• Japan’s Hayabusa Asteroid Probe: Saga to Appear on the Silver Screen

    Updated: 2011-07-31 15:47:43
    The saga behind the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa asteroid probe is headed for another landing, this time on the silver screen. In fact, a trio of movies is on tap focused on the space probe’s seven year journey to asteroid Itokowa and its arduous space trek. Likened to a robotic Apollo 13 mission, [...]

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 30 July 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-31 04:59:48
    Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 30 July 2011

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 29 July 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-30 20:58:37
    Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 29 July 2011

  • Herschel Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-30 20:58:35
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites The Bizarre , Twisted Ring of Dense Gas at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy Wednesday , July 20th , 2011 at 9:16 pm Leave your comment New observations from the Herschel Space Observatory show a bizarre , twisted ring of dense gas at the center of our Milky Way galaxy Only a few portions of the ring , which stretches across more than 600 light-years , were known before . Herschel’s view reveals the entire ring for the first time , and a strange kink that has astronomers scratching their . heads In a strange twist of science , astronomers using the

  • The Sun lets out a brief flare

    Updated: 2011-07-30 18:25:48
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Shooting satellites , new and old We are temporarily vaccinated against Jenny McCarthy The Sun lets out a brief flare Around 02:00 UTC last night July 30, 2011 a sunspot named Active Region 1261 erupted with a short solar flare , which was caught by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory . Using Helioviewer I created a short video of the event Make sure to set the resolution to at least 720p Those bright regions are actually sunspots , which are dark at wavelengths our eyes can see , but are quite bright in the ultraviolet . Solar flares occur when the Sun’s magnetic field lines get twisted up . They store a lot of energy

  • Public support for shuttle grows with its retirement

    Updated: 2011-07-30 14:12:12
    A poll conducted just after space shuttle Atlantis by IBOPE Zogby International found overwhelming support for the program. Among the questions asked: NASA has just completed its last space shuttle mission. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to end space shuttle missions? Agree 33% Disagree 59% Not sure 8% Overall, do you believe [...]

  • Shooting satellites, new and old

    Updated: 2011-07-30 14:00:24
    , Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS No , new data does not blow a gaping hole in global warming alarmism” The Sun lets out a brief flare Shooting satellites , new and old I’ve mentioned in the past that the International Space Station is easily visible to the unaided eye when it passes through the sky . That means it’s not hard to get pictures of it . Unless you have pretty fancy equipment you’ll only see it as a bright dot of light , but that’s still pretty cool , and worth a . try This shot of the ISS is from a webcam at the Tellus Museum of Science in Georgia , which is part of the All Sky Fireball Network That’s a collection of four cameras in

  • Message from the NASA Administrator 29 July 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:37
    Message from the NASA Administrator 29 July 2011

  • Wave Power Can Drive Sun's Intense Heat

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:36
    A new study sheds light on why the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is more than 20 times hotter than its surface.

  • SOHO Watches A Comet Fading Away

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:34
    On Nov. 4, 2010, NASA's EPOXI spacecraft came within 450 miles of Comet Hartley 2, a small comet not even a mile in diameter, which takes about six and a half years to orbit the Sun.

  • Oblique view of the lower mound in Mars' Gale Crater

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:33
    This oblique view of the lower mound in Gale Crater shows layers of rock that preserve a record of environments on Mars.

  • New Webb Telescope Technologies Already Helping Human Eyes

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:32
    Even while construction of the James Webb Space Telescope is underway on the most advanced infrared vision of any space observatory, its technologies are already proving useful to human eye health here on Earth.

  • NASA Awards Kennedy Space Center Water Systems Contract

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:31
    NASA Awards Kennedy Space Center Water Systems Contract

  • NASA Presenter Discusses a New Way to Work in a New Age

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:29
    NASA Presenter Discusses a New Way to Work in a New Age

  • IBOPE Zogby Poll: 6 in 10 Disagree With Ending Space Shuttle & Fear Others Will Surpass U.S. in Exploration

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:28
    Majorities of voters disagree with the decision to end shuttle missions and fear other nations might surpass the US in space exploration. Future space exploration through both NASA and private companies is seen as preferable to either going it alone.

  • Statement by Director John P. Holdren on the Passing of Jack Marburger

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:27
    It is with great sadness that I note the passing of Dr. John H. Marburger, III, former Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to President George W. Bush.

  • FAA Shutdown Widely Impacts Economy - Statement by AIA President & CEO Marion C. Blakey

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:26
    FAA Shutdown Widely Impacts Economy - Statement by AIA President & CEO Marion C. Blakey

  • Release of NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Fundamental Physics"

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:24
    Release of NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Fundamental Physics"

  • Lowering of ERS-2 orbit continues

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:23
    Lowering of ERS-2 orbit continues

  • United Launch Alliance Continues Consolidation and Cost Saving Measures with First Combined Atlas and Delta Shipments on Mariner

    Updated: 2011-07-30 12:57:22
    United Launch Alliance Continues Consolidation and Cost Saving Measures with First Combined Atlas and Delta Shipments on Mariner

  • A different angle on the space station

    Updated: 2011-07-30 02:54:19
    It's been standard procedure for the space shuttle to make a fly-around and take pictures of the International Space Station just as it's pulling away for the homeward journey. But the procedure was changed for this month's very last visit by the space shuttle Atlantis.

  • U. S. Should Have Kept Shuttle Operating, According to Zogby Poll

    Updated: 2011-07-30 01:06:17
      Americans disagree with the decision to retire NASA’s space shuttle program and fear the U. S. will fall behind rival nations in the exploration of space, according to a late July poll by IBOPE Zogby. The majority of those surveyed also believe the U. S. needs strong government as well as commercial participation in [...]

  • SpaceX Sets Next Launch for Nov. 30

    Updated: 2011-07-29 20:23:24
    Space Exploration Technologies plans to park its second Dragon capsule at the space station.

