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A part of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this new view from NASAs Great Observatories. The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is a small galaxy about 200,000 light-years way that orbits our own Milky Way spiral galaxy. Credit: NASA.
If you love talking about space and as a reader of Universe Today, I really hope you do theres an awesome podcast for you to add to your playlist. 365 Days of Astronomy puts out an astronomy-themed episode every single day of the year, covering everything from recent discoveries, to folklore, to community events.
If youve got a microphone and a desire to contribute, or have at least some coffee money to contribute to charity, theyd really love to hear from you as they enter a sixth (sixth!) year of operation. More details are below the jump.
Full disclosure here: Universe Today is a big supporter of 365 Days of Astronomy, and Ive been contributing podcasts myself since last year. It is anawesomeexperience. Pamela Gay(who oversees the project through her astronomy education organization, Cosmoquest) is inspiring to work for as she is a tireless supporter of bringing the joy of space to the general public.
Nancy Atkinson (a fellow contributor and UT senior editor) joked to me today, Its kind of like the Mars rovers the Energizer Bunny of podcasts. And its through your support that we can keep going, and going, and going. Heres the official press release with information about contributions:
365 Days of Astronomy will continue its service in 2014! This time we will have more days available for new audio. Have something to share? Were looking for content from 10 minutes long up to an hour! Since 2009, 365 Days of Astronomy has brought a new podcast every day to astronomy lovers around the world to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. Fortunately, the project has continued until now and we will keep going for another year in 2014. This means we will continue to serve you for a 6th year.
Through these years, 365 Days Of Astronomy has been delivering daily podcasts discussing various topics in the constantly changing realm of astronomy. These include history of astronomy, the latest news, observing tips and topics on how the fundamental knowledge in astronomy has changed our paradigms of the world. Weve also asked people to talk about the things that inspired them, and to even share their own stories, both of life doing astronomy and science fiction that got them imagining a more scientific future.
365 Days of Astronomy is a community podcast that relies on a network of dedicated podcasters across the globe who are willing to share their knowledge and experiences in astronomy with the world and it will continue that way. In 2013, 365 Days of Astronomy started a new initiative with CosmoQuest. We now offer great new audio every weekend, while on weekdays we serve up interesting podcasts from CosmoQuest and other dedicated partners. We also have several monthly podcasts from dedicated podcasters and have started two new series: Space Stories and Space Scoop. The former is a series of science fiction tales, and the latter is an astronomy news segment for children.
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Srinagar: A Kashmiri man from a remote village of the Valley has won approval for two of his projects from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in the United States.
Asif Ali, who comes from a humble background from a village in Mattan area of south Kashmir district, Anantnag, is studying astronomy at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Kerala, a defence spokesman said in Srinagar.
The two projects that Ali will work on include those on estimation of asteroids and the effect of gamma ray emissions.
"NASA is supporting his project works and accepting his research idea as a major leap forward in his career," the spokesman said.
Ali, who has done B.Tech from IIST and is currently doing MS in astronomy from the same college, will be headed to NASA soon to start work on his projects.
"I will be flying to NASA, US, soon to start my project work. After I return, I have some more projects in my mind that would cater to telecommunication problems faced by our state in particular and India in general," he said.
Ali is an alumnus of Army Goodwill School at Aishmuqam in Anantnag district and has done his higher studies at Government Higher Secondary School in his native area.
His father retired as an officer from the Animal Husbandry Department and his mother is a housewife.
"I have not been to elite schools of towns and cities. I dreamt of making big in life while studying at my native place in a remote area. However, to fulfil my aspirations, I went to a good college in Kerala under the guidance of brilliant mentors. I worked hard. My core interest was always astronomy," he said.
His achievement was recently acknowledged by the Army, which felicitated him in the presence of engineering students in Anantnag, the spokesman said.
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Astronomy magazine editors will be at Pima Community Colleges East Campus Saturday for an all-day family event for amateur astronomers.
The Tucson Public Star Party runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the East Campus Observatory, 8181 E. Irvington Road.
It will feature daytime and nighttime viewing, as well as illustrated talks and displays on a variety of subjects.
The event is free and open to the public.
About 200 people attended the 2013 event, the first that the magazine had held at the East Campus, according to a news release from the college.
Members of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will operate solar telescopes throughout the day, providing safe, high-quality views of visible features on the sun. Nighttime observing will begin about an hour after sunset, which is 6:04 p.m.
The campus observatory will be open throughout the event, with its solar telescope tracking the sun during the day and its 14-inch telescope targeting deep-sky objects at night. The observatory also is home to the All Sky Camera, which offers a live 360-degree view of the sky.
Attendees will be able to view the moon, Jupiter, the Pleiades star cluster and the Orion nebula.
Speakers will include Amateur Astronomy Association President Keith Schlottmann; Scott Kardel of the International Dark Sky Association; Mike Reynolds, dean of liberal arts and sciences at Florida State College at Jacksonville and a contributing editor of Astronomy; and Astronomy Editor David J. Eicher.
For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/pimaastronomy or call 206-7694.
