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    Feb 15, 2013 |Story| AM News

  1. Fiery meteor explodes over Russia; 1,100 injured

    MOSCOW (AP) - With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains region Friday and exploded with the force of an atomic bomb, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city of 1 million.
    Associated Press
    MOSCOW (AP) - With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains region Friday and exploded with the force of an atomic bomb, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread...

    Tags: Russia, Vladimir Putin, NASA, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Dmitry Medvedev

    2. Sep 4, 2012 |Story| Winchester Sun

  2. Dreaming and reading about Mars

    The title of this article is taken verbatim from a story by Thomas Elway in the May, 1930 edition of Popular Science magazine. (Here’s the web address if you’d like to look it up: http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=OigDAAAAMBAJ&pg=56)
    Clark County Public Library
    The title of this article is taken verbatim from a story by Thomas Elway in the May, 1930 edition of Popular Science magazine. (Here’s the web address if you’d like to look it up: http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=OigDAAAAMBAJ&pg=56) In...

    Tags: NASA, Fiction, Libraries, Science and Technology, Satellite Technology

    3. Apr 12, 2012 |Story| Winchester Sun

  3. Chasing Einstein: Morehead high schoolers who discovered pulsars to speak at Clark library

    Two high school girls from Morehead who have made discoveries in outer space supporting Einstein’s theory of relativity are coming to the Clark County Public Library to talk about their studies.
    The Winchester Sun
    Two high school girls from Morehead who have made discoveries in outer space supporting Einstein’s theory of relativity are coming to the Clark County Public Library to talk about their studies. Through a pulsar astronomy class taught by Jennifer...

    Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Research, Libraries, Radio

    4. Dec 12, 2011 |Story| AM News

  4. CAC digs heels into prep work for blockbuster exhibit

    Although the holiday season is still in full effect — the Community Arts Center’s walls are lined with decorated trees and beautiful, seasonal paintings by Eric Johnson — work already has begun on the blockbuster exhibit premiering in January. “SPACE — Imagine That!” already proves to be an interesting and challenging endeavor for staff of the Community Arts Center.
    bobbie@communityartscenter.net
    Although the holiday season is still in full effect — the Community Arts Center’s walls are lined with decorated trees and beautiful, seasonal paintings by Eric Johnson — work already has begun on the blockbuster exhibit premiering in...

    Tags: Holidays, Science, Arts, Imagine That (movie), Arts and Culture

    5. Jun 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. This video is a trip -- through the known universe

    Astronomers have put the known universe in a box on your computer screen – the 120 million light-years of it within our grasp, at least.
    Astronomers have put the known universe in a box on your computer screen – the 120 million light-years of it within our grasp, at least. With a mellifluous French-accented narration, some light piano music and sweeping computer animation, the...

    Tags: MTV (tv network), Travel, Trips and Vacations

    6. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Smallest galaxy sheds light on evolution of dark matter in Universe

    Astronomers have discovered a strangely tiny galaxy in the Milky Way’s neighborhood -- one with less than 1,000 stars held together by the smallest dark matter halo ever observed.
    Astronomers have discovered a strangely tiny galaxy in the Milky Way’s neighborhood -- one with less than 1,000 stars held together by the smallest dark matter halo ever observed. The galaxy known as Segue 2, described in the Astrophysical...

    Tags: Science and Technology

    7. Jun 2, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  7. How to survive a zombie apocalypse

    Zombies. Giant super-storms. Runaway climate change. Alien invasions. Sneak attacks by invading enemy nations.
    chrisc@herald-mail.com
    Zombies. Giant super-storms. Runaway climate change. Alien invasions. Sneak attacks by invading enemy nations. Thrilling stuff of end-of-life-as-we-know-it science fiction books and movies. But as recent news coverage reminds us — Superstorm...

    Tags: NASA, First Aid, Hurricane Katrina (2005), American Red Cross, Plan B (drug)

    8. May 31, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  8. Big asteroid sails by Earth

    An asteroid nine times the length of the Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner is swanning past Earth on Friday, giving astronomers their first chance to study the big rock with big radar telescopes.
    An asteroid nine times the length of the Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner is swanning past Earth on Friday, giving astronomers their first chance to study the big rock with big radar telescopes. Called the QE2, the asteroid isn't one of the potentially...

    Tags: Elizabeth II, Science, NASA, Space Programs, Research

    9. Jun 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Newly discovered alien world is giant, hot and 300 light-years away

    Scientists have snapped an image of a newly discovered alien world that is just 300 light-years from Earth.
    Scientists have snapped an image of a newly discovered alien world that is just 300 light-years from Earth. The planet, dubbed HD 95086 b, is huge--four to five times the size of Jupiter -- and it makes a wide circle around its young sun, orbiting the...

    Tags: Science, NASA, Science and Technology

    10. May 15, 2013 |Story| Glendale News Press

  10. Local stargazers escape to the desert

    They traveled more than 200 miles from the San Gabriel Valley to reach one of the darkest corners in Southern California.
    They traveled more than 200 miles from the San Gabriel Valley to reach one of the darkest corners in Southern California. Three hours before sunset on Saturday, half a dozen amateur astronomers unloaded high-powered telescopes onto a concrete platform...

    Tags: Saturn, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mojave National Preserve

    11. May 9, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  11. Astronomer studied moonlight night Stonewall shot

    Associated Press
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An astronomer says his calculations about the exact position of a full moon one night in 1863 would help explain how Confederate Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was felled by friendly fire in the Civil War.   The legendary...
    12. May 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Ring Nebula's true shape revealed: A distorted jelly doughnut

    Looks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to nebulae.
    Looks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to nebulae. From here on Earth, the well-studied Ring Nebula looks like a fiery, slightly misshapen ring with fuzzy edges and a hole in its center. But using data collected from the Hubble Telescope,...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Doughnuts, Tylenol (drug), Foods and Beverages

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