Mirror Polishing for James Webb Space Telescope Completed
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…
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ExoMars Lander Scientific Investigations Selected
ESA and NASA have announced the scientific investigations selected for their 2016 ExoMars lander demonstrator. They will probe the atmosphere during the descent, and return the…
Read the article →2011 Noctilucent Cloud Sightings
Noctilucent Clouds The 2011 noctilucent cloud (NLC) season has begun. For the past few nights, observers in northern parts of Europe have spotted velvety, electric-blue tendrils…
Read the article →NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft Reveals Magma Ocean Under Io
New data analysis from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft reveals a subsurface ocean of molten or partially molten magma beneath the surface of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io. ……
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 →NASA’s Voyager 1 Sees Solar Wind Decline en Route to Interstellar Space
The 33-year odyssey of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion…
Read the article →Venus Holds a Warning for Earth
A mysterious high-altitude layer of sulphur dioxide discovered by ESA’s Venus Express has been explained. As well as telling us more about Venus, it could be…
Read the article →LCROSS Lunar Impact Uncovered More Than Just Moon Water
Nearly a year after announcing the discovery of water molecules on the moon, scientists have revealed new data uncovered by NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing…
Read the article →“New Horizons” Probe Wakes Up in Exotic Territory
An artist’s concept of New Horizons. Zipping through space at nearly a million miles per day, NASA’s New Horizons probe is halfway to Pluto and just…
Read the article →James Webb Telescope Planet Search
An artist’s concept of an exoplanet. Image credit: ESO. January 14, 2010: The premiere observatory of the next decade, the James Webb Space Telescope, will launch…
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