoming Leonid Meteor Shower. I'll have some more information about that today. I'll also be ... Comment?
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Vatican ponders the souls in space
... on the scientific perspective and how different disciplines can be used to explore the issue. Chris Impey, an astronomy professor at the University of Arizona, said it was appropriate that the Vatican would host such a meeting. "Both science and ... Comment?
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Setting sail into space, propelled by sunshine
About a year from now, if all goes well, a box about the size of a loaf of bread will pop out of a rocket some 500 miles above the Earth. Comment?
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Salty fun in Salar de Uyuni - Uyuni, Bolivia
Hmm, where to begin... The astronomy tour in San Pedro was grand, like. It was mostly full of Germans again but only a subset of them were old. Comment?
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