  • Wired, NYTimes: The new face of math, science, maybe everything-else education?

    Updated: 2011-07-29 18:59:08
    One of these pubs hits the steps every day and the other comes in the mail each month, so this reflects a pretty small and wretchedly passive sampling routine. But they brought two stories in the last few days that plucked the same cord of hope for future collective brain power. Wired – Clive Thompson: [...]

  • Live chat: Discussing T.S. Don, rain chances and Emily

    Updated: 2011-07-29 18:32:21
    <a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=422fa88d1d” mce_href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=422fa88d1d” >Weather chat: TS Don, rain and Emily coming</a>

  • Russia Backtracks on Plan to Sink Space Station

    Updated: 2011-07-29 18:02:00
    Despite earlier comments indicating the station would be sunk by 2020, a spokesperson says they hope to extend the station's life.

  • Found: Heart of Darkness | W. M. Keck Observatory

    Updated: 2011-07-29 16:50:00
    : : . . TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5

  • New View of Mars Rover’s Exploration Site: Gale Crater

    Updated: 2011-07-29 16:13:43
    When NASA’s mega-Mars rover, Curiosity, lands in August 2012, its target zone is Gale Crater. The robot will touch down at the foot of a layered mountain inside the crater that spans 96 miles (154 kilometers) in diameter. This geological feature also holds a mountain rising higher from the crater floor than Mount Rainier rises [...]

  • CSExtra – Friday, July 29, 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-29 14:16:26
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. In Washington, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee subpoena’s [...]

  • A nearly perfect circle in space

    Updated: 2011-07-29 14:00:43
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS A fiery angel erupts from the Sun No , new data does not blow a gaping hole in global warming alarmism” A nearly perfect circle in space I don’t get a chance very often to combine two previous posts , but I was thinking recently about planetary nebulae winds of gas blown off by dying stars and remembered my very favorite one in the whole sky , Abell 39 Click to ennebulenate . Isn’t that awesome It’s like it’s right out of Star Trek . I’ve written about the giant haloes surrounding some planetary nebulae before , and also about why some objects look like smoke rings In a nut shell , as a star like the Sun begins its

  • Chandra Observatory Takes Images Of Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-29 02:18:12
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News Deep Space Chandra Observatory Takes Images of Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole Chandra Observatory Takes Images of Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole Thursday , July 28th , 2011 at 6:01 pm The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time in X-rays . The observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will help tackle two of the most fundamental problems in modern astrophysics : understanding how black holes grow and how matter behaves in their intense . gravity The galaxy NGC 3115 is shown here

  • Space Vehicles Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-29 02:18:00
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks the End of an Era Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:24 pm Leave your comment Thus was history made : Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today . The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generation of space . vehicles A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module during the final day of being docked with the International Space Station . The object connected to the station at right in the grasp of

  • Mars Trek via Utah, Video Adventure!

    Updated: 2011-07-28 22:19:09
    Kavya Manyapu is a Boeing 777 aircraft engineer. While airplane travel is one thing…a space trek to Mars is on her mind too. Manyapu recently spent two weeks in a desert environment with limited water and food supplies. She took part in an Analogue Mars Habitat adventure – living within a two-story cylindrical building stationed [...]

  • NYTimes: If you don’t like the aliens in sci fi, just make one of your own…

    Updated: 2011-07-28 20:18:25
    Gotta go for today but cannot miss mentioning the page one story in today’s NYTimes by Dennis Overbye, running under the hed It’s Alive! It’s Alive! Maybe Right Here on Earth. It’s an enterprising story, even if it has no big scoops. Overbye does a fine job surveying a little-appreciated wing of frontier science, one [...]

  • Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Readied for Acoustical Testing

    Updated: 2011-07-28 15:05:08
    NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, or MPCV, is moving forward as the space agency’s deep space vehicle for human exploration. At the Lockheed Martin Waterton facility near Denver, Colorado, work is underway to integrate the Crew Module and the tower-like Launch Abort System. Once the two elements are connected, acoustical testing of the combined hardware [...]

  • Trojan Asteroid Discovered Stalking Earth

    Updated: 2011-07-28 14:37:00
    For the first time, an asteroid sharing Earth's orbit around the sun has been detected.

  • Water Rains Onto Saturn From Enceladus Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-28 12:51:59
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News Saturn Water Rains Onto Saturn From Enceladus Water Rains Onto Saturn From Enceladus Thursday , July 28th , 2011 at 11:51 am ESA’s Herschel space observatory has shown that water expelled from the moon Enceladus forms a giant torus of water vapour around Saturn . The discovery solves a 14-year mystery by identifying the source of the water in Saturn’s upper . atmosphere At least four distinct plumes of water ice spew out from the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus . Light reflected off Saturn is illuminating the

  • Big Sunspots Appear On The Sun Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-28 12:15:01
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News The Sun Big Sunspots Appear on the Sun Big Sunspots Appear on the Sun Thursday , July 28th , 2011 at 11:15 am After more than a week of quiescence , solar activity is picking up with the emergence of two large sunspot groups on the sun's northeastern . limb The active regions are crackling with C- and M-class solar flares . So far none of the eruptions has been squarely Earth directed , but that could change in the days ahead as solar rotation turns the sunspots to face our . planet NOAA forecasters estimate a 40 chance of

  • Is This the Lunar Crash Site of a 1967 Spacecraft?

    Updated: 2011-07-28 05:55:00
    A strange-looking impact crater has been spotted by NASA's current lunar satellite.

  • Is an Earth Trojan Asteroid the Logical Target for the “Flexible Path”?

    Updated: 2011-07-28 05:24:41
    Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green. Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA Scientists using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the first Trojan Asteroid in Earth orbit. Trojans orbit at a location in front of or behind a planet known as a Lagrange Point. A video of the asteroid and its orbit at [...]

