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Welcome to Sea and Sky's Astronomy News. Here you can find links to the latest space news headlines on the topic of astronomy. Click on any yellow title below to view the full news article. The news article will open in a new browser window. Simply close the browser window when you are finished reading the article to return to the news article listing.

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Atlantis' payload delivered; astronauts return to Kennedy
Ground teams are preparing for the final part of launch dress rehearsal for the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station.
Publ.Date : Friday, October 30, 2009

LCROSS impacts the Moon in search for water ice
LCROSS science instruments worked exceedingly well and returned a wealth of data that will greatly improve our understanding of the Moon.
Publ.Date : Friday, October 09, 2009

The LCROSS has landed
Despite public disappointment over the lack of a visible debris plume, NASA remains confident of the mission's success.
Publ.Date : Friday, October 09, 2009

Astronomy magazine accepting entries for 2009 outreach award
Astronomy's Out-of-this-world Award recognizes excellence in astronomy outreach. The winning group receives $2,500 to put toward their public programming.
Publ.Date : Friday, October 23, 2009

NASA gives "go" for space shuttle Atlantis launch November 16
Senior NASA and contractor managers assessed the risks associated with the mission and determined the shuttle's equipment, support systems, and procedures are ready.
Publ.Date : Friday, November 06, 2009

Rapid supernova could be new class of exploding star
The rapid drop in brightness, coupled with the supernova's faintness, the strong signature of helium in the spectrum of the explosion, the absence of hydrogen, and the possible presence of vanadium points toward helium detonation on a white dwarf.
Publ.Date : Thursday, November 05, 2009

Frost-covered Phoenix Lander seen in winter images
The HiRISE team targeted their camera at the known location of the lander to get the new images and compared them to a HiRISE image of the frost-free lander taken June 2008.
Publ.Date : Thursday, November 05, 2009

Galaxy cluster smashes distance record
The galaxy cluster JKCS041 beats the previous record holder by about a billion light-years.
Publ.Date : Thursday, October 29, 2009

Fermi telescope caps its first year with a glimpse of space-time
Scanning the entire sky every 3 hours, the Large Area Telescope is giving Fermi scientists an increasingly detailed look at the extreme universe.
Publ.Date : Thursday, October 29, 2009

Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box
One of the most spectacular star clusters nestles deep in the southern skies near the Southern Cross in the constellation Crux.
Publ.Date : Thursday, October 29, 2009

MESSENGER spacecraft reveals more hidden territory on Mercury
Many new features were revealed during the third flyby, including a region with a bright area surrounding an irregular depression that is suspected to be volcanic in origin.
Publ.Date : Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Carbon atmosphere discovered on neutron star
Scientists determined that the neutron star in Cassiopeia A has an ultra-thin coating of carbon.
Publ.Date : Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Ares I-X rocket completes successful flight test
NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a 2-minute powered flight.
Publ.Date : Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Shedding light on the cosmic skeleton
Astronomers were able to make a real demographic study of a massive filamentary structure, and they have identified several groups of galaxies surrounding the main galaxy cluster.
Publ.Date : Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Ares I-X launch delayed until Wednesday
The Ares I-X launch team is preparing for a 24-hour turnaround, targeting 8 a.m. on Wednesday as liftoff time for the Ares I-X flight test vehicle.
Publ.Date : Tuesday, October 27, 2009

"Ultra-primitive" particles found in comet dust
The biggest surprise about the dust is the abundance of tiny dust particles that formed in previous generations of stars and in supernova explosions before the formation of the solar system.
Publ.Date : Monday, November 02, 2009

VERITAS telescope array helps solve the origin of cosmic rays
Observations show that exploding stars and stellar "winds" power cosmic rays.
Publ.Date : Monday, November 02, 2009

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): NASA's mission to map the lunar surface
Keep up with Astronomy magazine's coverage of this important mission. Here you'll find the latest headlines and blogs about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS).
Publ.Date : Monday, June 15, 2009

Astronomy magazine celebrates its new observatory
On September 17, 2009, editors will dedicate the magazine's observatory at Rancho Hidalgo, near Animas, New Mexico.
Publ.Date : Monday, September 14, 2009

MESSENGER at Mercury — the third time's the charm
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will sweep low over Mercury September 29, when it will snap more than 1,500 pictures and adjust its trajectory for entering orbit in 2011.
Publ.Date : Monday, September 28, 2009

 

 
 

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