From the Outreach Chair
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 22, 2012
by David Letcher, Outreach Chair So far this 2012 season has seen us scheduled for three star parties. January 26th was to be our first of the season at Antheil School in Ewing, NJ, but very cloudy weather put a damper on that one. The next one was a very successful but chilly evening at [...]
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Recent Geologic Activity on the Moon?
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 21, 2012
Newly detected series of narrow linear troughs are known as graben, and they formed in highland materials on the lunar farside. These graben are located on a topographic rise with several hundred meters of relief revealed in topography derived from LROC stereo images. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University/Smithsonian Institution Recent images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance [...]
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Bright Peaks, Dark Shadows
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 20, 2012
MESSENGER image of Mercury's Amaral crater The 68-mile (109-km) -wide Amaral crater on Mercury reveals its brightly-tipped central peaks in this image, acquired by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft on Feb. 4, 2012. Long shadows are cast by the crater’s peaks and rugged rim (north is to the left.) The image was acquired as a high-resolution targeted observation [...]
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Two iPhone 4′s headed to space station on final shuttle flight
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 18, 2012
A pair of apple iPhone 4′s will launch into earth orbit in July aboard the final space shuttle flight and will be used by astronauts during a series of experiments aboard the International Space Station. Each iPhone 4 model will have a special application loaded to test the calibration of the smart phone in space, [...]
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EPA’s FY 2013 Budget Proposal Focuses on Core Environmental and Human Health Protections / EPA budget supports President Obama’s vision of an America that is built to last
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 17, 2012
WASHINGTON – Today the Obama Administration proposed a FY 2013 budget of .344 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget reflects a government-wide effort to reduce spending and find cost-savings, and is 5 million below the EPA’s enacted level for FY 2012 U.S. EPA Radiation News
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From the Director
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 13, 2012
by Ludovico D’Angelo, Director AAA We had a very productive Board of Trustee’s meeting on January 25th. Thanks to all that attended. It was crowded, but I was very pleased to have so much input into the club’s future. On November 5, 1962, a group of astronomy enthusiasts formed the AAAP at their first meeting. [...]
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Free shuttle wallpaper download for October
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 6, 2012
This month’s free wallpaper download features the launch of Columbia in 1990, framed by sea oats at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. As always, this spectacular photo was made by Orlando Sentinel photographer Red Huber. Download your version of the wallpaper here. The Write Stuff – Orlando Sentinel
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Opportunity Finds Powerful Evidence for Ancient Liquid Water on Mars
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 5, 2012
by Dr. Ken Kremer NASA’s long lived Opportunity rover has discovered the most scientifically compelling evidence yet for the flow of liquid water on ancient Mars. The startling revelation comes in the form of a bright vein of the mineral gypsum located at the foothills of an enormous crater named Endeavour, where the intrepid robot [...]
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Snippets
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Some Nearby Young Stars May Be Much Older Than Previously Thought Published: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 – 15:37 in Astronomy & Space Low in the south in the summer sky shines the constellation Scorpius and the bright, red super giant star Antares. Many of the brightest stars in Scorpius, and hundreds of its fainter stars, [...]
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NASA tries to settle fight over its artifacts
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 3, 2012
WASHINGTON — Hoping to settle a feud inside the NASA family, NASA Chief Charlie Bolden met Monday with several Apollo astronauts upset with how the agency recently has blocked them from selling space artifacts from their personal collections. While no final agreement was reached, NASA officials said talks were moving in the right direction. “These [...]
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