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EVE: Measuring Sun's Hidden Variability Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 24, 2009 ![]() Messenger Spacecraft Prepares For Final Pass By Mercury ![]() NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER will fly by Mercury for the third and final time on Sept. 29. The spacecraft will pass less than 142 miles above the planet's rocky surface for a final gravity assist that will enable it to enter Mercury's orbit in 2011. Determining the composition of Mercury's surface is a major goal of the ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director ![]()
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New Vista Of Milky Way Center Unveiled![]() A dramatic new vista of the center of the Milky Way galaxy from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory exposes new levels of the complexity and intrigue in the Galactic center. The mosaic of 88 Chandra pointings represents a freeze-frame of the spectacle of stellar evolution, from bright young stars to black holes, in a crowded, hostile environment dominated by a central, supermassive black hole. ... more Looking For Life As We Don't Know It ![]() Scientists at a new interdisciplinary research group in Austria are working to uncover how life might evolve with "exotic" biochemistry and solvents, such as sulfuric acid instead of water. Their research will be presented at the European Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam by Johannes Leitner. The University of Vienna established a research group for Alternative Solvents as a Basis for ... more Saudi aims for the moon with new hi-tech research oasis ![]() Saudi Arabia launched a new hi-tech, co-ed university on the Red Sea coast on Wednesday, aiming to catapult into vanguard global technological research and break through religious barriers to women's opportunities. King Abdullah inaugurated the multi-billion dollar King Abdullah Uinversity for Science of and Technology (KAUST), saying it was a dream he had had for 25 years. The ceremony ... more |
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School Kids Track LCROSS![]() Using a colossal radio telescope in the Mojave Desert, school kids around the world are helping NASA track the LCROSS spacecraft as it heads for a crash landing on the Moon. On Oct. 9th, LCROSS will smash into the inky-dark shadows of a crater near the Moon's south pole in search of water. Eager youngsters are locked on to LCROSS's signal as intently as they've ever viewed a video game ... more Astronomy Question Of The Week: How Quickly Is The Universe Expanding ![]() In the 1920s, Edwin Powell Hubble was analysing the distances between Earth and various galaxies using the Mount Wilson Observatory in California. In the process, he measured the electromagnetic radiation of the galaxies and discovered mostly what are known as 'redshifts' in their spectra; that is, in the distributions of the various wavelengths. The Doppler effect, among other things, is ... more EVE: Measuring Sun's Hidden Variability ![]() Every 11 years, the sun undergoes a furious upheaval. Dark sunspots burst forth from beneath the sun's surface. Explosions as powerful as a billion atomic bombs spark intense flares of high-energy radiation. Clouds of gas big enough to swallow planets break away and billow into space. It's a flamboyant display of stellar power. So why can't we see any of it? Almost none of the drama ... more |
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