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How can I find good sites about astronomy (news & image) ?

A good website for Up-To-Date Astronomy/Space news? Ok, so I have a huge interest in Astronomy, and i was wondering if there was a website i could find out about updates from NASA (like there probes and what they are working on), When there are events happening in the skies, like meteor showers, planet alignments. And news about new planets and gallaxies being found. I would appriciate it! Thanks =) These websites are great, Thanks!

What's a good website to get recent space & astronomy news? Atleast in your opinion.

Where can I get astronomy news from?

Have you guys seen the latest Astronomy news on the explosion of a star that's 90,000 times that of our sun? The question I have is that since it says, "the huge gamma-ray burst occurred 12.2 billion light years away." Does that mean the explosion happened over 12 billion years ago? Here's the link to this news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090219/sc_afp/sciencespaceastronomy

what astronomy topic should i make a movie about? it's a project where i use my imovie and put together a video of a speech or whatever. i have to ask astronomy people for suggestions and follow up on it, weather i'm suppose to be doing astronomy news or anything. so ..what is your idea? and thanks !

Is there anything new in astronomy news?

Good astronomy/space news websites? I've recently taken a liking to all things astronomical. It's fun looking through pages of Wikipedia information about NASA missions and stuff but can someone recommend me a good website that keeps me updated every day about news in the world of astronomy and perhaps has a good, sizable community to help feed my interests? I've looked obviously at NASA sites and the official pages but I'm looking for something a bit more regular and up-to-date. Thanks.

Astronomy/spaceflight news sites? Are there any good astronomy/spaceflight news sites besides space.com? Thanks in advance.

best astronomy/space news site? where can i get the latest news about space missions, star gazing, and other astronomy related stuff? pictures, videos and cool stories would be a plus

Some sites in German about news, astronomy or anything else interesting please?

Astronomy News Letters? Looking for a periodic newsletter that summarizes recent developments in astronomy, cosmology, astrophysics, etc.,. Suggestions? Periodic newsletter that's emailed to subscribers. BTW--Who besides me thinks Brant looks like Jeff Corwin? : )

Know any good sources for latest space news? I'm looking for resources for the latest space/astronomy news. I have many of the basics down, but please feel to post sources that you know. Thank You.

where can i get the best astronomy english news?

What are three of this week's major news headlines from the world of astronomy?

Can you recommend any good websites for up-to-date news and research in astronomy?

i need a website where i can read the scientific news everyday and especially physics and astronomy?

where can i get the news about the most similar planet to the earth that is discovered nowadays? can u give me some astronomy news

recent astronomy/space science news/discoverys? any thing happen recently in this field ie the last 12 weeks

do you astronomy enthusiast keep up on all the latest space news? i do , fascinating

Recomend me good news, music, movies, astronomy, whatever pages to suscribe or like Graphic Jam...Thanks!?

what is the Latest Big News in the Field of Astronomy ?

Give me the latest interesting news of space & astronomy. Thanx!?

I want to join the school newspaper and write about astronomy. Any ideas? Any ideas of what I could write about? So far I can think of: Recent astronomical events or scientific news Some explanitory article on a topic in astronomy sound good?

I need a Current Event Involving Astronomy and/or Space Science? If you know of any INTERESTING current news in astronomy or space science and you could direct me towards the online article that would be FANTASTIC!

Where can I get the latest news about what's happening in science? I'm reading this amazing book called "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. I'm just in awe with astronomy and geology and particle physics and anything to do with how our universe began and where science is headed.... Where can I keep up with the latest news and findings in science? I recently read an article in the TIMES on what happened before the big bang (fascinating !!) where can I read more about it?

Is the race for finding other intelligent life in the galaxy, out weighing the race to land on Mars? Every peice of astronomy news I have read for the past few years has been about searching for new planets across the galaxy. But hardly, I hear of any mission to Mars. What are leading astronomers current objectives for astronomy?

Check out the latest astro news !!!!!!!!!!!? I came accross this site and omg check out all the astronomy news ( on the right of page) it's really awesome! I check back daily , thought i'd share . http://astronomy-watch.blogspot.com

can u pls send me news or accidents that are related to science for ex.biology,astronomy........? i am from hong kong...our teacher ask us to do newspaper cutting that means we paste the news that are relates to science.i tried to search about earthquake and landscapes....can u pls i beg ...pls send it to my account.....i need to give it to sir before 15/11 thanks a lot!

