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07/29/2010 09:59 PM
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World-renowned astronomer Donald C. Backer dies at age 66
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Don Backer, a professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a world leader in the field of radio astronomy, died on Sunday, July 25, after collapsing outside his home.
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07/29/2010 07:54 PM
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Megameter chasm on an icy moon
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I know I haven't been posting much astronomy the past few days - Comic Con, w00tstock, and "Bad Universe" have kept me hopping - so to make up for it a little bit, here's a lovely image sent back a billion kilometers from Cassini: This is Tethys, an ice moon of Saturn.
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07/29/2010 03:40 PM
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Brown Dwarf Found Orbiting a Young Sun-Like Star
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PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, July 29, 2010 Source: University of Arizona - Comments Astronomers have imaged a very young brown dwarf, or failed star, in a tight orbit around a young nearby sun-like star.
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07/29/2010 11:41 AM
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Planetary triangle forming in evening sky
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A trio of planets converging in the night sky this week and for several nights will give casual skywatchers the perfect chance to easily see and identify worlds they might not normally notice.
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07/29/2010 07:36 AM
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Free park event will focus on astronomy at Lake Maria State Park
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A free Universe in the Park program will begin at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at Lake Maria State Park.
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07/29/2010 05:31 AM
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Mission: Deep space
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The "Mars antenna" is a towering communications dish that NASA has used since 1966 to track spacecraft traveling beyond the moon.
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07/29/2010 01:11 AM
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Praise for Webb
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07/28/2010 08:47 PM
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Plankton declining across oceans
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The amount of phytoplankton - tiny marine plants - in the top layers of the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, research suggests.
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07/28/2010 05:33 PM
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Alien planets locked in close embrace
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An artist's conception shows multiple gas giants in orbit around an alien star. A recently detected planetary system has two gas giants in "the tightest system that's ever been discovered." updated 38 minutes ago Two distant alien planets around a dying star have been discovered locked in the closest orbital embrace ever seen, a new study has ...
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07/28/2010 03:33 PM
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Unexplained pattern of cosmic rays discovered
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IceCube captures signals of notoriously elusive but scientifically fascinating subatomic particles called neutrinos.
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