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Vatican Exhibit Celebrates AstronomyBy Carmen Elena Villa VATICAN CITY, OCT. 13, 2009 .- The Astrum 2009 exhibition, opening Friday in the Vatican Museums, will showcase astronomical instruments over four centuries old next to the most modern counterparts.
Topix.net Thursday, October 15, 2009Kew seed bank has 10% of all plants - and countingThe Millennium Seed Bank has reached its initial target of collecting 10 per cent of the world's known wild plant species
NewScientist.com Thursday, October 15, 2009How to Protect Other Planets from Earth MicrobesWith every spacecraft that leaves Earth, millions of microbes hitch a ride into space. As astrobiologists search for life in other worlds, preventing forward and back contamination remains a key priority.
SPACE.com Thursday, October 15, 2009Amateur Astronomer is ''Chasing Galileo''A collage of 21-day old Moons, sketched by Galileo, , an image from Jane Houston Jones' telescope, center, and Jane's sketch, right.
Topix.net Thursday, October 15, 2009Loaves and Fishes asks lot owners to let homeless camp out for a night - Bizjournals.comLoaves and Fishes asks lot owners to let homeless camp out for a nightBizjournals.comLocal ordinances forbid camping on public property but allow homeless people to camp on private property, with the consent of the owner of the property, ...Homeless' Lawyer Targets Camping RuleKCRA.comHomeless advocates seek lots for one-night staysSacramento Beeall 3 news articles raquo;
Info 5000 Thursday, October 15, 2009More Water on the Moon: Second Instrument Confirms FindingsIn late September, a team of scientists announced finding water molecule signatures across much of the Moon's surface. Now, a second instrument on board India's Chandrayaan-1's lunar orbiter confirms how the water is being produced. The Sub keV Atom reflecting Analyzer (SARA) corroborates that electrically charged particles from the Sun interact [...]
Universe Today Thursday, October 15, 2009IBEX satellite finds ribbon-like structure at edge of heliosphere(DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory) The invisible structures of space are becoming less so, as scientists look out to the far edges of the solar wind bubble that separates our solar system from the interstellar cloud through which it flies. Using the High Energy Neutral Atom Imager, led by Los Alamos National Laboratory, the NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission has sent back data that indicates a "noodle soup" of solar material has accumulated at the outer fringes of the heliosphere bubble.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, October 15, 2009Zeppelins, The Titanic, and the Future of Education: Studies in Crap...Zeppelins, The Titanic , and the Future of Education: Studies in Crap Celebrates Progress With a 1913 Scientific American Thursday, Oct.
Topix.net Thursday, October 15, 2009Lunar Lander Floats on Electric-blue JetsHow do you fly on a world with no atmosphere? Wings won't work and neither do propellers. The space agency is perfecting the art of "airless flying" using a prototype lunar lander at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
NASA Thursday, October 15, 2009NASA spacecraft provides first view of our place in the galaxy(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX,spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the firstcomprehensive sky map of our solar system and its location in theMilky Way galaxy. The new view will change the way researchers viewand study the interaction between our galaxy and sun.
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