Where can i get the latest news in the world of physics, astronomy, fringe science, etc? Is there an up-to-date source that will inform me of the latest experiments, discoveries, etc. Im so sick of finding out about things months later. I used to have a physicist professor who would tell me everything going on in the physics world, fringe science, new technology, but he’s passed on. Id like to keep his spirit alive and continue to learn about what absolutely fascinates me. Anything would help. Thank you Thank you all so much. Ive no idea how i can choose best answer, they were all very helpful, so im not even going to attempt it. Thanks again

what's new in astronomy? i've been gone for a few weeks ..what's goin on in the astronomy news world?

check out the latest astro news !!!!!!!!!!!? I came accross this site and omg check out all the astronomy news ( on the right of page) it's really awesome! I check back daily , thought i'd share . http://astronomy-watch.blogspot.com

What should I do for my astronomy project? I am doing a project on the life of the sun and I have to include some "extra information" like a myth, news article, art piece, etc. I can't find anything I think will work. Does anyone have a suggestion? (It doesn't have to deal specifically with the life of the sun, it just has to be about the sun.)

Have you information about astronomy? I'm colecting all information about astronomy. The news about astronomy, or anything else for my paper. please tell me by using email. if you are indonesian, please tell me in indonesia and send to fakhriy_d@yahoo.com

I am supposed to write a paper for my science course and I want it to be on astronomy, what should it be about? It should be a more modern topic, like something happening in the news today.

why are there meteors suddenly plummeting to the earth the past 2 months? i noticed it in all the astronomy news stuff n sites and wondering what's going on

Can u recommend a website on space and astronomy? I need a good website which has the latest news on space, detailed info on planets, stars, galaxies, constellations, nebulae etc...is there a website which has all this info?

Which science news magazine emphasizes biology/genetics? I know that there are science magazines out there that emphasize astronomy and technology and then also have articles on other scientific subjects, but are there any that focus on biology, microbiology, and genetics. Please leave your suggestions. Thanks!

What are some astronomy questions I'll see in university?What is good site to study astronomy(not space site) No space sites like study easy stuff or no news sites with recent news. Some study sites for astronomy

Biology news article homework? I have to do a summary of two news articles regarding science and present them. they can be related to the environment, health, medicine, agriculture, scientific discoveries, or the natural sciences, such as biology, geology, astronomy, and meteorology. Anyone know about any news like that going on right now? its due tomorrow, and i can't find Anything, i need help!

UK Astronomy viewing updates via email? I would like to do some astronomy viewing. I have some nice binoculars and a couple of good books to get started but I live in the north of the UK where we don't get a lot of good weather for star gazing! Does anyone know of a site or email news letter that emails you when conditions are good or also with updates on what to look out for at various times? Many thanks!

What (free) blogging site or web site builder would you recommend for my particular situation? I know lots of people have already asked this question, but I'd like to hear if the answers are any different for my particular situation. I would like to develop an online outlet to post articles I have written about a variety of topics (science, medicine, astronomy, alternative news, politics, philosophy and so on). I've been on LiveJournal, MySpace, FaceBook, Yahoo 360, Xanga, and some others, but I don't want this to be a personal blog; I want it to be a bit more professional, and a bit less socially oriented. I'd also like annoying ads to be at a minimum, and for visitors to be able to comment without having to register. I know a lot of similar questions are answered with "Blogger." If this is your suggestion, what makes Blogger better than other sites? Thoughtful suggestions appreciated! :)

Breaking News: Rudolph's nose is actually blue? "IT IS a mystery that has captured children's imaginations for generations – how does Santa Claus get round the world to deliver gifts to all the good girls and boys in just one night? A fast sleigh is a must, as is a well-trained team of reindeer. But according to Scotland's top astronomer, Santa might also benefit from a passing knowledge of the theories of astrophysics. Quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity both distort space time and could speed him on his way, said Professor John Brown, tenth Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Worm holes could also provide a useful short-cut as he goes on his rounds. In an effort to make sense of a science which many consider to be beyond their grasp, Prof Brown, regius professor of astronomy at Glasgow University, has applied the theories of astronomy to some of the more popular Christmas traditions. Rudolph the reindeer's nose, for example, would appear blue, not red, according to the basic rules of astronomy." http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/How-Santa-gets-round-the.5936751.jp What's your view on a blue-nosed Rudolph?

please isn't true or not about the astronomy....? However in the news paper the astronomy was say in the mass media the number ten planet will be call Xena has been proven in the community of the astronomy.

which is portal for astronomy? Please let me know, which is the portal for astronomy. I would like to see all the info about the discoveries made so far and also would like to observe the latest news about the universe and our solar system.

Please list 3 constellations or planets that you have physically viewed this week. ? summarize (in your own words) one major astronomy headline from the news. List the name of the article and publication.

What does the bible have to say about massive gamma ray bursts? Did god drop his tea or something? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090220/top_news/science_space_astronomy_1

Do people who enjoy the Astronomy section also find it interesting to read about things like the following? “Possible new human ancestor found in Siberia” http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100324/tsc-uk-human-species-011ccfa.html

Current Science News Articles? I am doing a report for biology and we have to write a paper on a current science news article. Does anyone know anything that is going on in the news today relating to science? (anything from biology, to astronomy to technology) I am horrible at science, so anything can help. (websites with an interesting article, for example)

What job can i have if i will take politics and history in school? I am preparing for entering in a community college and i would like to take all kinds of interesting classes but I also want the qualifications that will give me a cool nice paid job in a year or 2. I like history, geography, phisics, astronomy, antropology, biology, chemistry, politics, music, dance, gymnastic (Nadia Comaneci), tennis...the bad news is that I don't like very much mathematic or at list because I had wired professors I never got the chance to really get attracted to this subject. Even though I like geometry.

Suggestions for an interesting, informative, and credible Science News Magazine? I'm interested in subscribing to such a magazine. I am particularly interested in the development of alternate energy, protecting the environment, the production of chemicals in labs, and genetics, and I am less interested in things like paleontology and astronomy. If anyone could recommend a magazine which is reputable and comes out regularly (monthly or weekly), and which caters to research related to these interests, that would be great. Thanks. :)

Question about studying in the field of astronomy.? Right now I am 16, and in the past year I have noticed a huge increase in my interest in the field of UFOlogy and astronomy. I am now reading daily blogs on astronomical news and am keeping up with news of UFO sightings (from abovetopsecret.com). I would very much like to get a degree in astronomy or (if there is such a thing) the study of UFO's. Here are some specifics of each subject that interest me. Astronomy: - I am amazed at how vast the universe really is. It just recently really "hit" me. Most people just say "Meh yea its big but its just the universe". I look at it in a totally different way and am very intrigued by it." - I love trying to find certain astronomical objects. Whenever I see something particularly interesting in the night sky I always make an effort to find out what it is. -When I see a star, I really do appreciate it. This is because I know that even though it appears as a dot, it is, in reality, most likely bigger than our sun. - to narrow it down I am a serious "stargazer" UFOlogy -Everything about it intrigues me and I am a firm believer. -I love doing very deep research and finding out specifics -The idea that impresses me the most is the idea of the government knows a lot about UFO's but they will not disclose it to us. Please, if you know of any job opportunities that you think may interest me, list them! Also please tell me if astronomers or UFOlogists are needed these days or will be in the future.

News articles related to physics??? I need ten news articles related to physics, they have to be from 2008 and can be about astronomy, magnetism, global warming or anything of the sort. Please send me a link to a good page where I can find something related to the subject. All help will be greatly appreciated!!! THANK YOU!!! : ) Have a good day!!!

Could someone please help me summarize this Astronomy article to where it is at least two pages. The link is:? http://www.astromart.com/news/news.asp?n... I have summarized it twice and can't get it to reach a full 2 pages. If someone could help me I will give you 10 points! Thanks for whoever does help.

Whats the Best Podcast For the Following? Space News, like nearby planets, comets, meteor showers and other events in astronomy.

