If you’re a regular visitor to this site you’ll have noticed that there have been problems accessing the site from time to time over the last week.
This has been due to a major problem at my webhost. After doing a server upgrade, things just started falling apart. Some plugins on the site stopped working or behaved erratically and there … Read the rest of this article
Students from across Europe have been selected as the winners of the ESA’s ‘Explore the high-energy Universe’ competition.
Secondary school students were invited to choose from four projects relating to ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory in which they were challenged to Observe, Research, Design, or Build.
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ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory is able to detect gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic phenomena in …
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad on Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. The mission will study everything from massive black holes to our own sun. It is scheduled to launch no earlier than June 13.
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NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has a complex set …
A NASA mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its prime mission earlier than expected. The team of NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, with twin probes named Ebb and Flow, is now preparing for extended science operations starting Aug. 30 and continuing through Dec. 3, 2012.
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An artist’s depiction of the twin spacecraft …
On June 4th, 2012, there’s going to be a full Moon. According to Native American folklore it’s the Strawberry Moon, so-called because the short season for harvesting strawberries comes during the month of June.
This Strawberry’s going to have a bite taken out of it.
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On Monday, June 4th, the Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a …
NASA’s call to scientists and engineers to help plan a new strategy to explore Mars has resulted in almost double the amount of expected submissions with unique and bold ideas.
Mars Concepts 2012 Conference: Bringing together NASA organizations and the technical and scientific communities in an open forum to advance Mars exploration.
About 400 concepts or abstracts were submitted to … Read the rest of this article
NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building blocks of life, can originate on the Red Planet. These macromolecules are not of biological origin, but they are indicators that complex carbon chemistry has taken place on Mars.
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This 4.5 billion-year-old rock, labeled …
A scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away. The celestial equivalent of “guess your weight” was achieved by Steve Chesley of JPL’s Near-Earth Object Program Office by utilizing data from three NASA assets – the Goldstone Solar System Radar in the California desert, the … Read the rest of this article
The International Space Station’s Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX’s Dragon capsule to the space station Friday. This is the first time a commercial company has accomplished this type of space operation.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule is berthed to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV
“Today marks another critical step in the future of American spaceflight,” NASA Administrator … Read the rest of this article
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United States’ Landsat Earth-observing program, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are holding a contest that will offer winners customized satellite views of changing local landscapes.
Mississippi River Delta Basin (2011)
All U.S. citizens are eligible to enter the “My American Landscape: A Space Chronicle of Change” contest. Winners will … Read the rest of this article
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