  • Future NASA International Space Station Astronaut Looking Forward to Visit from First U. S. Commercial Re-supply Ship

    Updated: 2011-07-28 02:51:25
      The next NASA astronauts assigned to live and work on the International Space Station will be prepared for the arrivals of two U. S. commercial re-supply capsules that are taking over the cargo duties once handled by the space shuttle. The Space X Dragon could be launched to the station in late November and [...]

  • CSExtra – Thursday, July 28, 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-28 01:37:33
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting on space related activities from around the globe. The Earth has a previously unnoticed traveling companion; the Trojan asteroid poses [...]

  • Sink the space station? Not so fast

    Updated: 2011-07-28 01:36:27
    Now that the space shuttle fleet is out of service, the Russians are in charge when it comes to getting people to the International Space Station and back — so when a Russian space official talks about sinking the station as early as 2020, that may sound ominous to some ea hellip;

  • NASA’s WISE Mission Finds First Trojan Asteroid Sharing Earth’s Orbit

    Updated: 2011-07-28 01:01:18
    PASADENA, Calif. – Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known “Trojan” asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth. Trojans are asteroids that share an orbit with a planet near stable points in front of or behind the planet. Because they constantly lead or [...]

  • Well, duh. Study finds calorie counters eat more healthfully

    Updated: 2011-07-27 16:55:23
    Three years ago New York City required chain fast-food restaurants to post calorie counts for items on their menu. Now a study by the city’s health department shows that only 15 percent New Yorkers actually read the calorie ratings. But the report says that those who do read the listings tend to favor lower-calorie dishes. [...]

  • NYTimes: A Connecticut cougar migrated from the Dakotas

    Updated: 2011-07-27 16:55:04
    Claimed sightings of cougars have come from several Midwestern and Eastern states in recent years, but often are dismissed as erroneous or implausible. Now there is irrefutable evidence that at least one of the wild American lions has been roaming leafy Connecticut towns from tony Greenwich eastward to Milford. Peter Applebome writes in today’s New [...]

  • Space Station demise & a new space race developing?

    Updated: 2011-07-27 16:54:23
    The Russian space agency said Wednesday, according to AFP, that the International Space Station would be scrapped in 2020 and plunged into the ocean to avoid its becoming a source of orbital debris. So, after 12 years under construction and recent assurance from the American space agency that ISS was about to enter a period [...]

  • CSExtra – Wednesday, July 27, 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-27 14:45:54
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting on space related activities from around the globe. Europe seeks a significant role in NASA’s future exploration program. The Google [...]

  • WISE finds the very first Earth Trojan asteroid | Bad Astronomy

    Updated: 2011-07-27 12:55:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • NASA Safety Chief Announces Retirement

    Updated: 2011-07-27 04:24:34
      NASA safety chief Bryan O’Connor, a former astronaut, announced his retirement on Tuesday, the first high ranking space agency official to depart in the aftermath of the shuttle program’s retirement. The two time shuttle commander and pilot will depart Aug. 31. “Even though good practice suggests shorter tours for senior leaders, I did not [...]

  • Stunning portrait of galactic triplets

    Updated: 2011-07-27 01:00:22
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Saturn weather forecast : rings , with light rain from Enceladus WISE finds the very first Earth Trojan asteroid Stunning portrait of galactic triplets Located a mind-numbing 350 quintillion kilometers away 35 million light years , a mere stone’s throw on a cosmic scale the Leo Triplet is a set of three interacting spiral galaxies , each much like our own Milky Way . It’s unusual for a professional observatory to get all three in the same image , but the 2.6 meter VLT Survey Telescope VST has a 268 megapixel camera , making it a snap to take a family : portrait Click to massively galactinate . How flipping awesome is

  • Saturn weather forecast: rings, with light rain from Enceladus

    Updated: 2011-07-26 20:59:54
    : , Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS I lava science Stunning portrait of galactic triplets Saturn weather forecast : rings , with light rain from Enceladus Like any scientist , I love a good mystery . Sometimes it’s fun when they are long , complicated , involve subtle and difficult layers , and require a vast effort to . unravel And sometimes it’s cool when they are simply stated and simply solved . Like asking Where does the water in Saturn’s upper atmosphere come from and finding out the answer is It rains down from the moon Enceladus . quot Water has been seen deep in Saturn’s atmosphere before , but a few years back it was detected in the upper

  • I lava science!

    Updated: 2011-07-26 19:42:49
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Galactic friends and neighbors Saturn weather forecast : rings , with light rain from Enceladus I lava science Why do we scientists do what we do Because we love it . Because we’re driven by the need to know , the need to understand , the need to explore what’s around the next corner . And we’ll dedicate our education , our career , and our lives to do . it But I suspect some of us are just thrill-junkies . Like this guy Holy molten magma Look , astronomy can be dangerous Seriously we work at high elevations , there’s heavy equipment , and sometimes dangerous chemicals . But that guy Yikes . He should be more careful

  • NYT’s Science Times: evolution, Alzheimer’s and leopards. But wait, there’s more!

    Updated: 2011-07-26 17:35:44
    Evolution, as many of us know, is happening all the time everywhere. Phenotypes are always being tested by changes in environment. But it’s nice to be reminded that it can happen in the midst of the country’s largest city, as Carl Zimmer writes in this week’s Science Times. Even the ivy-choked islands in the middle [...]

