AP – Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose work was condemned by the Catholic Church as heretical, will be reburied by Polish priests as a hero on Saturday, nearly 500 years after he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Astronomer Copernicus to be reburied as hero (AP)
Calm, Crescent Moon, and Venus
Last weekend, the View full post on APOD
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Atlantis Astronauts Gear Up for Third and Final Spacewalk (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – The spacewalking crew of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis will take one final spacewalk of their mission to wrap up a battery upgrade service call on the solar arrays outside the International Space Station. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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M87: Elliptical Galaxy with Jet
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Mars rover surpasses Viking 1′s longevity record (AP)
AP – NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has achieved another milestone. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Milky Way Over Ancient Ghost Panel
Long before View full post on APOD
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Spacewalk 2: Tangled cable, batteries await crew (AP)
AP – The Atlantis astronauts have an extra chore on their spacewalking plate. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula
The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole View full post on APOD
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Shuttle Astronauts to Install New Russian Room on Space Station (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis plan to install a new Russian research room on the International Space Station Tuesday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Lasers scan future possibilities
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the first demonstration of a ruby laser in the US Hughes Research Labs. View full post on BBC News and Sport Search: astronomy
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Panorama of the Whale Galaxy
The see the full length of this blue whale, scroll right. View full post on APOD
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Astronauts kicking off first of 3 spacewalks (AP)
AP – It’s spacewalking time for the Atlantis astronauts. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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