The Astrodome is vacant, but still standing. I’ve had 2010 in my player for the last few months—yes, it is a good film—and it gets played, at least partially, about once a fortnight. The cast is terrific. Full Article at Sports Blogs

Okay, so this may not be important breaking news about astronomy, but it may answer a burning question posed by most people who have watched or read "2001: A Space Odyssey": that is, why does the computer HAL-9000 sing the song 'Daisy Bell' as the... Full Article at Universe Today

Here is an article on research on building a space elevator. It is good that they start the article with a quote from the 1979 Arthur C. Clarke novel "The Fountains of Paradise". That was the first that I had ever heard of the idea. Full Article at Town Hall

In George Lucas’ first film THX 1138, the future of the world is an ascetic’s paradise of monochromatic environments, clean lines, barren surfaces, and shaved heads. Full Article at Unclutterer

The contest is intended to encourage development of a theory that originated in the 1960s and was popularized by Arthur C. Clarke's 1979 novel "The Fountains of Paradise." Full Article at Belleville News-Democrat

A start-up company from the Seattle area won $900,000 on Friday in a NASA contest to build a miniature prototype of a machine that could one day climb from Earth to outer space. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette