Hubble Spots the Most Distant Object Ever Seen in the Universe
Astronomers have pushed NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what is likely to be the most distant object ever seen in the universe.…
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NASA’s NanoSail-D Solar Sail Finally Unfurls
In an unexpected reversal of fortune, NASA’s NanoSail-D spacecraft has unfurled a gleaming sheet of space-age fabric 650 km above Earth, becoming the first-ever solar sail…
Read the article →The European Space Agency’s Mercury Mapper Undergoes Heat Testing
Key components of the ESA-led Mercury mapper BepiColombo have been tested in a specially upgraded European space simulator. ESA’s Large Space Simulator is now the most…
Read the article →Comet Storm Nosedives Into the Sun
The sun has just experienced a storm—not of explosive flares and hot plasma, but of icy comets. “The storm began on Dec 13th and ended on…
Read the article →NASA Telescopes Help Identify Most Distant Galaxy Cluster
Astronomers have discovered a massive cluster of young galaxies forming in the distant universe. The growing galactic metropolis, named COSMOS-AzTEC3, is the most distant known massive…
Read the article →Thunderstorms Create Anti-Matter Jets
Scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before. Scientists think the antimatter…
Read the article →AAVSO Alert Notice 430: Photometry Requested of Blazar-Type Quasars 3C 273 and 3C 279
AAVSO Alert Notice 430 Photometry requested of Blazar-type Quasars 3C 273 and 3C 279 January 11, 2011 Dr. Kirill Sokolovsky (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn) has requested…
Read the article →Planck’s New View of the Cosmos
The first scientific results from ESA’s Planck mission were released at a press briefing today in Paris. The findings focus on the coldest objects in the…
Read the article →First Rocky Planet Discovered by NASA’s Kepler Mission
Kepler confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar…
Read the article →AAVSO Alert Notice 429: Photometry Requested for Three Vestoid Near-Earth Objects
AAVSO Alert Notice 429 Photometry requested for three Vestoid Near-Earth Objects January 7, 2011 Dr. Michael David Hicks (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) contacted the AAVSO requesting precision…
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