Image via WikipediaAstronomers Plead For Space Telescope?s Life
By Adam Mann NASA officials and leading astronomers say the James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, should still fly despite mounting criticism, cost increases, and disagreements within the astronomy community. ...
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| Scientists discover Tatoonie-like planet UT The Daily Texan And we can measure that very, very precisely from space,” said Department ofAstronomy senior researcher Bill Cochran, who is also a member of the Kepler team. A planet meeting the criteria of Kepler's mission would take one year to orbit its parent... See all stories on this topic » |  UT The Daily Texan |
| NASA Satellite Could Disintegrate Over Ireland iWeather Online According to Conor Farrell, Project Manager, Astronomy Ireland: “When large satellites re-enter the atmosphere they're done in a controlled manner: both the Mirspace station and the European ATV Johannes Kepler were deorbited over the Pacific where ... See all stories on this topic » |  iWeather Online |
| NASA's WISE mission captures black hole's wildly flaring jet 24dash (press release) Astronomers using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have captured rare data of a flaring black hole, revealing new details about these powerful objects and their blazing jets. "Imagine what it would be like if our sun were to ... See all stories on this topic » |  24dash (press release) |
From the eyes of ISS astronauts: Earth video
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James Drake, an American science teacher, created this video from 600 photographs he found in a collection called “Gateway to Astronomy Photograph of Earth,” which is available to the public at theNASA Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas. ...
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| Saturn's Moon Enceladus Spreads its Influence NASA Then in 1997, the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory confirmed the presence of water in Saturn's upper atmosphere. NASA's Submillimeter WaveAstronomy Satellite also observed water emission from Saturn at far-infrared wavelengths in ... See all stories on this topic » |  NASA |
| Regents' Professor Michael J. Drake, 1946-2011 UA News (press release) Regents' Professor Peter Strittmatter, who recently retired as director of the UA's Steward Observatory and head of the UA astronomy department, said Drake used those communication skills to expand LPL and form close relationships with NASA. ... See all stories on this topic » |  UA News (press release) |
Why Garbage Falling From Space Is A Good Thing.
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As Phil Plait puts it over at Bad Astronomy (with a nice figure to boot) The satellite was decommissioned in 2005 and they used the remaining fuel to lower the orbit. It's been slowly getting lower since then, but recently reached the part of our air ...
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| Carnival of Space #215 Universe Today Steve Nerlich is a very amateur Australian astronomer, publisher of the CheapAstronomy website and the weekly Cheap Astronomy Podcasts and one of the team of volunteer explainers at Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex - part ofNASA's Deep ... See all stories on this topic » |  Universe Today |
| Pals on sci-fly mission East Anglian Daily Times The team hopes to use the images to get local school children excited about science,astronomy and electronics. Another of the group, Simon Grice, said: “The UK is a world leader in space technology – it contributes £40bn to the UK economy. ... See all stories on this topic » |  East Anglian Daily Times |
| Space and Earth Sciences News :: WISE mission captures black ... (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have captured rare data of a flaring black hole, revealing new details about these powerful objects and their ... ... Space and Earth Sciences News ... Space and Earth Sciences News |
| The Search for 'Snoopy': Astronomers & Students Hunt for NASA's ... News. A group of amateur astronomers in the United Kingdom, assisted by students and NASA, have set their sights — and robotically-controlled telescopes ... news.yahoo.com/search-snoopy-astronomers-students-hunt-na... |
| Tests under way on the sunshield for NASA's Webb telescope ... Written by Administrator. Posted in News - Astronomy News. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA is testing an element of the sunshield that will protect ... www.telescopesastronomy.com/.../tests-under-way-on-the-suns... |
| Search for 'Snoopy': Astronomers & Students Hunt for NASA's Lost ... The hunt is on for NASA's long-lost Apollo 10 module. ... Get science news via. Astronomy Space... Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 10:00 in Astronomy & Space ... esciencenews.com/.../search.snoopy.astronomers.students.hunt... |
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