Astronomy projects hit by £80m cuts (Times Online)

An £80 million hole in funding for physics and astronomy was closed yesterday with the decision to cut or reduce involvement in a range of national and international projects.

Astronomy Show (WCTV Tallahassee)

Some local children got a chance to gaze upon the stars early today.

NASA begins new type of astronomy (Moldova.org)

The U.S. space agency says its Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories, or STEREO, have detected particles from the edge of the solar system.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced last year's event Monday, saying it marked the beginning of a new type of astronomy.The two STEREO spacecraft were launched in 2006 into Earth's orbit around the sun to obtain stereo pictures of ...

Asteroid And Comet Threat Is A Challenge To Mankind (Bernama)

ST. PETERSBURG, July 5 (Bernama) -- The asteroid and comet threat is a real challenge to mankind in the 21st century, and it is described as "space terrorism", Russia's Itar-Tass news agency reported Saturday quoting the Director of the Institute of Applied Astronomy Andrei Fenkelshtein, as saying.

V V: A Polymath`s library (Business Standard India)

Travelling through time with libraries. All reading for pleasure is escape whether it is Greek, mathematics, astronomy, Marxism, The Diary of a Nobody or plain simple soft porn. To say otherwise is to be an intellectual snob and a juvenile in the art of living a life of the mind.

Physics names winners and losers (BBC News)

UK physics and astronomy will spend nearly £2bn in the next three years, but some programmes face cuts.

Buckley Homestead celebrates silver anniversary (Post-Tribune)

For 25 years, region residents and visitors have been able to experience a hands-on, real-life farm, pioneer life, astronomy and Indian history just east of Lowell. Buckley Homestead is celebrating its silver anniversary this weekend.