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Moondust In The Wind Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 14, 2008 
Moondust is dry, desiccated stuff, and may seem like a dull topic to write about. Indeed, you could search a ton of moondust without finding a single molecule of water, so it could make for a pretty "dry" story. But like the dust in your mother's attic, moondust covers something interesting - the moon - and even the dust itself has curious tales to tell. A group of NASA and University of ... read more |
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The Coldest Brown Dwarf Ever Observed: Closing The Gap Between Stars And Planets
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 14, 2008An international team of astronomers has discovered the coldest brown dwarf star ever observed. This finding, to be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics, is a new step toward filling the gap between stars and planets. An international team led by French and Canadian astronomers has just discovered the coldest brown dwarf ever observed. Their results will soon be published in Astronomy a ... more New Rocky Planet Found In Constellation Leo 
London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2008Spanish and UCL (University College London) scientists have discovered a possible terrestrial-type planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Leo. The new planet, which lies at a distance of 30 light years from the Earth, has a mass five times that of our planet but is the smallest found to date. One full day on the new planet would be equivalent to three weeks on Earth. The team of as ... more RIT Team Simulates First Merger Of Three Black Holes On A Supercomputer 
Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 10, 2008The same team of astrophysicists that cracked the computer code simulating two black holes crashing and merging together has now, for the first time, caused a three-black-hole collision. Manuela Campanelli, Carlos Lousto and Yosef Zlochower-scientists in Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation-simulated triplet black holes to test their break ... more NASA Sets Sights On Lunar Dust Exploration Mission 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2008NASA is preparing to send a small spacecraft to the moon in 2011 to assess the lunar atmosphere and the nature of dust lofted above the surface. Called the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), the mission will launch before the agency's moon exploration activities accelerate during the next decade. LADEE will gather detailed information about conditions near the surface ... more Witnessing The Formation Of Distant Galaxies 
London, UK (SPX) Apr 09, 2008UK astronomers have produced the most sensitive infrared map of the distant Universe ever undertaken. Combining data over a period of three years, they have produced an image containing over 100,000 galaxies over an area four times the size of the full Moon. Some of the first results from this project will be presented by Dr Sebastien Foucaud from the University of Nottingham ... more |
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Bloomington IN (SPX) Apr 08, 2008The Indiana Asteroid Program began with a borrowed lens and a bet over a chocolate ice cream cone. Almost 60 years later, its final chapter was written with the naming of a heavenly body after one of the most dedicated staff members Indiana University Bloomington's Department of Astronomy has ever seen. The program -- launched in 1949 by Hoosier astronomy legend Frank Edmondson -- aimed to ... more New Laser Technology Could Find First Earth-like Planets 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Apr 08, 2008The leading method of finding planets orbiting distant stars spots mostly Jupiter-sized worlds. Technology limitations make it difficult to detect smaller planets. But that is about to change. A revolutionary laser technology being developed by scientists and engineers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), with colleagues at MIT, will enable scientists to spot Earth-sized ... more NASA Selects Three Research Fellows For GLAST Mission 
College Park MD (SPX) Apr 08, 2008After a nationwide search for junior science researchers on NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) mission, three people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral positions. The purpose of the fellowship program is to support outstanding postdoctoral scientists who endeavor to advance understanding of the gamma-ray universe. The goal of the program is to stimulate an ... more Cosmic Engines Surprise XMM-Newton 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 08, 2008XMM-Newton has been surprised by a rare type of galaxy, from which it has detected a higher number of X-rays than thought possible. The observation gives new insight into the powerful processes shaping galaxies during their formation and evolution. Scientists working with XMM-Newton were looking into the furthest reaches of the universe, at celestial objects called quasars. These are vast ... more |
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Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2008Northrop Grumman is a partner on five contracts awarded by NASA to investigate concepts for next-generation space telescopes. The concepts include a powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, three planet finding missions, and a futuristic x-ray space telescope. The study results will be submitted for consideration to the scientific community during the upcoming National Academy of ... more The Source Of The Solar Wind 
Belfast, Ireland (SPX) Apr 04, 2008An international team of scientists have found the source of the stream of particles that make up the solar wind. In a presentation on Wednesday 2 April at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Belfast, Professor Louise Harra of the UCL-Mullard Space Science Laboratory explained how astronomers have used a UK-led instrument on the orbiting Hinode space observatory to finally track down the ... more The Sun's Magnetic Fountains 
London, UK (SPX) Apr 02, 2008Astronomers have known for decades that the Sun has a very dynamic atmosphere. Huge fountains of hot gas erupt in the atmosphere, or corona, every few minutes, travelling at tens of thousands of km per hour and reaching great heights. Now a team of scientists have used the Hinode spacecraft to find the origin and driver of these fountains - immense magnetic structures that thread through the ... more Workers Ready Course For NASA's 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 03, 2008Each year around this time, John Tripp walks across a lunar surface, pondering the challenges ahead for explorers brave enough to take on its cratered terrain. For now, his "moon" is a winding ribbon of cement footpaths looped around Huntsville's famed U.S. Space and Rocket Center, where Tripp is a construction foreman. By month's end, a half-mile of the paths will be transformed into a ha ... more
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