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U of G scientist helps search for life on Mars As far as day jobs go, it doesnt get much cooler than this. As a principal investigator on an international planetary exploration team, Ralf Gellert devotes his days to scouring the surface of Mars for signs of life. [url=http://www.guelphmercury.com/...

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Joseph-Louis Lagrange (25 January 1736 - 10 April 1813), born Giuseppe Lodovico (Luigi) Lagrangia, was a mathematician and astronomer, who was born in Turin, Piedmont, lived part of his life in Prussia and part in France, making significant contributions to all fields of analysis, to number theo...

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Benjamin F. Peery, Howard University astronomer, dies at 88 Benjamin F. Peery, 88, an astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career as a professor at Howard University, died Nov. 30 at his home in Silver Spring. He had dementia. An expert on the chemical makeup of stars, Dr. Peery was a profes...

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Walter Haeussermann (surname also spelled Häussermann, born 1914 in Künzelsau Germany) is a retired rocket scientist and former member of the "von Braun rocket group", both at Peenemünde and later at Marshall Space Flight Centre, where he was the director of the guidance and control l...

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Thomas J Ahrens Professor of Geophysics at Caltech who was known for his study of the terrestrial planets and impact processes on planetary surfaces. Ahrens died on November 24, 2010 at the age of 74. Read more

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Mother of Iranian astronomy honoured The 90th birth anniversary of the first Iranian female astronomer and physics professor, Alenush Terian, was celebrated at the Ararat Club in Tehran. The ceremony was attended by some Iranian MPs and over 100 Armenian people to pay tribute to Iranian mother of...

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She survived a lightning strike as a child, and it's suggested that she inspired the tongue-twister "She sells sea shells" - but it was her prolific work on the Dorset beaches, known now as the Jurassic Coast, that earned Mary Anning her place in scientific history. Her fossil discoverie...

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John Huchra Dies at 61; Maps Altered Ideas on Universe John Huchra, a man who loved telescopes and whose pioneering maps of a bubbly universe challenged notions of how the galaxies were born, died on Friday at his home in Lexington, Mass. He was 61. [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/us/14h...

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Dean Olmstead, 55, president of EchoStar Satellite Services, has died of cancer at a New Jersey hospital, according to the company. Olmstead joined EchoStar January 2008 after the satellite services company was spun off from the Dish DBS service. [url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/4...

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George Pieter Van Reeth was the third and last Secretary General of ELDO, and has spent 27 years with ESA and its predecessors. Born in 1924 in Herselt, Belgium, he studied civil engineering and then law at the Catholic University of Louvain. He obtained a Doctorate in Law in 1952. He practised as an At...

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Glen L. Evans, a prominent geologist who was in charge of exploration of the Odessa Meteor Crater from 1939 to 1941, died July 14. He completed a publication in 2000 with Charles "Gene" Mear titled, "The Odessa meteor craters and their geological implications" in the "O...

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Don Backer, astrophysicist and discoverer of millisecond pulsars, dies at 66 Don Backer, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley who discovered the first millisecond pulsar, died on 25 July. He was director of Berkeley's Radio Astronomy Laboratory and the Allen Telescope A...

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Simon Swordy, astrophysicist and expert on gamma rays, 1954-2010 Simon Swordy, a leading expert on the origins of high-energy particles and gamma rays that bombard the earth from deep space, died Monday at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He was 56. [url=http://news.uchicago.edu/new...

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The ashes of Vitaly Fedorov, a 44-year veteran of the Russian space industry, will be delivered into orbit and burst into open space. Fedorov was involved in virtually every major space launch in Russia during his career. He started as part of the lunar program, participating in the launch of the Bur...

