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22 May 2013
- 22:18 UTC SPACE.com Massive Galactic Merger Scoped By Several Space Observato... The Herschel Space Observatory captured imagery of colliding galaxies, called HXMM01 (~ 11 billion light-years from Earth and when our universe was about 3 billion years old.) A merger of ...
- 22:13 UTC SPACE.com NASA Unveils Space Apps Contest Champions A greenhouse plan for Mars and an interplanetary weather app took top prizes.
- 21:52 UTC Universe Today Finally, a Sci-Fi Movie Heavy on the Science: “Europa Rep... The producers of a new movie called “Europa Report” have released a new trailer about their film, which features a near-future mission to Jupiter’s moon, Europa, in search of extraterrestrial ...
- 21:44 UTC SPACE.com Private Mars Colony Is No Place for Children (Yet) It would be irresponsible to bring kids into the world on the Red Planet, Bas Lansdorp says.
- 21:34 UTC SPACE.com McDonald Observatory: Searching for Dark Energy Texas' McDonald Observatory is embarking on a search for dark energy.
- 21:25 UTC Discover How 3D Printers Could Feed Astronauts and Mine Asteroids If you judged by the recent buzz in the media world, you might think that 3D printers are good for one thing only: creating untraceable guns, on demand, in the ...
- 21:13 UTC The American Associ... Special Notice #354: DT Oct obs crucial now, GW Lib and V... May 22, 2013: Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 471 (http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-471) and AAVSO Special Notice #353 (http://www.aavso.org/aavso-special-notice-353), HST/COS is scheduled to observe the SU UMa-type cataclysmic variable DT Oct TOMORROW: DT ...
- 21:02 UTC Sky and Telescope This Week's Sky at a Glance
- 20:59 UTC The Mars Society Mars Society & EU-INTERACT to Cooperate on Climate Resear... The Mars Society is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (EU-INTERACT) to use ...
- 20:39 UTC Astro Bob Full Flower Moon ready to bloom plus see an “invisible” e... Tonight the waxing gibbous moon will pass to the south of Saturn on its way to Full Flower Moon Friday night. Consider tonight a prelude to a stellar coverup and ...
- 20:37 UTC SPACE.com Europe Opens New Asteroid-Hunting Center The Near-Earth Object Coordination Center will serve as a hub for Europe's efforts.
- 20:24 UTC SPACE.com Ancient Lunar Patterns | Space Wallpaper This space wallpaper shows the ray pattern of dust that was ejected from the crater over a billion years ago, when an asteroid larger than a mile (1.6 km) across ...
- 20:18 UTC Lunar Networks Concentricity in Apollo Basin Portion of an unnamed concentric crater in Apollo Basin. Sun is incident from the right to the left. LROC Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) mosaic M1122245918LR, orbit 17571, May 3, 2013; ...
- 20:14 UTC NASA Watch International Space Apps Challenge Global Best in Class NASA Announces Global Best in Class Winners for the International Space Apps Challenge "A panel of international judges from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and other partner organizations has ...
- 20:14 UTC Discovery News - Sp... NASA's Asteroid Mission a Dead-End to Mars? NASA’s plan to capture an asteroid and re-position it around the moon for an astronaut visit sounds cool, but it’s a side-show on the road to Mars.
- 20:12 UTC Not Even Wrong Hard Evidence for the Multiverse Found, but String Theory... In recent years there have been many claims made for “evidence” of a multiverse, supposedly found in the CMB data (see for example here). Such claims often came with the ...
- 20:10 UTC Universe Today Cassini Flyby Will Look for Waves on Titan’s Seas Are there waves on Titan’s lakes and seas? Cassini scientists say that the best chance of answering this question is with the May 23 flyby of Titan, when the Cassini ...
- 20:10 UTC NASA Hack Space Best in Class Winners for the International Space Apps Ch... A panel of international judges from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and other partner organizations has selected five "best in class" solutions as winners of the 2013 International Space ...
- 20:00 UTC Sydney Observatory Daily cosmobite: Saturn and the Moon The ringed planet Saturn is favourably placed for observation and, after last month’s opposition, is still a wonderful object to view through a small telescope. In the evenings after dusk ...
- 19:57 UTC Parabolic Arc Tethers Unlimited Signs 4 NASA SBIR Phase I Contracts Bothell, WA, 22 May 2013 (TUI PR) -- Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) has signed four NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts to develop novel space technologies that ...
- 19:57 UTC Music of the Sphere... Phlogiston, Ether, Dark Matter, and Starships I've been reading about and playing with space stuff again recently. There are so many great astronomy and space apps on the iPad (more later maybe), and so much interesting ...
- 19:42 UTC Space Fellowship Russia’s New Reusable Spacecraft Good for up to 5 Flights TOMSK – Russia’s new reusable spacecraft that is being developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will be able to make up to five space flights, the rocket maker ...
- 19:39 UTC Universe Today Bright Planetary Conjunctions Liven Up This Week’s Evenin... Planning a barbecue this weekend? You may want to top it off with a look at three bright planets shuttling about the western sky at dusk. Jupiter, Venus and Mercury ...
- 19:39 UTC Space Fellowship More Fluids Science and Treadmill Installation Work for S... The Expedition 36 trio is continuing ongoing fluids science work and the installation of a new treadmill. On the ground in Kazakhstan, three more crew members are preparing for their ...