  • Iapetus

    Updated: 2011-07-26 16:41:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • NGC 2023

    Updated: 2011-07-26 16:30:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Galactic friends and neighbors

    Updated: 2011-07-26 14:00:01
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS A glowing bubbly bauble in space I lava science Galactic friends and neighbors Every now and again , a Hubble image will kick me back with a wave of nostalgia . Most Hubble pictures are of specific objects with which I’m not familiar , some galaxy or cluster I’ve never even heard of . Sometimes the great observatory is pointed at a target I do know from my own youth as an amateur astronomer , something I’ve seen myself through my telescope . And sometimes it’s something with a more personal connection , a galaxy I’ve actually studied , and which reminds me of old friends , figuratively and literally like this

  • Garan Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-26 03:03:20
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks the End of an Era Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:24 pm Leave your comment Thus was history made : Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today . The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generation of space . vehicles A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module during the final day of being docked with the International Space Station . The object connected to the station at right in the grasp of

  • American Astronauts Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-26 03:03:17
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites NASA Administrator Commemorates Final Space Shuttle Landing Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:08 pm Leave your comment NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued this statement on July 21st about the final landing of the Space Shuttle : Program At today’s final landing of the space shuttle , we had the rare opportunity to witness history . We turned the page on a remarkable era and began the next chapter in our nation’s extraordinary story of . exploration The brave astronauts of STS-135 are emblematic of the shuttle program . Skilled professionals from

  • Hubble Images Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-26 03:02:42
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Hubble Space Telescope Discovers New Moon Orbiting Pluto Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 2:26 pm Leave your comment The NASA ESA Hubble Space telescope has discovered a new moon circling Pluto . P4, as it is currently called , is the smallest moon yet found orbiting Pluto , with an estimated size of 13–34 km . By comparison , Pluto’s largest moon , Charon , is 1043 km across , while Nix and Hydra are 32–113 km wide . The tiny , new satellite popped up in a Hubble survey searching for rings around the dwarf . planet This composite of two Hubble images shows

  • A glowing bubbly bauble in space

    Updated: 2011-07-25 21:00:40
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS A win for reality in Texas Galactic friends and neighbors A glowing bubbly bauble in space Look , I’ve been around the block a few times . I’ve spent my whole life as an astronomer , so I’ve seen pretty much every big , bright object there is in the sky . However , pretty much all It’s still possible to surprise me , and folks , let me tell you : the Gemini telescope’s observation of the nebula Kronberger 61 did just that Wow Click to ennebulenate . It looks like a buckeyball or a soccerball my wife pointed out it looks like the shape you get when you use a bubble maker to make a bunch of bubbles all stuck together .

  • Team aims to score cosmic goal

    Updated: 2011-07-25 19:50:16
    Professional and amateur astronomers are teaming up to study a cosmic "soccer ball" with a tricky goal in mind: understanding how the death throes of a star are affected by the company it keeps. The focus of this game is Kronberger 61, a planetary nebula discovered several month hellip;

  • Space Shuttle Atlantis Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-25 16:34:00
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks the End of an Era Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:24 pm Leave your comment Thus was history made : Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today . The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generation of space . vehicles A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module during the final day of being docked with the International Space Station . The object connected to the station at right in the grasp of

  • The heat of the Pinwheel

    Updated: 2011-07-25 14:00:08
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Music of the spheres A win for reality in Texas The heat of the Pinwheel Spiral galaxies are among the most beautiful objects in the sky , and one of the most beautiful of them is M101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy . It’s a reliable favorite among amateur astronomers because it’s big , bright , and located near the north pole of the sky , so it’s easy to find for a big part of the . year I’ve seen it many times through a telescope , but not quite like the way NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WISE saw it : glowing fiercely in colors our eyes cannot : detect Click to galactinate . This image shows the

  • Crespo Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-25 08:31:51
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites The Bizarre , Twisted Ring of Dense Gas at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy Wednesday , July 20th , 2011 at 9:16 pm Leave your comment New observations from the Herschel Space Observatory show a bizarre , twisted ring of dense gas at the center of our Milky Way galaxy Only a few portions of the ring , which stretches across more than 600 light-years , were known before . Herschel’s view reveals the entire ring for the first time , and a strange kink that has astronomers scratching their . heads In a strange twist of science , astronomers using the

  • Shuttle Fleet Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-24 16:29:01
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks the End of an Era Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:24 pm Leave your comment Thus was history made : Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today . The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generation of space . vehicles A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module during the final day of being docked with the International Space Station . The object connected to the station at right in the grasp of

  • Proud Moments Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-24 16:28:50
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites NASA Administrator Commemorates Final Space Shuttle Landing Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:08 pm Leave your comment NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued this statement on July 21st about the final landing of the Space Shuttle : Program At today’s final landing of the space shuttle , we had the rare opportunity to witness history . We turned the page on a remarkable era and began the next chapter in our nation’s extraordinary story of . exploration The brave astronauts of STS-135 are emblematic of the shuttle program . Skilled professionals from

  • shuttle missions Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-24 16:28:48
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites NASA Administrator Commemorates Final Space Shuttle Landing Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:08 pm Leave your comment NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued this statement on July 21st about the final landing of the Space Shuttle : Program At today’s final landing of the space shuttle , we had the rare opportunity to witness history . We turned the page on a remarkable era and began the next chapter in our nation’s extraordinary story of . exploration The brave astronauts of STS-135 are emblematic of the shuttle program . Skilled professionals from

  • Skilled Professionals Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-24 16:28:46
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites NASA Administrator Commemorates Final Space Shuttle Landing Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:08 pm Leave your comment NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued this statement on July 21st about the final landing of the Space Shuttle : Program At today’s final landing of the space shuttle , we had the rare opportunity to witness history . We turned the page on a remarkable era and began the next chapter in our nation’s extraordinary story of . exploration The brave astronauts of STS-135 are emblematic of the shuttle program . Skilled professionals from

  • Flyby Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-24 16:28:33
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Hubble Space Telescope Discovers New Moon Orbiting Pluto Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 2:26 pm Leave your comment The NASA ESA Hubble Space telescope has discovered a new moon circling Pluto . P4, as it is currently called , is the smallest moon yet found orbiting Pluto , with an estimated size of 13–34 km . By comparison , Pluto’s largest moon , Charon , is 1043 km across , while Nix and Hydra are 32–113 km wide . The tiny , new satellite popped up in a Hubble survey searching for rings around the dwarf . planet This composite of two Hubble images shows

