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Dear ScienceThe Death of Stars
An old astronomy teacher of mine used to say that when we look up at the stars, we look back in time because the light from the stars that reaches our eyes on Earth may have left those stars tens of thousands of years ago.
Topix.net Monday, October 19, 2009

RIT scientists use supercomputers to 'see' black holes
(Rochester Institute of Technology) Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology have won time on one of the fastest computers in the world in their quest to "shine light" on black holes and test unexplored aspects of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The team is also collaborating with scientists at other institutions to create an open toolkit and cyberinfrastructure to model black holes, neutron stars and accretion disks.
Eurekalert.org Monday, October 19, 2009

32 new exoplanets found
(ESO) Today, the team who built HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO's 3.6-meter telescope, reports on the incredible discovery of some 32 new exoplanets, cementing HARPS's position as the world's foremost exoplanet hunter. This result also increases the number of known low-mass planets by an impressive 30 percent. Over the past five years HARPS has spotted more than 75 of the roughly 400 or so exoplanets now known.
Eurekalert.org Monday, October 19, 2009

New View of NGC 6822 - Barnard's Galaxy
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Source: European Southern Observatory - Comments IMAGE: Astronomers obtained this portrait of Barnard's Galaxy using the Wide Field Imager attached to the 2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile.
Topix.net Monday, October 19, 2009

$500,000 treasure dug up in lunar soil
For the first time a robot labourer has dug enough simulated lunar soil to win NASA's annual prize
Newscientist.com Monday, October 19, 2009

We will be billions of dollars poorer when coral dies
The world's coral reefs "earn" $172 billion every year, but they're on the brink of collapse, economist says
Newscientist.com Monday, October 19, 2009

First evidence that bird flu is spread sexually
Bird flu may be a sexually transmitted infection, at least in ducks – and the less well-endowed the male, the greater the chance of spreading the virus
Newscientist.com Monday, October 19, 2009

NASA Satellites and Baja California on watch as Hurricane Rick approaches
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites flew over Hurricane Rick this weekend, and watched the storm strengthen into a major hurricane.
Eurekalert.org Monday, October 19, 2009

Super typhoon Lupit heading west in the Philippine Sea
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Lupit has joined the ranks of super typhoons in the Western Pacific Ocean, and is currently packing maximum sustained winds near 132 mph, down from a previous peak near 149 mph, but still a Category Four strength typhoon.
Eurekalert.org Monday, October 19, 2009

If Your Dream Is To Boldly Go, 32 More Planets Found
European astronomers have discovered new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop. Six of the newly found planets are several times bigger than Earth, increasing the population of so-called super-Earths by more than 30 percent.
NPR Monday, October 19, 2009

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