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NASA launches space exploration app for the iPhoneNASA has launched a free iPhone application that allows users to easily access videos, images and news updates published by the space agency.
Topix.net Saturday, October 24, 2009How Galileo and his spyglass turned the world on its headToday it would hardly pass muster as a child's plaything, but the telescope Galileo used 400 years ago this week to peer into the heavens overturned the foundations of knowledge, changing our perception of the universe and our place in it.
Topix.net Saturday, October 24, 2009Video - NASA's Ares I-X Test FlightGo behind the scenes of NASA's first Ares I-X rocket test flight. Credit: NASA.
SPACE.com Saturday, October 24, 2009Stacking Up the World's Tallest RocketsNASA's new Ares I-X rocket may be the world's largest booster currently in service or about to fly, but it is no behemoth when compared to giant rockets of the past and, perhaps, the future.
SPACE.com Saturday, October 24, 2009'We live in a tenth-of-a-second world'A history of human reaction time, A Tenth of a Second by Jimena Canales investigates its role in physiology, sports measurement and astronomy
NewScientist.com Saturday, October 24, 2009Space Truckers Aren't Science Fiction AnymoreWith a growing budget deficit, there's not too much appetite in Washington to increase NASA's funding. So some of what the agency does now, like shipping cargo to the space station, will almost certainly be picked up by private companies.
NPR Saturday, October 24, 2009Podcast: Famous StarsThis week we're going to talk about famous stars. But not those boring human ones you read about in People magazine. No, we're talking about those hot balls of plasma across the distant Universe. The close ones, the bright ones, the massive ones, the giant ones. Let's get to know some famous stars. Click here to [...]
Universe Today Saturday, October 24, 2009Podcast: Dwarf StarsWe think we live near an average star, but that's not the case at all. Compared to most stars in the Universe, the Sun is a giant! Let's look at the small end of the stellar spectrum, to stars with a fraction of the size and mass of our own Sun. There are many ways [...]
Universe Today Saturday, October 24, 2009Podcast: Dragon*Con With Seth ShostakThis week we step away from our regular programming to bring you a live show from Dragon*Con in Atlanta. Pamela shares the stage with SETI researcher Seth Shostak. Together they discuss the technology and science of searching for intelligence, and answer questions from the audience. Click here to download the episode. Or subscribe to: astronomycast.com/podcast.xml with your [...]
Universe Today Saturday, October 24, 2009Snapshots from 25 years of publicizing astronomy by Stephen MaranIt's viewed as almost a professional responsibility to publicize your research. Courtesy of S. Maran Astronomer and author Stephen P. Maran recently retired from 25 years as press officer for the American Astronomical Society.
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