  • Center Of The Milky Way Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-24 16:28:29
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites The Bizarre , Twisted Ring of Dense Gas at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy Wednesday , July 20th , 2011 at 9:16 pm Leave your comment New observations from the Herschel Space Observatory show a bizarre , twisted ring of dense gas at the center of our Milky Way galaxy Only a few portions of the ring , which stretches across more than 600 light-years , were known before . Herschel’s view reveals the entire ring for the first time , and a strange kink that has astronomers scratching their . heads In a strange twist of science , astronomers using the

  • High Resolution Images Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-24 16:28:24
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites The Bizarre , Twisted Ring of Dense Gas at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy Wednesday , July 20th , 2011 at 9:16 pm Leave your comment New observations from the Herschel Space Observatory show a bizarre , twisted ring of dense gas at the center of our Milky Way galaxy Only a few portions of the ring , which stretches across more than 600 light-years , were known before . Herschel’s view reveals the entire ring for the first time , and a strange kink that has astronomers scratching their . heads In a strange twist of science , astronomers using the

  • Music of the spheres

    Updated: 2011-07-24 14:00:58
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Time lapse : Journey through canyons The heat of the Pinwheel Music of the spheres Alex Parker is an astronomy PhD student at the University of Victoria , and had a neat idea : create music based on 241 supernovae found in a three-year-long survey of the sky . The data were from the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope , and he made a video of the : effort Each note represents one of the supernovae . The volume is based on the star’s distance , and the pitch based on how long it took the supernova to rise to maximum brightness and fade away that’s tied to the exploding star’s total energy released , and was the key factor

  • Gale Crater Selected As Landing Site For Mars Curiosity Rover Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-23 12:02:39
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News Mars Gale Crater Selected as Landing Site for Mars Curiosity Rover Gale Crater Selected as Landing Site for Mars Curiosity Rover Saturday , July 23rd , 2011 at 11:02 am NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale . crater NASA has selected Gale crater as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory mission . The mission's rover will be placed on the ground in a northern portion of the crater in August 2012. This view of Gale is a mosaic of observations made in the

  • Five Reasons Why the Space Age Is Just Beginning. And This Time It’s for Real.

    Updated: 2011-07-23 02:23:37
    by Howard Bloom National Space Society Board of Governors Recently The Economist magazine featured a piece inspired by the end of the Shuttle Era entitled, “The end of the Space Age. Inner space is useful. Outer space is history.” The Economist is wrong. The space age is not ending. It is just beginning. And it is taking off fast. Its [...]

  • Largest Most Distant Reservoir of Water Found By Astronomers Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-23 01:57:28
    , Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News Deep Space Largest , Most Distant Reservoir of Water Found by Astronomers Largest , Most Distant Reservoir of Water Found by Astronomers Saturday , July 23rd , 2011 at 12:57 pm Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe . The water , equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world's ocean , surrounds a huge , feeding black hole , called a quasar , more than 12 billion light-years . away This artist's concept illustrates a quasar , or feeding

  • The fiery descent of Atlantis… in 3D!

    Updated: 2011-07-22 20:56:53
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Atlantis , one last time in the Sun Time lapse : Journey through canyons The fiery descent of Atlantis in 3D Well , today is certainly shaping up to be jaw-dropping pictures of Atlantis day How so Well , I already posted the stunning image of the Orbiter’s descent as seen from space , and just the other day I mentioned how I was hoping Nathanial Burton-Bradford would make more 3D images so guess what Get out your red cyan glasses : here’s the plasma-lit descent of Atlantis as seen from space in 3D Wow The ISS astronauts took several pictures of the Orbiter as it descended . Nathanial took two of them from NASA’s

  • Transport Container Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-22 18:31:20
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks the End of an Era Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:24 pm Leave your comment Thus was history made : Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today . The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generation of space . vehicles A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module during the final day of being docked with the International Space Station . The object connected to the station at right in the grasp of

  • Human Spaceflight Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-22 18:31:16
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks the End of an Era Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:24 pm Leave your comment Thus was history made : Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today . The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generation of space . vehicles A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module during the final day of being docked with the International Space Station . The object connected to the station at right in the grasp of

  • hubble space telescope Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-22 18:30:34
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Hubble Space Telescope Discovers New Moon Orbiting Pluto Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 2:26 pm Leave your comment The NASA ESA Hubble Space telescope has discovered a new moon circling Pluto . P4, as it is currently called , is the smallest moon yet found orbiting Pluto , with an estimated size of 13–34 km . By comparison , Pluto’s largest moon , Charon , is 1043 km across , while Nix and Hydra are 32–113 km wide . The tiny , new satellite popped up in a Hubble survey searching for rings around the dwarf . planet This composite of two Hubble images shows

  • Wide Field Camera Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-22 18:30:23
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Hubble Space Telescope Discovers New Moon Orbiting Pluto Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 2:26 pm Leave your comment The NASA ESA Hubble Space telescope has discovered a new moon circling Pluto . P4, as it is currently called , is the smallest moon yet found orbiting Pluto , with an estimated size of 13–34 km . By comparison , Pluto’s largest moon , Charon , is 1043 km across , while Nix and Hydra are 32–113 km wide . The tiny , new satellite popped up in a Hubble survey searching for rings around the dwarf . planet This composite of two Hubble images shows

  • Atlantis, one last time in the Sun

    Updated: 2011-07-22 18:04:18
    , Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS The fiery descent of Atlantis seen from space The fiery descent of Atlantis in 3D Atlantis , one last time in the Sun Thierry Legault has done it again Thierry , an amateur astronomer from Belgium France , has had many of his amazing photographs grace this blog , and just yesterday I was wondering what he would get from the last Space Shuttle mission . As if on cue , he alerted me about his latest set of pictures including this amazing shot of Atlantis moving across the face of the : Sun Click to enspaceplanenate . This is a combination of four images , with the position of Atlantis marked with circles . He took

  • Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks The End Of An Era Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-22 16:24:22
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News Manned Space Flight Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks the End of an Era Space Shuttle Final Landing Marks the End of an Era Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:24 pm Thus was history made : Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today . The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generation of space . vehicles A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and its Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module during the final day of being docked with the

  • NASA Space Shuttle Program Ends With Final Landing of Atlantis Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-22 16:19:42
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News Manned Space Flight NASA Space Shuttle Program Ends With Final Landing of Atlantis NASA Space Shuttle Program Ends With Final Landing of Atlantis Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:19 pm Wrapping up 30 years of unmatched achievements and blazing a trail for the next era of U.S . human spaceflight NASA's storied Space Shuttle Program came to a wheels stop on Thursday , July 21st , 2011 at the conclusion of its 135th . mission Shuttle Atlantis and its four-astronaut crew glided home for the final time , ending a 13-day journey of

  • NASA Administrator Commemorates Final Space Shuttle Landing Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-22 16:08:59
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News Manned Space Flight NASA Administrator Commemorates Final Space Shuttle Landing NASA Administrator Commemorates Final Space Shuttle Landing Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 3:08 pm NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued this statement on July 21st about the final landing of the Space Shuttle : Program At today's final landing of the space shuttle , we had the rare opportunity to witness history . We turned the page on a remarkable era and began the next chapter in our nation's extraordinary story of . exploration The brave

  • Hubble Space Telescope Discovers New Moon Orbiting Pluto Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-22 15:26:39
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News Pluto Hubble Space Telescope Discovers New Moon Orbiting Pluto Hubble Space Telescope Discovers New Moon Orbiting Pluto Friday , July 22nd , 2011 at 2:26 pm The NASA ESA Hubble Space telescope has discovered a new moon circling Pluto . P4, as it is currently called , is the smallest moon yet found orbiting Pluto , with an estimated size of 13–34 km . By comparison , Pluto’s largest moon , Charon , is 1043 km across , while Nix and Hydra are 32–113 km wide . The tiny , new satellite popped up in a Hubble survey searching for

  • Curiosity's Destination: Gale Crater

    Updated: 2011-07-22 10:50:00
    : : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • NASA's Next Mars Rover to Land at Gale Crater | JPL

    Updated: 2011-07-22 09:20:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Last looks at the shuttle in orbit

    Updated: 2011-07-22 04:17:05
    They look like alien bugs hopping across the sun, but these specks may represent the very last pictures of a space shuttle in orbit as seen from Earth. French astrophotographer Thierry Legault, an expert in the technique of tracking spacecraft silhouettes, captured these views o hellip;

  • Atlantis - And Then There Were None

    Updated: 2011-07-22 02:53:17
    Atlantis Reentry as seen from the International Space Station Image Credit: NASA Atlantis Cockpit View of Kennedy Space Center Image Credit: NASA TV Atlantis Approach to the Runway Image Credit: NASA TV Atlantis Touchdown at Kennedy Space Center Image Credit: NASA TV Atlantis, Astronaut Crew, and Ground Crew. Image Credit: NASA Official landing times: Mission Elapsed Times (MET): Main Gear Touchdown: MET 12/18:27:56 - 9:57:00 am UTC Nose [...]

  • Craters on Vesta

    Updated: 2011-07-22 02:51:24
    Craters on Vesta Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the protoplanet Vesta with its framing camera on July 18, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 10,500 kilometers. The smallest detail visible is about 2.0 km. In August, Dawn will begin sending [...]

  • A Shuttle tribute

    Updated: 2011-07-22 00:41:22
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS A space-age mystery to celebrate Apollo’s anniversary The fiery descent of Atlantis seen from space A Shuttle tribute When I was four , humans landed on the Moon . I grew up with the Saturn V . It was my . rocket But folks younger than me , people around 35 and younger , they’ve known the Space Shuttle as their rocket their whole lives . This video is a tribute to all of . them It was put together by Dave Holloway and Adam Rutherford and shows clips from all 135 Shuttle missions . I like the way they handled Columbia and Challenger too . Very nice . Tip of the heat shield tile to my pal Gia July 21st , 2011 5:41 PM

  • Johnson Space Center Reflects On Shuttle Program

    Updated: 2011-07-21 20:00:00
    The end of the shuttle program is being felt exceptionally hard at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Thousands of people there worked on the shuttle and related projects — and the center is a major economic force in the city and the region.

  • A space-age mystery to celebrate Apollo’s anniversary

    Updated: 2011-07-21 18:30:18
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS and then there were . none A Shuttle tribute A space-age mystery to celebrate Apollo’s anniversary Last night , at 02:56 UTC , it was the 42nd anniversary of humans putting a bootprint on another world . Before Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon , though , NASA and the USSR sent a fleet of unmanned probes there . Since that time we’ve sent many more , including the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter , one of my favorite spacecraft of all time . It takes amazing high-res images of the Moon and to celebrate today’s anniversary , they released this mysterious picture Cooool . Click to . enlunenate This image is about 400

  • The Space Shuttle Atlantis, July 19, 2011. | NASA

    Updated: 2011-07-21 09:36:00
    : , TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Atlantis Landing Ends 30 Years Of Shuttle Missions

    Updated: 2011-07-21 09:00:00
    Atlantis and its four crew members landed at the Kennedy Space Center just before 6 a.m. Now that Atlantis has returned to Earth, there will be no more shuttle flights. The program is ending after 30 years.

  • Atlantis Going Home

    Updated: 2011-07-21 08:33:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • NASA The Milky Way's Twisted Ring annotated

    Updated: 2011-07-21 05:45:13
    There's a problem with your browser or settings . Your browser or your browser's settings are not supported . To get the best experience possible , please download a compatible browser . If you know your browser is up to date , you should check to ensure that javascript is enabled . Learn How Follow this link to skip to the main content NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Home Missions Herschel Multimedia Send Print Follow this link to Share This Page Share Download Image Full Size 1600 x 1200 1024 x 768 800 x 600 The Milky Way's Twisted Ring annotated In a strange twist of science , astronomers using the Herschel Space Observatory have discovered that a suspected ring at the center of our galaxy is warped for reasons they cannot explain . This image from Herschel , an

  • Shuttle Memorabilia: Completing The Collection

    Updated: 2011-07-21 05:01:00
    As the shuttle program ends, there's a growing interest in shuttle-related historical items and collectibles.

