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Where did today's spiral galaxies come from?
Hubble shows that the beautiful spirals galaxies of the modern Universe were the ugly ducklings of six billion years ago.
GOES-P all fueled up
The GOES spacecraft continues its processing at the Astrotech
Facility in Titusville, Fla. and fuel was loaded into the GOES-P
spacecraft on Saturday, January 30. The fuel will keep GOES-P...
Merging galaxies create a binary quasar
Astronomers have found the first clear evidence of a binary quasar
within a pair of actively merging galaxies. Quasars are the
extremely bright centers of galaxies surrounding super-massive
black holes,...
The stars behind the curtain
NGC 3603 is a starburst region: a cosmic factory where stars form
frantically from the nebula's extended clouds of gas and dust.
Located 22 000 light-years away from the Sun,...
Astronomers find rare beast by new means
For the first time, astronomers have found a supernova explosion with properties similiar to a gamma-ray burst, but without seeing any gamma rays from it. The discovery, using the National...
Black hole hunters set new distance record
The stellar-mass black holes [1] found in the Milky Way weigh up to
ten times the mass of the Sun and are certainly not be taken
lightly, but, outside our...
Technology-testing Proba-2 opens new eye on the Sun
Packed with novel devices and science instruments, Proba-2 is demonstrating technologies for future ESA missions while providing new views of our Sun.
Images reveal spectacular X-ray tails
Michigan State University astronomer Megan Donahue uses words such as "cool" and "interesting" to describe the two distinct "tails" found on a long tail of gas that is believed to...
Detecting near-Earth objects
Congress has tasked NASA with detecting more near-Earth objects (NEOs) -- asteroids and comets that orbit the sun and could pose a potential hazard to Earth because they approach or...
Weak lensing gains strength
Weak gravitational lensing is a uniquely promising way to learn how
much dark matter there is in the Universe and how its distribution
has evolved since the distant past. New...
$32 million CU-Boulder instrument package to study space weather set for NASA launch Feb. 9
A $32 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better Contact: Tom Woods, 303-492-4224 understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites,...
Cyclone Oli reaches category 4 strength on its way to open waters
Oli has exploded in strength and as of February 4 it was a Category
4 cyclone with peak sustained winds of 132 mph (115 knots/213
km/hr). NASA's Aqua and TRMM...
Madly mapping the universe
To map our home planet, Google Earth depends mostly on satellite
imagery for land surfaces and sonar imagery for the sea floor. Maps
of the Universe likewise depend on different...
Craters young and old in Sirenum Fossae
The Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera has imaged craters both young and old in this view of the Southern Highlands of Mars.
NASA's Aqua Satellite sees Tropical Depression Fami fading fast
Now that Fami has crossed Madagascar, its fading fast. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared satellite image earlier today that showed the storm was elongating and losing its circulation.
GOES-P proceeds toward launch
The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-P is proceeding through more checks in preparation for its launch, which is no earlier than March 1.
University of Colorado student-built satellite selected for flight by NASA
A tiny communications satellite designed and built by University of
Colorado at Boulder undergraduates has been selected as one of
three university research satellites to be launched into orbit in...
SwRI researchers offer explanation for the differences between Ganymede and Callisto
Differences in the number and speed of cometary impacts onto
Jupiter's large moons Ganymede and Callisto some 3.8 billion years
ago can explain their vastly different surfaces and interior states,...
Report examines options for detecting and countering near-Earth objects
A new report from the National Research Council lays out options NASA could follow to detect more near-Earth objects (NEOs) – asteroids and comets that could pose a hazard if...
On the trail of a cosmic cat
Few objects in the sky have been as well named as the Cat's Paw
Nebula, a glowing gas cloud resembling the gigantic pawprint of a
celestial cat out on an...
GOES-P spacecraft being processed in Florida
During the first three weeks in January, the latest in the series
of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites also known as
GOES-P is being processed and prepped for launch. Meanwhile, the...
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