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	Ralf Gellert (Preview) U of G scientist helps search for life on Mars As far as day jobs go, it doesnt get much cooler than this. As a principal investigator on an international planetary exploration team, Ralf Gellert devotes his days to scouring the surface of Mars for signs of life. [url=http://www.guelphmercury.com/...	Blobrana	0	Feb 25 12:18 2011 by Blobrana
	Joseph Louis Lagrange (Preview) Joseph-Louis Lagrange (25 January 1736 - 10 April 1813), born Giuseppe Lodovico (Luigi) Lagrangia, was a mathematician and astronomer, who was born in Turin, Piedmont, lived part of his life in Prussia and part in France, making significant contributions to all fields of analysis, to number theo...	Blobrana	0	Jan 25 10:22 2011 by Blobrana
	Benjamin F. Peery (Preview) Benjamin F. Peery, Howard University astronomer, dies at 88 Benjamin F. Peery, 88, an astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career as a professor at Howard University, died Nov. 30 at his home in Silver Spring. He had dementia. An expert on the chemical makeup of stars, Dr. Peery was a profes...	Blobrana	0	Dec 25 13:06 2010 by Blobrana
	Walter Haeussermann (Preview) Walter Haeussermann (surname also spelled Häussermann, born 1914 in Künzelsau Germany) is a retired rocket scientist and former member of the "von Braun rocket group", both at Peenemünde and later at Marshall Space Flight Centre, where he was the director of the guidance and control l...	Blobrana	1	Dec 11 16:32 2010 by Blobrana
	Thomas J Ahrens (1936-2010) (Preview) Thomas J Ahrens Professor of Geophysics at Caltech who was known for his study of the terrestrial planets and impact processes on planetary surfaces. Ahrens died on November 24, 2010 at the age of 74. Read more	Blobrana	0	Dec 10 09:07 2010 by Blobrana
	Alenush Terian (Preview) Mother of Iranian astronomy honoured The 90th birth anniversary of the first Iranian female astronomer and physics professor, Alenush Terian, was celebrated at the Ararat Club in Tehran. The ceremony was attended by some Iranian MPs and over 100 Armenian people to pay tribute to Iranian mother of...	Blobrana	1	Nov 10 22:03 2010 by Blobrana
	Mary Anning (Preview) She survived a lightning strike as a child, and it's suggested that she inspired the tongue-twister "She sells sea shells" - but it was her prolific work on the Dorset beaches, known now as the Jurassic Coast, that earned Mary Anning her place in scientific history. Her fossil discoverie...	Blobrana	0	Oct 21 14:37 2010 by Blobrana
	John Huchra (1948 - 2010) (Preview) John Huchra Dies at 61; Maps Altered Ideas on Universe John Huchra, a man who loved telescopes and whose pioneering maps of a bubbly universe challenged notions of how the galaxies were born, died on Friday at his home in Lexington, Mass. He was 61. [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/us/14h...	Blobrana	1	Oct 19 18:04 2010 by Blobrana
	Dean Olmstead (1955-2010) (Preview) Dean Olmstead, 55, president of EchoStar Satellite Services, has died of cancer at a New Jersey hospital, according to the company. Olmstead joined EchoStar January 2008 after the satellite services company was spun off from the Dish DBS service. [url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/4...	Blobrana	0	Oct 19 07:31 2010 by Blobrana
	George van Reeth (1924-2010) (Preview) George Pieter Van Reeth was the third and last Secretary General of ELDO, and has spent 27 years with ESA and its predecessors. Born in 1924 in Herselt, Belgium, he studied civil engineering and then law at the Catholic University of Louvain. He obtained a Doctorate in Law in 1952. He practised as an At...	Blobrana	0	Aug 26 16:17 2010 by Blobrana
	Glen L. Evans (1911-2010) (Preview) Glen L. Evans, a prominent geologist who was in charge of exploration of the Odessa Meteor Crater from 1939 to 1941, died July 14. He completed a publication in 2000 with Charles "Gene" Mear titled, "The Odessa meteor craters and their geological implications" in the "O...	Blobrana	0	Aug 6 10:40 2010 by Blobrana
	Don Backer (1943 - 2010) (Preview) Don Backer, astrophysicist and discoverer of millisecond pulsars, dies at 66 Don Backer, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley who discovered the first millisecond pulsar, died on 25 July. He was director of Berkeley's Radio Astronomy Laboratory and the Allen Telescope A...	Blobrana	2	Jul 30 23:30 2010 by Blobrana
	Leonard Searle (1930-2010) (Preview) [url=http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_15516245]Read	Blobrana	1	Jul 30 09:35 2010 by Blobrana
	Simon Swordy (1954-2010) (Preview) Simon Swordy, astrophysicist and expert on gamma rays, 1954-2010 Simon Swordy, a leading expert on the origins of high-energy particles and gamma rays that bombard the earth from deep space, died Monday at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He was 56. [url=http://news.uchicago.edu/new...	Blobrana	0	Jul 21 23:57 2010 by Blobrana
	Vitaly Fedorov (Preview) The ashes of Vitaly Fedorov, a 44-year veteran of the Russian space industry, will be delivered into orbit and burst into open space. Fedorov was involved in virtually every major space launch in Russia during his career. He started as part of the lunar program, participating in the launch of the Bur...	Blobrana	0	Jul 14 07:52 2010 by Blobrana
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