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Meteorite hunters scouring Ohio for fragments
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (731+ words) AP Mike Hankey, of Baltimore, operations manager for the American Meteor Society, shows meteorites in Sharon Center on Thursday which he found in the area after a meteor crashed March 17. MEDINA " Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of…...
Eyes to the night sky
1+ week, 3+ day ago (711+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " Members of the Mahoning Valley Astronomical Society are helping residents learn more about the stars and planets by assisting them with selecting and using telescopes. The society, which meets throughout the year mostly in the winter at the Youngstown…...
Study: Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit in a save-the-Earth test
2+ week, 3+ day ago (484+ words) It's the first time that a celestial body's orbit around the sun was deliberately changed. The asteroid that NASA's Dart spacecraft slammed into was never a threat to Earth. "This study marks a notable step forward in our ability to…...
NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (292+ words) Officials announced the decision Friday, two weeks ahead of the first targeted launch opportunity on March 6. "This is really getting real, and it's time to get serious and start getting excited," said Lori Glaze, NASA's exploration systems development chief. Administrator…...
Ohio’s NASA center marks 85 years
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (896+ words) WARREN " There is a NASA facility in Cleveland? You might be surprised to know it operated prior to the more famous sites in Florida and Texas. NASA Glenn Research Librarian Robin Unger rectified this lack of awareness during her talk,…...
Telescope in Chile captures picture of a cosmic butterfly
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (137+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) " A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundati Telescope in Chile captures picture of a cosmic butterfly The National Science Foundation's NoirLab released…...
$1.3M additive manufacturing defense project seeks participants
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (381+ words) The U.S. Department of Defense wants to know how to get the rust out of metals created in the additive manufacturing process. It's willing to pay $1.3 million for the answer. America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining,…...
Boeing’s stock rises on a new foreign deal
6+ mon, 4+ hour ago (220+ words) Boeing's stock climbed Tuesday after the American aerospace giant announced a significant jetliner order from Uzbekistan and as optimism builds around a potentially larger aircraft sale to China. David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, said he thinks negotiations over a…...
Scientists are baffled by gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (162+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) " Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that's not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lastin Scientists are baffled by gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy Telescopes on Earth and in space " including Hubble…...
How to watch two meteor showers peak together Wednesday
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (268+ words) The Southern Delta Aquariid and the Alpha Capricornid meteor showers peak at the same time " in the early morning Wednesday. Without too much interference from moonlight " the waxing moon will be only about a quarter full " the meteors should appear…...