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Keck AO Observations: Io Volcanism - "Mornes plaines" [Life at the SETI Institute]Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:52PMBy Dr. Franck Marchis Planetary Astronomer at the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe , SETI Institute I'd like to share the first of two blogs on observations of Io that we did using the Keck telescope and its Adaptive Optics (AO) system. Similar to last year, my summer is busy with the REU ( Research Experience for Undergraduates ) students of the SETI Institute. I will ...

Business BriefsSaturday, July 24, 2010 @ 6:36AMOhio firm gets $24M to grow algae • Horizon net up, but isle volume off • Ex-Cyanotech CEO gets $335,000 • And more

Boulder 12-year-old Matt Moniz, dad break speed record for states' high pointsThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:49AMMatt Moniz, 12, and his father, Mike, stand atop the 13,804-foot Gannett Peak, Wyoming's tallest mountain. The two recently climbed the highest points of all 50 states in 43 days.

Astronomers Find A 300 Solar Mass StarWednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 8:37PMby Staff Writers Sheffield, UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2010 Using a combination of instruments on ESO's Very Large Telescope, a UK-led international team of astronomers have discovered the most massive stars to date, one which at birth had more than 300 times the mass of the Sun, twice as much as the currently accepted limit.

Quasar Acts As A Cosmic LensWednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 9:12AMThe EPFL's Laboratory of Astrophysics has for the first time observed a quasar that is located between the earth and a more distant galaxy and acts as a gravitational lensA quasar acting as a gravitational lens has now been observed for the first time. This discovery, made by the EPFL's Laboratory of Astrophysics in cooperation with Caltech, represents an advance in the field, since it will ...

Astrophysicists Discover A Quasar That Acts As A Cosmic LensWednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 6:47AMA quasar acting as a gravitational lens has now been observed for the first time. This discovery, made by the EPFL's Laboratory of Astrophysics in cooperation with Caltech, represents an advance in the field, since it will allow scientists to weigh and measure a galaxy that contains a quasar.

Professor unravels dark energy mysteryWednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 2:24AMKen Rines, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Western, was awarded a $35,000 grant Thursday for dark energy...

Astrophysicists discover a quasar that acts as a cosmic lens (w/ Video)Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 2:44PMA quasar acting as a gravitational lens has now been observed for the first time. This discovery, made by the EPFL's Laboratory of Astrophysics in cooperation with Caltech, represents an advance in the field, since it will allow scientists to weigh and measure a galaxy that contains a quasar. The news is published today in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

UC supports Thirty Meter Telescope project, with new observatory in Hawaii to be completed in 2018Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 3:44AMMauna Kea summit in Hawaii will soon be home to another major project to join the University of California’s latest telescopic venture.