  • The Bizarre Twisted Ring Of Dense Gas At The Center Of Our Milky Way Galaxy Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-20 22:16:57
    , Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites You are here : Astronomy News Deep Space The Bizarre , Twisted Ring of Dense Gas at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy The Bizarre , Twisted Ring of Dense Gas at the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy Wednesday , July 20th , 2011 at 9:16 pm New observations from the Herschel Space Observatory show a bizarre , twisted ring of dense gas at the center of our Milky Way galaxy Only a few portions of the ring , which stretches across more than 600 light-years , were known before . Herschel's view reveals the entire ring for the first time , and a strange kink

  • LunarPhase Pro Moon Astronomy and Interactive Moon Atlas Software Predict Moon Phases and More

    Updated: 2011-07-20 21:40:36
    2,147 Satisfied Moon Watchers Have Already Bought LunarPhase Pro Learn About Earth's Nearest Neighbor The Moon Predict Moon Phases And More , Past , Present or Future Get Prepared For A Global Explosion In Interest In The Moon Click the screenshots below for larger views Main screen shows data at a glance Learn the Moon with the Lunar Explorer Zoom into map Emulate view through a telescope V3.35 Released May 29th , 2011 Moon phases prediction software used by amateur astronomers , military people , photographers , gardeners , fishermen , hunters , hikers , researchers , psychologists , astrologers , stockbrokers , Wiccan , new-age , religious groups and more Download a Version 2 Demo of LunarPhase Pro 8Mb The Moon has seen a resurgence of interest in the last few years , both in space

  • Atlantis launch in 3D

    Updated: 2011-07-20 19:15:50
    Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Customer Service SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Pluto has another moon and then there were . none Atlantis launch in 3D Tomorrow morning , July 21, at 5:56 a.m . EDT 09:56 GMT the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis is scheduled to set wheels down on Earth one last time . When it launched , though , pictures were taken as the rocket rolled that allowed Nathaniel Burton-Bradford to create a 3D red cyan : anaglyph Click to enlaunchenate . I posted another 3D image he made of Atlantis too , and he has one of the ISS he just made as well If you don’t have red cyan glasses , you can search for em online . They’re pretty cheap , and I do sometimes link to pictures like this

  • Questions Hang Over NASA's Post-Shuttle Future

    Updated: 2011-07-20 05:01:00
    When NASA wrapped up its spaceship programs Mercury and Apollo, it had new vehicles ready to replace them. But the agency has no such plan now that the space shuttles are retiring. Some people say it's a sign the organization has lost its way, but the agency's leaders say NASA has a robust future.

  • NASA Job Fair Planned in Cape Canaveral, July 26 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-20 04:49:13
    NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Brevard Workforce are partnering to host a job fair with private sector companies and federal employers from across the country on July 26. The Space Coast Job Fair and Hands-on Training Event takes place at 11 a.m. EDT at the [...]

  • Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring

    Updated: 2011-07-19 15:14:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • New Book: Psychology of Space Exploration

    Updated: 2011-07-19 01:22:06
    A new NASA publication is now available for free download from the NSS website: Psychology of Space Exploration — Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective, edited by Douglas Vakoch. The 267-page book is NASA Special Publication SP-4411 (2011). Publishers description: As we stand poised on the verge of a new era of spaceflight, we must rethink every [...]

  • Vesta From Orbit

    Updated: 2011-07-18 21:03:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Astronomers Discover Habitable ExoEarth Orbiting Binary Star | Technology Review

    Updated: 2011-07-18 09:03:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Repairing webcam telescope guide camera

    Updated: 2011-07-17 15:50:53
    , Welcome to the Curdridge telescope observatory astrophotography blog . We explore many aspects of astronomy and astrophotography especially including projects such as telescope mounts . We have a Newtonian reflecting telescope in our budget observatory made from fence panels . Most of our imaging is done using Astrodon narrowband filters and cooled astronomy CCD . cameras Repairing webcam telescope guide camera Category : Astronomy Equipment Posted by : Tom How Repair job today at the Curdridge observatory . Webcams are popular in astronomy . They take great pictures of the Moon and the planets . With some fiddly soldering you can actually modify them to take longer exposures , e.g . 10 or 20 seconds . This makes them useful starter cameras for people just starting out in

  • James Webb Telescope in danger of cancellation

    Updated: 2011-07-16 21:25:53
    The James Webb Telescope, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, has been cut by the House Appropriations Committee. An amendment to the NASA budget to restore funding to the telescope was defeated July 14. The telescope has been plagued with large cost overruns. However, it remains possible that funding could be restored in the Senate. Senator [...]

  • Aurora Australis

    Updated: 2011-07-15 14:20:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Dawn Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Asteroid Vesta July 15

    Updated: 2011-07-14 19:06:41
    NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will enter orbit around the second most massive (but third largest) asteroid in the asteroid belt at around 10 pm Pacific Daylight Time Friday July 15. It will stay in orbit around Vesta for about a year and then move on to orbit the largest asteroid, Ceres. This demanding mission profile is [...]

  • Nearing Vesta

    Updated: 2011-07-14 10:34:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Space Solar Power May Be within Our Grasp

    Updated: 2011-07-13 19:47:07
    According to National Space Society Director Al Globus, the development of thin-film solar cells may bring the reality of space solar power closer than ever. Solar power originated roughly 50 years ago to power the satellites just beginning to orbit the Earth. From those roots it spawned a terrestrial-based power industry. Ironically, the same technology has, [...]