What differentiates asteroids with moons? In what ways are they different? I just saw the article on Yahoo! news regarding the 'Trojans' accompanying Neptune. My law teacher was asking about the difference between asteroids and moons...and I was primarily guessing...I know a little bit about astronomy, but not enough to properly explain the discrepancies between moons and asteroids. I told him that I believe that moons are quasi- spherical in shape usually, and that asteroids are generally smaller, and can be amorphous in shape. Is this a correct assertion? Please, if you would, explain what defines an asteroid v. a moon. Also, is there a limit to how large a moon may be- I mean, is it constituted as a planet once it passes a certain size limit? Thanks.

what is the best website for animal and nature science? i'm looking for official, professional and licensed sites that have info and latest news on wildlife science and nature/earth science. magazine sites such as National Geographic (example) would do just fine. another example would be the Astronomy.com website, which contains info, subscriptions and e-mail newsletters on astroomy, so i'm looking for sites like that. i knew some earlier but just can't remember now. remember the site must be widely recognized and reputable

I love Astronomy, Sci-Fi etc. but can anyone tell me ...? whats the next exciting thing to look-out for (news) i.e. satellite encounters, Probes Landing, Missions - Am esp. Interested in Moons of Jupiter/Saturn. Have Downloaded 'NASA WIND' which is a very interesting program - a kind of Interstella Google Maps.

A question for atheists , Buddhists , Agnostics? a religious psychic said that a meteor will crash into your house , and you went home and saw a meteor crashed into your house !!!! What will be your first tough? A-"it could've happened to anyone , it's a coincidence" . B-"The Psychic probably watched the Astronomy news yesterday" C-"Yes ! an opportunity to buy a new house !" D-"Psychic has to try harder if we wants me to believe in his mumbo jumbo "

Astronomy: I don't understand this picture. What am I looking at? http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/NASA/photo//071211/photos_sc/2007_12_10t201557_450x322_us_space_voyager//s:/ap/20071211/ap_on_sc/solar_system_edge;_ylt=Ap6GATofIPvOWeLgtJ5gGCFxieAA What is the yellow thing? Is the blue thing our solar system? What is the "shell" around it? Are those the two Voyager models in the picture?

Really important news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? Now that i have your attention, i have an actual question. I love astronomy but i do not know where to begin. I need somewhere or something to teach me about astronomy, you know start at the basics and work my way up. Thanks.

Does this article relate to astronomy? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_on_sc/new_zealand_greenpeace_whales;_ylt=Avx7vkYdSyH39yjPb2D_r49xieAA

Astronomy HELP PLEASE !!?? According to the news jupiter,venus and the moon will be visible Friday early morning. I live in Garden Grove southern california where do i look to find them ? North South East OR West? Thank you

Worst Astronomy reporting since...? Ten crisp points for a breakdown of what's dodgy about this report! (Mind you, might be quicker to list what they got right!) http://www.wetaskiwintimes.com/News/260939.html

Is this New Theory true : Universe Created by Intelligent Being? John Roach for National Geographic News said? On any given starry night thousands, perhaps millions, of people crane their necks skyward and allow their minds to swirl around two fundamental questions: Are we alone, and why are we here? According to a lawyer and science enthusiast in Portland, Oregon, not only is the universe full of life, but some of it may be intelligent beyond our wildest imagination. He also says that collectively as intelligent beings we are entwined in our ultimate destiny: to give birth to another universe. "Intelligent life is, in essence, the reproductive organ of the cosmos," said James Gardner, the lawyer who moonlights as a scientist. He has pulled together his theory—called the selfish biocosm—from the disparate fields of physics, biology, biochemistry, astronomy, and cosmology. Gardner has published pieces of his theory in several peer-reviewed scientific journals and wraps it together in his recently published book, Biocosm: The New Scientific Theory of Evolution: Intelligent Life Is the Architect of the Universe

Help me understand this Yahoo! physics/astronomy article!!? "Missing matter found in deep space" Here's the link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/sc_nm/space_matter_dc I dont know much about science-- most of what i know comes from TV, like National Geographic and the Discovery and Science Channels. I've never taken a physics or chemistry course in my life (kinda sad... i'm a junior in college). So naturally, while I find this article really cool and interesting, it's kind of beyond my comprehension. HELP!