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Canons High School astronomy club visits observatory
5:46pm Thursday 6th February 2014 in News By Bruce Thain
Members of a school astronomy club were treated to a visit to an observatory to learn more about the stars.
The 15 pupils from Canons High School, visited Bayfordbury Observatory in Hertfordshire thanks to a 300 Educational Visit grant from the Jack Petchey Foundation.
They were given a tour and a look at latest technology of the facilities seven large optical telescopes and four radio telescopes.
Pupil Babback Pormand, 12, said: The visit to Bayfordbury Observatory was very interesting and educational.
"Astronomy is really exciting because of the constant change and sense of exploration.
School librarian Adele Franklin, who accompanied the group on the visit, said: The group were really excited on the way to the observatory, and on the journey home, some of them were completely in awe about what they had seen. They are already making plans for future trips.
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Srinagar | Updated 2/6/2014 11:46:14 AM IST
A Kashmiri youth from a remote village of the Valley has won approval for two of his projects from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in the United States. Asif Ali, who comes from a humble background from a village in Mattan area of south Kashmir district, Anantnag, is studying astronomy at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Kerala, a defence spokesman said here. The two projects that Ali will work on include those on estimation of asteroids and the effect of gamma ray emissions. "NASA is supporting his project works and accepting his research idea as a major leap forward in his career," the spokesman said. Ali, who has done BTech from IIST and is currently doing MS in astronomy from the same college, will be headed to NASA soon to start work on his projects. "I will be flying to NASA, US, soon to start my project work. After I return, I have some more projects in my mind that would cater to telecommunication problems faced by our state in particular and India in general," he said. Ali is an alumnus of Army Goodwill School at Aishmuqam in Anantnag district and has done his higher studies at Government Higher Secondary School in his native area. His father retired as an officer from the Animal Husbandry Department and his mother is a housewife. "I have not been to elite schools of towns and cities. I dreamt of making big in life while studying at my native place in a remote area. However, to fulfil my aspirations, I went to a good college in Kerala under the guidance of brilliant mentors. I worked hard. My core interest was always astronomy," he said. His achievement was recently acknowledged by the Army, which felicitated him in the presence of engineering students in Anantnag, the spokesman said.
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Donald Olson walked 10 steps down a beach in the French town of tretat before pausing to snap a photo of the setting sun.
He walked systematically from one end of the beach to the other, stopping every 10 steps to take another photo. Olson, physics and astronomy professor, was looking to uncover the exact moment of inspiration for the Claude Monet painting tretat Sunset through studying a combination of celestial body movements and distinctive landforms depicted in the painting.
Monet began the painting Feb. 5, 1883 at 4:53 p.m., according to Olsons research findings.
It is no easy task to date a painting back to the exact minute the artist began working on it, but bringing humanities and sciences together in the process is important, Olson said.
Olson first began experimenting with art when fellow professors asked him to help them discover the astronomy behind the skies depicted in The Canterbury Tales and the natural elements impacting a military battle from World War II, he said. Olson and the professors researched the moon and tide patterns during each of the time periods and wrote computer programs to help with their findings.
My next thought was, if you can study the skies of the 14th century and the skies of World War II, then we can try to figure out what Van Gogh was looking at, Olson said.
This thought led Olson to research the moment of inspiration for dozens of paintings all over the world. Impressionist paintings often depict outdoor settings, making it possible to determine when and where the works were created because of distinctive foregrounds.
Olson said Monet painted dozens of scenes of tretat depicting sunsets and twilights, but chose to study tretat Sunset because the painting is the only one that shows a setting sun rather than just a glow in the sky. Distinctive rock formations also helped place the painting.
Olson said he calls himself and his team celestial sleuths because they are doing detective work and putting pieces of a puzzle together.
(Olson is) extremely good at problem solving, said Philip Smith, physics lecturer and Olsons former student. Hes probably one of the sharpest people Ive ever met.
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A Kashmiri youth from a remote village of the Valley has won approval for two of his projects from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in the United States.
Asif Ali, who comes from a humble background from a village in Mattan area of south Kashmir district, Anantnag, is studying astronomy at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Kerala, a defence spokesman said here.
The two projects that Ali will work on include those on estimation of asteroids and the effect of gamma ray emissions.
"NASA is supporting his project works and accepting his research idea as a major leap forward in his career," the spokesman said.
Ali, who has done BTech from IIST and is currently doing MS in astronomy from the same college, will be headed to NASA soon to start work on his projects.
"I will be flying to NASA, US, soon to start my project work. After I return, I have some more projects in my mind that would cater to telecommunication problems faced by our state in particular and India in general," he said.
Ali is an alumnus of Army Goodwill School at Aishmuqam in Anantnag district and has done his higher studies at Government Higher Secondary School in his native area.
His father retired as an officer from the Animal Husbandry Department and his mother is a housewife.
"I have not been to elite schools of towns and cities. I dreamt of making big in life while studying at my native place in a remote area. However, to fulfil my aspirations, I went to a good college in Kerala under the guidance of brilliant mentors. I worked hard. My core interest was always astronomy," he said.