  • One Neptune Year and Rotation

    Updated: 2011-07-12 12:52:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Storm Mosaics

    Updated: 2011-07-11 10:10:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Seyfert Galaxy

    Updated: 2011-07-11 09:32:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Astronomers Publish New Map of Galactic Habitable Zone | Technology Review

    Updated: 2011-07-11 09:19:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Space Shuttle Program Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-11 06:34:57
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Final Mission for the Space Shuttle Saturday , July 9th , 2011 at 3:09 pm Leave your comment Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:29 a.m . EDT Friday . STS-135 is the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program that will end the multi-purpose spaceplane programme’s three-decade era of human . spaceflight On 8 July 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station on a

  • Mission Specialists Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-11 06:34:52
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Final Mission for the Space Shuttle Saturday , July 9th , 2011 at 3:09 pm Leave your comment Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:29 a.m . EDT Friday . STS-135 is the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program that will end the multi-purpose spaceplane programme’s three-decade era of human . spaceflight On 8 July 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station on a

  • New Forest Observatory: Telescopes and computers

    Updated: 2011-07-10 11:22:11
    , : Welcome to the Curdridge telescope observatory astrophotography blog . We explore many aspects of astronomy and astrophotography especially including projects such as telescope mounts . We have a Newtonian reflecting telescope in our budget observatory made from fence panels . Most of our imaging is done using Astrodon narrowband filters and cooled astronomy CCD . cameras New Forest Observatory : Telescopes and computers Category : Other Astronomers Posted by : Tom How An unplanned visit to Greg Parker at the New Forest Observatory yesterday to configure the computer systems for the new telescope imaging array that Greg is putting together . Whilst waiting for the weather to improve so that the dome can be delivered the process of interfacing all the components with the computers has

  • International Space Station Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-10 10:52:54
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Final Mission for the Space Shuttle Saturday , July 9th , 2011 at 3:09 pm Leave your comment Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:29 a.m . EDT Friday . STS-135 is the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program that will end the multi-purpose spaceplane programme’s three-decade era of human . spaceflight On 8 July 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station on a

  • Every Flight is a Mission to Planet Earth | Earth Observatory

    Updated: 2011-07-08 16:49:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Atlantis Launch | Flickr

    Updated: 2011-07-08 13:02:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Milky Way Galaxy Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-08 02:35:50
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites A Billion-Pixel Camera to Map the Milky Way Friday , July 8th , 2011 at 12:29 am Leave your comment The largest digital camera ever built for a space mission has been painstakingly mosaicked together from 106 separate electronic detectors . The resulting billion-pixel array” will serve as the super-sensitive eye’ of ESA’s Galaxy-mapping Gaia . mission A total of 106 CCDs make up Gaia’s focal plane . Technicians from Astrium France , the Gaia mission’s prime contractor , are seen bolting and aligning the CCDs onto their support structure , at the company’s

  • nasa administrator Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-07 10:31:09
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites The Hubble Space Telescope Makes Its One Millionth Science Observation Tuesday , July 5th , 2011 at 10:45 pm Leave your comment NASA’s Hubble Space telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery . On Monday , July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science observation during a search for water in an exoplanet’s atmosphere 1,000 light-years . away For 21 years Hubble has been the premier space science observatory , astounding us with deeply beautiful imagery and enabling ground-breaking science

  • Space Observatory Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-07 10:28:35
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites Mirror Polishing for James Webb Space Telescope Completed Friday , July 1st , 2011 at 8:31 pm Leave your comment Mirrors are a critical part of a telescope The quality is crucial , so completion of mirror polishing represents a major milestone . All of the mirrors that will fly aboard NASA’s James Webb Space telescope have been polished so the observatory can see objects as far away as the first galaxies in the . universe This image shows the four different types of mirrors on the Webb telescope From left to right are : a primary mirror segment , the

  • kennedy space center Night Sky Observer Night Sky Observer

    Updated: 2011-07-07 10:27:36
    Home About Contact Privacy Policy Astronomy News Astronomy Podcasts Astronomy Vodcasts Astronomy Needs You Auctions Blog Sky This Month Moon This Month Astronomy Software Astronomy Links Telescope Auctions Telescope Accessories Meteorites NASA’s Next Mars Rover Arrives in Florida Friday , June 24th , 2011 at 9:55 pm Leave your comment NASA’s next Mars rover has completed the journey from its California birthplace to Florida in preparation for launch this . fall Curiosity , the Mars Science Laboratory mission’s rover , along with the mission’s descent stage , arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Fla . on June 22, 2011, aboard a U.S . Air Force C-17 transport plane . Image Credit : NASA The Mars Science Laboratory rover , also known as Curiosity , arrived late Wednesday night at NASA’s

  • Mars Rover Site Selection Down to Two Finalists | NASA

    Updated: 2011-07-06 16:02:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Roiling a Hemisphere

    Updated: 2011-07-06 15:35:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Rho Ophiuchi Region

    Updated: 2011-07-06 12:57:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

  • Within the Carina Nebula

    Updated: 2011-07-05 10:25:00
    : TF Exo Cassini Chandra Curiosity Earth Hubble Kepler La Silla Mars Express Mauna Kea MRO MESSENGER Paranal Solar System Spitzer Universe Webb WISE FoS TelescopeFeed Found : Heart of Darkness W . M . Keck Observatory 1 day ago in Exo Iapetus 4 days ago in Cassini Orbiter Feed NGC 2023 4 days ago in Hubble Space Telescope Feed Curiosity's Destination : Gale Crater 1 week ago in Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Feed Atlantis Going Home 1 week ago in Earth Observatory Feed Clearest View Yet Of The Milky Way's Warped Central Ring 1 week ago in Universe Telescope Feed Vesta From Orbit 1 week ago in Solar System Telescope Feed Seyfert Galaxy 2 weeks ago in Paranal Observatory Feed Messier 78 4 weeks ago in Spitzer Space Telescope Feed Star Forming Nebula and a Supergiant Carbon Star 5 weeks

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