Do you believe the GOD of the Universe is intertwined with Religion, Science, Astrology, Astronomy ? Basically everything.. If so, then why do you de-bunk something when GOD is present in everything we know on earth.... And the little we know about the UNIVERSE.. the sun actually lowers your immune system, therefore during a solar blast we all get hit by the increased rays causing massive pandemics! THIS IS CURRENT NEWS BAFFLING SCIENTISTS Milky Way Galaxy Suddenly Much Bigger, Heavier For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda. Not anymore. Yesterday the blank sun unleashed a solar flare without the usual aid of a sunspot. At 1408 UT on April 26th, Earth-orbiting satellites detected a surge of X-rays registering B3.8 on the Richter scale of solar flares. The Milky Way is considerably larger, bulkier and spinning faster than astronomers once thought, Andromeda's equal. A solar eruption has appeared that scientists are describing as "jaw dropping" and "amazing." The activity, on the sun's eastern limb, has the appearance of a gigantic volcano and may be a precursor to a major sunspot. For some months now, solar scientists have been expecting the new solar max to begin It has now been scientificly proven that these thing have a direct link to earth quakes and volcanos.... BIBLICALLY "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows" (Matthew 24:6-8). June 2006 that showed a strong correlation between the sunspot cycle and the likelihood of influenza pandemics.6 It was shown that influenza pandemics tend to occur in association with periods of heightened sunspot activity. The proposed mechanism for this correlation involved the effects of sunspots on weather, and the influence of weather on the interactions between migratory birds — the carriers of influenza. here is the whole story http://www.lifelinknet.com/siteresource ... u-news.asp ALL WHAT HAS BEEN IN BIBLICAL PROPHECY Yellowstone Lake Earthquake Swarm Update: 2 January 2008 Earthquake Summary: The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports that as of 1800 MST on 2 January 2009, seismicity of the ongoing Yellowstone earthquake swarm continues. Over 500 earthquakes, as large as M 3.9, have been recorded by an automated earthquake system since the ince http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/activity/

Is the martian man on the news sunning himself because of Martian warming...? This picture here. On cbs and nbc and cnn http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2008/01/23/cooper.shot.tuesday.cnn Has him sunning him self. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=3503 Says it's getting warm on mars.

Lordy lovers what do you think of this? "The media wrongly describes this as a debate between creationism and evolutionary theory. In fact, the debate is between creationism and the whole of science as we know it. If the universe is less than 10,000 years old, then: all of geology and biology are wrong; the speed of light has been wrongly calculated, so Einsteinian physics is wrong; the distance and speed of other galaxies has been wrongly calculated, meaning that all of astronomy and therefore Newtonian physics are also wrong. For informed people to challenge accepted scientific orthodoxy on the basis of proper evidence is always healthy, but to debunk the whole of science on the back of a story passed down by some Iron Age goat-herders is just self-delusion." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7613403.stm

what is the best website on earth/nature/wildlife science? i'm looking for official, professional and licensed sites that have info and latest news on wildlife science and nature/earth science. magazine sites such as National Geographic (example) would do just fine. another example would be the Astronomy.com website, which contains info, subscriptions and e-mail newsletters on astroomy, so i'm looking for sites like that. i knew some earlier but just can't remember now. remember the site must be widely recognized and reputable

In order to solve global poverty, what are the cons if united nations...? In order to solve global poverty, what are the cons if united nations decide to print "new money" and issue to every human being on this planet monthly? If there are dangerous jobs that nobody wants to do, machines should be used to replace them or let it be. While most people want to be laze around waiting for the money, many are still willing to work hard for a new handphone, a new house, better education for their children etc... Under this system, nobody will die of hunger, nobody will work just to survive, professionals like artists and musicians will not have to give up their dreams, old people will not have to work. One important criteria, the price of goods and must not go up. This might be a bad news for companies and bosses but they should be happy to sacrifice for such a good deed. Just look at the beggars, old folks, disabled, sick, hungry etc... We shouldn't be selfish, right? Another sum of new money should goes to develop free medical care, biology and astronomy. Price of goods r controlled very much by tax n competition. Demand n supply problem can be solved easily because the current supply of food more than sufficient for us to go through the transition. The value of the new money can be linked with number of headcount instead of gold. It will be very troublesome, but saving LIVES. If the whole picture is too difficult to anticipate, why not imagine there are only 5 person in the whole world and each of them in charge of certain provisional goods. These 5 person each has only $5 to spend on buying goods from each other. Now we print another $5 and give to each of them and we ensure the price of their goods remain the same. What cons can you think of? Now imagine the 6th person has nothing to eat. We print $10 and give this person. This person can buy goods from these 5 person to survive. If there are sufficient goods, the effect on these 5 person is very minimal. I'm surprised no one mentioned about management problem. 5 poor answers so far.

