Category: Space-Earth

How Astronomy Lit Up the Solar System (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – Astronomy has come a long way in the 401 years since Galileo turned his first primitive telescope to the sky, so it may be no surprise we see a very different solar system than the field’s earliest pioneers did.

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More Than 1,300 Space Shuttle Workers Get Layoff Notices (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – More than 1,300 space shuttle workers received layoff notices this week from United Space Alliance, a NASA contractor that is cutting 15 percent of its 8,100-person workforce ahead of the shuttle fleet’s retirement next year.

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Massive Black Hole Bends Light to Magnify Distant Galaxy (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – A giant black hole spouting energy from inside a galaxy is acting like a cosmic magnifying glass, giving astronomers a clear view of an even more distant galaxy behind it.

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Some space shuttle workers get layoff notice (Reuters)

Reuters – NASA’s prime space shuttle contractor, United Space Alliance, sent layoff notices this week to more than 15 percent of its 8,100-member shuttle work force, officials said on Tuesday.

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Asteroid Could Threaten the Earth in 2182 (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – A large asteroid in space that has a remote chance of slamming into the Earth would be most likely hit in 2182, if it crashed into our planet at all, a new study suggests.

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Huge Satellite Poses 150-Year Threat of Space Debris (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – BREMEN, Germany – In three years, the European Space Agency will become the owner of what is possibly the most dangerous piece of space debris circling the Earth for the next 150 years: the 17,636-pound Envisat Earth observation satellite.

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Despite Losing Tools, Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – A lost tool and washer marred an otherwise routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts outside the International Space Station Tuesday.

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2 Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk (AP)

AP – Two Russian cosmonauts on Tuesday completed a nearly 7-hour-long spacewalk to replace a video camera and improve cable connections to the orbiting laboratory’s newest module.

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Russian Cosmonauts Lose Tool During Spacewalk (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – Two Russian cosmonauts have accidentally a tool and a small item in space while spacewalking outside the International Space Station early Tuesday.

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Russian Cosmonauts Begin Spacewalk at Space Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – Two Russian cosmonauts have floated outside the International Space Station to begin a spacewalk aimed at changing out a broken camera and wiring up a new room so spaceships can park there on autopilot.

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