Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
17 December 2015

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Image of A Lightsaber In Space

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image that resembles a lightsaber. This cosmic object that seems to copy the iconic ...
06 January 2015

Twenty Years Later: Hubble Telescope Recaptures Pillars of Creation in HD

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The Pillars of Creation is one of the most memorable and iconic images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Telescope in 1995. Now, 20 years aft...
25 January 2014

Fruit Flies Raised in Outer Space Have Weak Immune System

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An experiment that involved Drosophila fruit flies being raised in outer space at the Space Shuttle Discovery showed that the flies have a ...
10 December 2013

Strong Evidence of Life in Ancient Lake at Mars Gale Crater

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Scientists at NASA's Mars Science Laboratory have discovered evidence of an ancient lake on Mars that they believe may have supported l...
30 August 2013

Chandra X-ray Space Telescope Reveals Reason Supermassive Black Holes Consume Less Matter

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Scientists using NASA's Chandra X-Ray space telescope have found the reason why supermassive black holes accrete (consume or pulling in...
11 July 2013

Exoplanet HD 189733b Determined to be Color Blue Like the Earth

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A planet discovered in 2005 in the constellation of Vulpecula (the Fox) was determined to be colored blue with the help of the NASA/ESA Hub...
31 May 2013

Gravity Field Mystery of the Moon Solved By NASA GRAIL Mission

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Gravity Field Map of the Moon The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission by NASA has solved one of the moon's myst...
16 March 2013

Coronal Mass Ejection Directed at the Earth Detected By NASA

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Coronal Mass Ejection on 15 March 2013 as captured by the ESA and NASA Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Credit: ESA&NASA/SOHO ...
15 February 2013

Cosmic Rays Confirmed To Originate From Supernovas In Two Separate Announcements

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When stars explode, the supernovas send off shock waves, which accelerate protons to cosmic-ray energies through a process known as Ferm...
17 January 2013

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Image of LHC 120-N 11 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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The Hubble Space Telescope captures an image of LHC 120-N 11, a region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy 200,000 light years from Ear...
10 January 2013

Globular Star Cluster Tucanae 47 In Great Detail

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There are over 150 globular clusters in the Milky way galaxy. The most massive globular star cluster is Omega Centauri. The second most ma...
08 January 2013

Study Finds Sleep Patterns And Neurobehavioral Effects As A Concern On Manned Mission To Mars

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Researchers analyzing data on the the sleep, performance, and mood behavioral impact of deep space travel to astronauts find that sleep pat...
31 December 2012

Happy New Year From Quantum Day! Hubble Space Telescope Calendar 2013

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Happy New Year! Here's wishing you the best that 2013 has to offer! Here's to looking forward to more scientific discoveries, ...
25 December 2012

Wishing You The Best of the Holidays!

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This image is courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Planetary Nebula, NGC B5189 resembles a gift ribbon in space. What better way ...
20 December 2012

Stars in Star Clusters Observed To Age At Varying Rates

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Astronomers at the ESO, ESA, and NASA have observed that some stars in star clusters appear young looking than other stars. This is despite...
06 December 2012

Hubble Telescope Reveals Galaxy NGC 922 Collided With Smaller Galaxy 330 Million Years Ago

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The Hubble Space Telescope's image of galaxy NGC 922 reveals that it could have collided with a smaller galaxy 330 million years ago. T...
30 November 2012

Ice Water And Organic Materials Detected In Planet Mercury By NASA Spacecraft

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NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has detected big pockets of ice and water in the north polar region of the planet Mercury. The image shows ...
17 October 2012

NASA Spacecraft New Horizons May Be In Peril As It Nears Pluto

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The Kuiper belt is a is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 Astronomical Units (AU) ...
16 October 2012

Massive Galactic Filament of Dark Matter Imaged By Hubble Space Telescope In 3D

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Filaments in outer space are called supercluster complexes or great walls. Galaxy filaments are the largest cosmic structures in the univer...
12 October 2012

MIT News: Asteroid Vesta Once Had Dynamo That Generated Magnetic Field Like The Earth

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On September 27, 2007, NASA launched its Dawn spacecraft. Its mission is to orbit the asteroid Vesta and then head over to another asteroi...