Can Gore sell ice cubes to Eskimos? Parson Al winning the Nobel Peace Prize was as predictable as his Oscar for Best Documentary, and represents the final debasement of a once-prestigious award. It used to be that the award went to people of genuine humanitarian or diplomatic accomplishment, like Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer or Doctors Without Borders. Now it goes to frauds and poseurs like Rigoberta Menchu, Yassir Arafat, the U.N. (three times now, counting Gore’s co-winner, the U.N.’s climate change panel), and Jimmy Carter. About the only way to top this would be to give the next Peace Prize to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. More likely the Nobel committee will, one of these days, simply pat itself on the back and give the award to . . . themselves. The glitter of the Nobel overshadows the inconvenient news reported last week that a British court of law labeled Gore’s movie as partisan political propaganda, pointing out 11 different errors of fact or scientific judgment, and prohibiting its screening in British public schools without a disclaimer of these defects. The Nobel will be one more quiver in Gore’s arsenal of intransigent moral authority by which he refuses to debate any aspect of the subject and declares the entire matter “settled.” It’s never a good sign when politicians declare a scientific matter settled; we all remember how well that worked out for the Vatican when they told Galileo 400 years ago that astronomy was settled. It is even more problematic to suggest that climate change is not a political issue, but a moral issue, but then to demand massive political interventions in the economy to fix the problem. The adrenaline rush of the Nobel is likely to prove evanescent, however, and will probably turn out to be the high water mark of climate hysteria. Increasingly, climate catastrophe is coming more and more to resemble the hysteria over the “population bomb” of the late 1960s and early 1970s. In those days, Paul Ehrlich was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show, and there were government commissions launched here and abroad to ponder whether we needed an aggressive anti-natalist policy. The effort to develop a population policy in the U.S. collapsed quickly and quietly when someone pointed out that any anti-natalist policy would disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities. Oops. Population pressures were and remain a genuine environmental concern, but it gradually became clear that Ehrlich and other alarmists had way overestimated the problem, and it looks very different today. (Indeed, the great social problem of the end of this century may be population that is falling too rapidly.) And while Ehrlich is still peddling the same Malthusian gloom, he never turns up on the Tonight Show any more; in fact, he doesn’t even make it on Hardball or Countdown with Krazy Keith. Likewise, climate change is a real phenomenon, but the catastrophic scenario of Gore and his fellow climate campaigners is steadily fraying around the edges if you follow the scientific literature closely. Has anyone noticed, for example, that global temperature has been flat for the last decade, after two decades of slow and steady increase from 1980 to 1998? Most of the climate models suggest global temperature should be consistently warming with the rise of greenhouse gases, but it has stopped. This increasingly inconvenient truth will eventually become too obvious for even the media to ignore. Meanwhile, the real world economic consequences of Gore’s policy agenda (which Obama and Edwards—but not Hillary—have signed up for) are so extreme that no self-governing people will ever submit to it, which is why a few environmentalists have gone so far as to say openly, “down with democracy.” Go ahead; make my day; try that out on the American people. The Democratic Congress can’t even pass a modest emissions trading scheme that would barely begin to enact Gore’s agenda, because they are afraid of its cost. Prediction: In 20 years Gore or his climate alarmist successors will be lucky to appear on cable access TV, and Gore’s Peace Prize will take its place alongside Le Duc Tho’s 1973 award as a Nobel embarrassment.

