Astronauts Usher in New NYC Museum Space Show
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:23:04 -0800

NASA astronauts Mike Massimino and John Grunsfeld, who both flew on the last space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope , were on hand at the museum to introduce a new temporary exhibition called "Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of ...

SCUBA-2 unveiled at James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:59:09 -0800

For example, this composite image (right) of the Whirlpool Galaxy, 31 million light years from Earth, also known as M51: The green image is from the Hubble Space Telescope and shows the optical wavelength. The submillimetre light detected by SCUBA-2 is ...

Meet Lucianne Walkowicz, the Kepler planet hunter
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:40:30 -0800

"The big 'wow' for the public has been the Hubble Space Telescope with its images of the cosmos," she says. "But they are static and melancholic because we are looking at something that happened millions of years ago."

Galaxies Are the Ultimate Recyclers
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:27:45 -0800

New observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are expanding astronomers' understanding of the ways in which galaxies continuously recycle immense volumes of hydrogen gas and heavy elements. This process allows galaxies to build successive ...

TDRS-M data relay satellite purchased for NASA network
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:40:00 -0800

"TDRS-M will address the growing need for satellites to serve as NASA's means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope and dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low Earth orbit," ...

Alien planet warped its solar system, scientists say
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:03:55 -0800

The planet orbiting Beta Pictoris has caused a kink in the debris disk surrounding the star, as seen in this false-color image from the Hubble Space Telescope . By Nola Taylor Redd An alien planet circling around a distant star has caused a disk of ...

Clearer skies for ground-based telescopes
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:57:38 -0800

The so-called sky or 'airglow' is a real problem for astronomers using ground-based telescopes to detect light from distant galaxies. Space-based telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope sit outside the Earth's atmosphere, so don't suffer from the ...

The Many Mutations of Beck
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:06:21 -0800

The people who didn't love being photographed word got around that I made it easier on them, says the Los Angeles-based photographer, who's captured more unlikely stars than the Hubble Space Telescope . De Wilde is well known for her portraits of ...

Hubble snaps mystery green death nebula in NGC 1846
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:36:10 -0800

By Brid-Aine Parnell Get more from this author NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the death of a star in a nearby dwarf galaxy. Hubble snapped the shot of the cumbersomely named Globular Cluster NGC 1846, a collection of hundreds ...

Backyard astronomer snaps Beta Pictoris dust disk
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:58:13 -0800

According to the photographer, Ralf Olsen, shots of the disk such as are taken by the Hubble Space Telescope are usually made by physically blocking out the glare of Beta Pictoris itself within the optical path. Olsen, on the other hand, ...

Vampire star's 'gentle' bite is captured in best images yet
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:47:59 -0800

By harnessing light from the different telescopes that make up the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the astronomers were able to scan a portion of the sky 427 feet (130 meters) across with vision 50 times sharper than the venerable Hubble Space Telescope , ...

Hubble Telescope Engineer Volunteers at Ariel U
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:44:20 -0800

Randy Billingham, who worked on corrective optic for the Hubble Space Telescope , volunteers to teach at Samaria university. By Frank Mecklenburg The Ariel University Center (AUC) continues to attract volunteers from abroad who see bolstering the ...

James Webb Space Telescope Safe -- For Now
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:48:20 -0800

A compromise spending plan for NASA averts cancellation of the James Webb Space Telescope , but caps development of the Hubble successor observatory at $8 billion. The Webb telescope has racked up about $5 billion in cost overruns and more money is ...

Hubble confirms: galaxies are ultimate recyclers
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:42:55 -0800

This conclusion is based on a series of Hubble Space Telescope observations that flexed the special capabilities of its Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) to detect gas in the halo of our Milky Way and more than 40 other galaxies. ...

Science Scanner: NASA Telescope Spots Earth-like Planet
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:33:56 -0800

The astronomers were able to render their images by combining the light captured by four telescopes to create a virtual telescope measuring 130 meters across, with a vision that's 50 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope . ...

Whata EUs on in Northumberland a EU to Thursday, December 15
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:27:06 -0800

Tomorrow and Saturday, December 10: An Evening With The Hubble Space Telescope . Enjoy expert discussion and use of telescopes at Kielder Observatory. 8pm. PS8, PS6 conc. Contact 07805 638469 or book online at www.kielderobseratory.org Saturday, ...

James Webb Space Telescope Saved -- For Now
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:29:30 -0800

The telescope, which is tentatively scheduled to be launched into space in 2018, is designed to be the successor to the popular but aging Hubble Space Telescope . Getting it into orbit by 2018 is expected to cost more than $8 billion, or $1.5 billion ...

Robot Surgeon Tech Aims to Fix NASA Satellites
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:06:50 -0800

Sending a robot would save astronauts from having to undergo costly, dangerous missions to fix or refuel satellites, space stations or distant planetary outposts even if NASA shuttle crews ventured out on risky repairs of the Hubble Space Telescope ...

Still in the dark about dark matter
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:24:13 -0800

The 2007 image is from the Hubble Space Telescope . (Associated Press / May 14, 2007) By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times Dark matter, the mysterious stuff thought to make up about 80% of matter in the universe, has become even more inscrutable. ...

Year-long Mega-Storms Roil Saturn
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:46:49 -0800

Years before Cassini was launched, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a similar outburst in 1993, (pictured below) but it died out after 55 days. Other white storms were sighted in 1960, 1933, 1903, and 1876. The 1903 storm lasted 155 days and was the ...