http://astrophotography.toplisted.net Our round up of the top Astrophotography news stories of the day on the Top Listed Network Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=1 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=1 ]]> At only 29 years old, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney is garnering reviews that playwrights twice his age would envy. In a recent review of his trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1 & Part 2 at the Public Theater, The New York Times described the work as a ?gorgeous trilogy? of plays which are ?pumped full of a senses-heightening oxygen that leaves you tingling.? The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=2 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=2 ]]> The first of 25 North American antennas to be manufactured by General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies for the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array astronomical observatory was recently installed at the ALMA Operations Site located high in the Chilean Andes. The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=3 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=3 ]]> We can finally begin to think seriously about establishing a self-sufficient settlement on the Moon because of NASA?s discovery of large quantities of water there. The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=4 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=4 ]]> Race touches on an issue still present in the age of President Barack Obama. In fact, the title topic has already proven something of a recurring theme this season. The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=5 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=5 ]]> Image 1: This image of the central parts of Centaurus A reveals the parallelogram-shaped remains of a smaller galaxy that was gulped down about 200 to 700 million years ago. The image is based on data collected with the SOFI instrument on ESO?s New Technology Telescope at La Silla. The original image, obtained by observing in the near-infrared through three different filters (J, H and K) was ... The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=6 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=6 ]]> Footnotes:[1] The veil of water vapor enveloping Earth acts like an invisible "brick wall" to the infrared energy from cosmic objects, absorbing most all of it. The energy journeys millions of light years only to be stopped by our planet's atmosphere within 5 miles of reaching us. SOFIA solves this problem by viewing the heavens from "above the veil" ? something ground-based scopes can?t do ... The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=7 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=7 ]]> David Mamet?s new work Race touches on an issue still present in the age of President Barack Obama. In fact, the title topic has already proven something of a recurring theme this season. The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=8 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=8 ]]> The animated family movie "Planet 51" has intergalactic aspirations, but never attains lift-off. Find out more in our @ The Movies review. The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=9 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=9 ]]> Jake Brereton's Nov. 17 article on the elusive nature of global warming provides a troubling example of the elusive nature of the public understanding of not only climate change, but science in general. The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=10 http://astrophotography.toplisted.net/news.php?article=1258760183&element=10 ]]> An odd-shaped Broadway hole-in-the-wall between 62nd and 63rd Streets, one of 503 POPS (Privately Owned Public Spaces) around town, reemerged as The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for a press and community preview Nov. 19. The Toplisted Network (http://www.toplisted.net) rssWebmaster@toplisted.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000