President Bush and the rest of the world are finally onboard and backing the "BIG BANG THEORY", truth wins!? WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The discovery by John Mather and George Smoot of "cosmic ripples," which won them the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday, was lauded in 1992 by cosmologist Stephen Hawking as "the greatest discovery of the century, if not of all time." ADVERTISEMENT Yes No Yes No Yes No While most physicists do not go that far, they are universal in their praise of the experiment, in which the pair and their team designed a satellite and used it to find proof of the Big Bang theory of the universe's origins. They found faint variations in microwave radiation that dated back to just 300,000 years after the fiery birth of the universe. These ripples in the microwave radiation, they said, were the primordial framework on which the galaxies, stars and other stuff of the universe took shape. It explained why the universe is lumpy and not a smooth sheet of matter and energy. "The discovery changed everything," said Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist at Case Western University in Ohio. "It produced a revolution in what we know about the universe -- we know it is expanding, we know it is flat ... and we can measure that to an incredible accuracy," Krauss said in a telephone interview. "Cosmology now is a precision science." Until then, theoretical physicists had cobbled together small pieces of evidence that the universe and everything in it had appeared suddenly about 15 billion years ago from an infinitesimally small point in a vacuum of nothingness. When the 40-member research team announced some of their findings to a meeting of physicists in 1992, an "audible gasp was heard from the audience," according to the American Institute of Physics. Stephen Hawking, the Cambridge University physicist who explained theories about how the universe was formed in his popular book "A Brief History of Time," was one of most excited. "It is the discovery of the century, if not of all time," Hawking said in a statement at the time. FILLING IN THE BLANKS "I don't think he was completely out of control," Krauss said. People had known what to look for. "The picture, however, had been blank up to then," he said. "Then it was clear -- it wasn't a vague idea. It was clear the lumps were there." These fluctuations were faint variations in temperature, and scientists have since followed up on those measurements to try to understand, for instance, dark matter -- mass that no one has been able to see or measure but which must exist because of the amount of gravity measured in the universe. Some teams have come up with new theories of dark energy -- a mysterious force that may be accelerating the expansion of the universe. While the implications may far outlast humanity -- the end of the universe may be coming in a few more billion years -- Smoot has been clear on the need for the work. "It is extremely important for human beings to know their origins and their place in the world," Smoot said in a statement. Krauss said the prize supports his own arguments -- made to NASA and the U.S. Congress -- that funding should go to similar experiments. President Bush has urged NASA to concentrate on getting people to the moon and Mars. "New experiments on the cosmic microwave background, new experiments to probe dark energy, to look for habitable planets -- all these have been delayed and/or canceled because we are sending people back to the moon," Krauss said. Email Story IM Story Discuss Printable View RECOMMEND THIS STORY Recommend It: Average (98 votes) » Recommended Stories Full Coverage: Nobel Prizes Off the Wires Two Americans win Nobel Prize in physics AP, 2 hours, 10 minutes ago Echo of the Big Bang wins US pair Nobel Prize AFP, Tue Oct 3, 5:14 PM ET Feature Articles Nobel winner Mather hooked on astronomy since childhood AFP via Yahoo! 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for us astronomers only? would anyone be interested in watching a special news broadcast just for astronomy once a week like the sky at night but bring it back i think this would be great for enthusiasts like me dont you

information re Space and Science about an ancient piece of equipment titled antkythera mechinga? There was an article on yahoo news in the Space & Astronomy section about an ancient tool or device or piece of equipment called I believe Antkythera Mechinga . Does anyone have any fiurther information on that article and how I can access it? or the device?

Is this a physical science article? http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/11/06/planet-astronomy.html It is about a new planet discovery in a nearby solar system.

Do you ever stay up late to watch meteor showers? I hope to be awake and outside this Thursday night to watch the Geminid Meteor Shower. Does anyone else like to watch the 'falling stars'? "What could be the best meteor display of the year will reach its peak on the night of Dec.13-14." "The Geminids perform excellently in any year, but British meteor astronomer, Alastair McBeath, has categorized 2007 as a "great year." ~Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist, SPACE.com, Fri Dec 7, 9:01 AM ET Yahoo! News, Science Section, Space & Astronomy http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20071207/sc_space/bestmeteorshowerof2007peaksdec13;_ylt=Ajvg5cM3im3afzhxC65PS5.s0NUE Tinman, sorry to read about the reason you will miss the show; I'll wish upon a store for you...

Smart Rock Stars- Who Else? I just heard a segment on the radio about Brian May & the PhD thesis on astronomy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6929290.stm Pretty cool, imo! But I also thought hey, they can toss Neil Peart in that club too. The man has written several books & imo, is a walking Merriam-Webster dictionary/thesaurus. Who else? Good calls on Rivers & Tom Scholz! morning Walrus- yup- he's another one I'd heard about.