His achievement was recently acknowledged by the Army, which felicitated him in the presence of engineering students in Anantnag, the spokesman said.
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PART (Pacific Aerospace Resources and Technologies), an ARC Aerospace Industries Company, began hiring A & P mechanics, structure specialists, and avionics personnel in January and into the month of February.As their hangar space fills up, PART is eager to expand their work force into multiple shifts.
PART is in the process of a complete composite and accessory shop overhaul. They are adding filtered air, positive pressure, temperature and humidity control, and drop-down vacuum lines.
Furthermore, their NDT capabilities have expanded into those of a Level 3 facility to include liquid penetrant, dye-penetrant, eddy current, and ultrasound testing.
PART, a Boeing Gold Care Provider located in Victorville, California, was acquired by ARC Aerospace Industries, LLC in 2013. PART provides Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul services for Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, and other leading manufacturers. Their hangar space exceeds 300,000 square feet and services include heavy maintenance, structural and avionics modifications, engine and landing gear removal/installations, cabin interior reconfigurations, winglet installations, aircraft parking, storage and reactivation, as well as AOG field team support. Additional in-house capabilities include our composite repair shop, accessory shop and Level 3 NDT services.
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MANATEE COUNTY - Eaton Corp. is selling its aerospace power distribution management business, including a south Manatee County plant, to a French company for $270 million.
Safran S.A. and Eaton expect to complete the transaction sometime during the first half of this year, said Eaton spokesman Kelly M. Jasko.
It is unclear what the transaction means long-term for jobs at the Whitfield Avenue plant, which in the 1990s employed 600 but now includes 180 workers.
We are committed to communicating with employees and customers in a timely manner over the next few months as decisions are made that affect them, Jasko said. In the meantime, however, no immediate changes are taking place.
The sale also includes Eatons aerospace electronics plant in Costa Mesa, Calif., and switch manufacturing product lines in Reynosa and Tijuana, Mexico.
The business being sold the full name of which is Aerospace Power Distribution Management Solutions and Integrated Cockpit Solutions employs roughly 350 at the two U.S. plants.
The business produces illuminated switches, cockpit panel assemblies, pilot controls and passenger safety unit latches, as well as circuit protection, power distribution and switch components for aerospace and industrial applications.
Sales were approximately $102 million in 2013.
In a statement, Paris-based Safran said that the acquisition represents a continuation of the companys strategy to help build more electric aircraft.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A new short-wave infrared camera for military and civil use has been introduced by UTC Aerospace Systems into its Sensors Unlimited MiniSWIR product line.
The GA1280JSX high-definition camera produces 1280x720 resolution for HD video capture; high-sensitivity for imaging in low light environments; and a light, compact, ruggedized design, the company said.
"Sensors Unlimited brand SWIR cameras are field proven and easily integrated into both military and industrial systems," UTC Aerospace Systems said in announcing the product. "The GA1280JSX HD-SWIR camera is ideal for imaging systems requiring high definition SWIR imagery, light weight -- it weighs less than about 4.2 ounces without a lens -- and non-optimal lighting operation (the camera functions in both daylight and low light environments, including passive imaging under moonlight).
"Examples of applications include passive or covert-active persistent surveillance, multilaser spotting and tracking, imaging through atmospheric obscurants such as haze and smoke, hyper-spectral imaging, and industrial product inspection."
UTC Aerospace Systems is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. It designs, manufactures and services integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defense industries.
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Idolatry 101: Skepticism, Atheism, Agnosticism, all -ism #39;s are IDOLATRY!
Most people won #39;t consider skepticism as a religion/idolatry. Well.. it is!
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Robert Jastrow #39;s Struggle of God and Agnosticism
Robert Jastrow explains his struggles of being an agnostic and accepting the implication of a beginning of the universe, which would entail a creator.
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Express Pilates Class 2 - Better Exercise Physiology
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Human Physiology Hangout 1 (Course Run #3)
This is the first Google+ Hangout for the third run of Duke University #39;s "Introductory Human Physiology" MOOC with Coursera.
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Anatomy, physiology and introduction to clinical medicine, move over!
This year, medical futurist Bertalan Mesko, MD launches a new course, Disruptive Technologies in Medicine with Professor Maria Judit Molnar, the scientific Vice Rector of Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. His goal is to prepare medical students for those future technologies they will face by the time they start actually practicing medicine. Dr. Mesko wants to persuade them that the relation between the human touch and technologies can work together to advance clinical science and care.
The curriculum touches on many of the digital health hot buttons found in the conversations of todayand, if Mesko has his way, these topics will find their way to the conversations at bedside too.
International students will access materials online as well. They will learn and compete against each other by answering questions about the future of medicine using the course social media page on Facebook. Further, new global collaborations with the students in digital health medical classes will be fostered, including courses byKim Solez, Professor of Anatomical Physiology at the University of Alberta. More collaborations are planned.
The role of digital health is taking root. From investments byGoogle, Apple and other large voices in the marketplace to a true global presence, its only a matter of time until medical education catches up with this powerful trend.
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