- 19:35 UTC collectSPACE.com: T... Sally Ride awarded highest honor NASA and the White House celebrated the life and legacy of Sally Ride on Monday as part of a national tribute held for the first U.S. woman to fly in ...
- 19:34 UTC Space Fellowship Forecast for Titan: Wild Weather Could be Ahead Saturn's moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, if two new models are correct. Scientists think that as the seasons ...
- 19:34 UTC Cosmic Log Pizza printouts? NASA funds project to make space meals w... NASA won't be printing out pizzas on Mars anytime soon, but the space agency is planning to pay out $125,000 to study the use of 3-D printing technology for food ...
- 19:23 UTC Discovery News - Sp... Rough Roving: Curiosity's Wheels Show Damage Close-up imagery of Mars rover Curiosity's aluminum wheels reveal obvious wear and tear -- is such damage expected so early into the mission? Continue reading →
- 19:21 UTC All About Space Heroes of Space: Sally Ride The Website for All About Space Magazine
- 18:36 UTC The Daily Galaxy Hurricane Season Looming for Saturn's Titan Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, if two new models are correct. Scientists think that as the seasons change in ...
- 18:33 UTC Tom's Astronomy Blo... Curiosity Back to Work Here’s what it looked like from the front of the Mars Science Laboratory we know as Curiosity on Sol 281 May 21, 2013). The rover took a little break thanks ...
- 18:30 UTC New Scientist Earth's tides are shoving the moon away faster The North Atlantic is now wide enough to create exceptionally high tides, making the rate of the moon's retreat faster now than it was 50 million years ago
- 18:25 UTC The American Associ... Two new eJAAVSO preprints: Simultaneous CCD Photometry of... ej230: "Simultaneous CCD Photometry of Two Eclipsing Binary Stars in Pegasus—Part 1: KW Peg" by K. B. Alton ej231: "Simultaneous CCD Photometry of Two Eclipsing Binary Stars in Pegasus—Part 2: ...
- 18:23 UTC SPACE.com See Jupiter, Venus and Mercury Dance in Sunset Sky Don't miss your chance to see three bright planets in the night sky.
- 18:01 UTC e! Science News Researchers reveal model of Sun's magnetic field Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun. read more
- 18:00 UTC e! Science News Fragile mega-galaxy is missing link in history of cosmos Two hungry young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, according to UC Irvine-led research ...
- 18:00 UTC New Scientist String theory may limit space brain threat Hypothetical conscious entities that randomly pop into existence may undermine our view of the universe – string theory may banish these Boltzmann brains
- 17:51 UTC SPACE.com Three Planets Appear In 'Sunset Triangle' | Video On May 26th three planets, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury, will appear in a triangular formation on the western horizon just after sunset.
- 17:24 UTC The Daily Galaxy Massive "Missing-Link" Galaxy Discovered --10 Times Size ... Two young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, according to UC Irvine-led research published ...
- 17:22 UTC NASA Watch NASA's Latest Stealth Spinoff WCUI's Psoria-Shield(R) Announces Sales Roll-Out of Psoria-Light(R) to Key Markets "The device was developed by Mr. Scot Johnson, President and CEO of Psoria-Shield, and his team of engineers who together ...
- 17:15 UTC Dear Astronomer Carnival of Space #302 Carnival of Space #302 is hosted by Cheap Astronomy! This edition features great articles about: Kepler’s fate hangs in the balance Lunar Water Chris Hadfield Teachers in space Curiosity mission ...
- 17:07 UTC collectSPACE.com: S... Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, to be posthumously... Sally Ride, the United States' first woman to fly in space, will be posthumously awarded the country's highest civilian commendation and honored by NASA with the renaming of a high-flying ...
- 17:03 UTC SPACE.com Rare View of Ancient Galaxy Crash Revealed The find sheds new light on the role such huge collisions played in galactic evolution long ago.
- 17:01 UTC Discovery News - Sp... Violent Galactic Clash May Solve Cosmic Mystery The mother of all cosmic collisions has been spotted between two galaxies containing a total of 400 billion stars, igniting the birth of 2,000 new stars per year! Continue reading ...
- 17:01 UTC SPACE.com Moon Crash Scene Investigation Tonight: See Telescope Vi... Watch a webcast showing views of the moon's fresh, new meteorite impact site.
- 17:00 UTC New Scientist Drake equation for alien life gets an upgrade The planet-spotting Kepler telescope seems doomed, but its discoveries along with a new version of the famous Drake equation will sharpen the hunt for ET
- 16:28 UTC Supernova Condensat... Solar flair! I’m taking a break from everything else I’m doing, because solar events are awesome. – the Sun has just belched out another big flare, ranking at M7.3. It’s certainly been ...
- 16:25 UTC 13.7 The Inevitable Question? Confronted with the amazing advances made by science, why do so many still cling to God as a creator? Could the answer be that we need to be created in ...
- 16:25 UTC 13.7 The Inevitable Question? Confronted with the amazing advances made by science, why do so many still cling to God as a creator? Could the answer be that we need to be created in ...
- 16:25 UTC 13.7 The Inevitable Question? Confronted with the amazing advances made by science, why do so many still cling to God as a creator? Could the answer be that we need to be created in ...