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AAAP Cover Story in US 1

Posted by brandoniswrite on March 26, 2012

Bill Murray and Jay Schwartz on the cover of US 1. February 29, 2012                                                                                                     Bill Murray responded to US 1 reporter’s queries about AAAP resulting in a wonderful February 29 cover story about leap days, AAAP and the State Planetarium where Bill is an astronomy lecturer. If you missed the print edition, the full [...]


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Treasurer’s Report

Posted by brandoniswrite on March 25, 2012

by Michael Mitrano, Treasurer Membership for the current fiscal year is has increased to 81, and we are continuing to receive a small number of renewals. If you have not renewed, there is still time. Expenses during the past month have been moderate, and our surplus for the fiscal year to date is about ,400. [...]


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Recent Solar Storms Pumped 26 billion Kilowatts of Energy into Earth’s Atmosphere

Posted by brandoniswrite on March 23, 2012

The recent solar activity did more than spark pretty auroras around the poles. Researchers say the solar storms of March 8th through 10th dumped enough energy in Earth’s upper atmosphere to power every residence in New York City for two years. “This was the biggest dose of heat we’ve received from a solar storm since [...]


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Georgia Tech graduate to return to space station in July

Posted by brandoniswrite on March 20, 2012

Sandy Magnus will fly aboard the final space shuttle flight. (NASA)Veteran space flier Sandy Magnus is no stranger to the city of Atlanta, nor is she to living in space, and is preparing this week for her flight aboard the final space shuttle mission in July.The former aircraft engineer carried with her aspirations of becoming [...]


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NASA spacecraft begins trek out of our solar system

Posted by brandoniswrite on March 18, 2012

A NASA spacecraft is speeding out and away from our solar system and will make the first leap into interstellar space at any moment according to scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.Voyager 1′s exit will begin giving astrophysicists new data accounts of life outside the solar system.The planetary satellite was launched nearly 34 [...]


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Skydiver Baumgartner Takes Test Jump from 21,000 Meters

Posted by brandoniswrite on March 16, 2012

Felix Baumgartner as he prepares to jump from over 21,000 meters on March 15, 2012. Credit: Red Bull Stratos Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner took a practice jump today, (March 15, 2012) to help him prepare for his leap from the edge of space later this year where he hopes to not only break the sound [...]


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A New Comet’s SWAN Dive Into the Sun

Posted by brandoniswrite on March 14, 2012

SOHO animation of the latest sun-diving comet (LASCO/NRL SOHO team) A new comet has been discovered by the SOHO team, and it — like Lovejoy before it, almost three months to the day — is headed directly toward the Sun. Discovered by SOHO’s SWAN instrument, the comet has been dubbed Comet SWAN… making this a [...]


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Venus-Jupiter Conjunction, March 15th, 2012

Posted by brandoniswrite on March 13, 2012

The two conjunctions. Image credit: Stellarium In case you’re the only person on Earth who hasn’t heard about it yet, Venus and Jupiter will be in conjunction on March 15th, 2012, passing within 3° of each other. The two planets have been getting closer and closer in the sky for the last month, and now [...]


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Russia launches supply craft to space station

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Russia’s Soyuz U rocket lifts a cargo craft to space today. (RSA)An unmanned spacecraft filled with fresh supplies, fuel and hardware lifted off a top a Russian rocket today bound for the International Space Station.Clear skies and warm temperatures favored the rocket’s departure from western Kazakhstan.The Progress M-11M supply craft — loaded with nearly 2.6 [...]


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From the Program Chair

Posted by brandoniswrite on March 11, 2012

Ken Levy, Program Chair Many thanks to Dr. Paul Steinhardt for our February lecture, “Inflationary Cosmology on Trial”. March heralds the beginning of spring with another not to miss lecture by Dr. Mark Trodden, “Modern Cosmology and the Building Blocks of the Universe”. No two ways about it – the universe is really, really big! [...]


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