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25 Apr 2014
- 04:28 UTC Astro Bob Drum roll please … Curiosity takes first-ever pix of aste... Dang! NASA’s Curiosity rover beat me to it by just one day, spotting the asteroids Ceres and Vesta from the surface of Mars on Sunday April 20. Me? I caught ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA: Earth Observa... Chinaâ€™s Great Wall of Dust A large weather front kicked up dust across much of northwestern China.
- 03:45 UTC NASA Astrobiology NAI Interim Director: Announcement Due to unexpected personal conflicts, Dr. Michael Meyer has declined the position of NAI’s Interim Director. Dr. Meyer explains, “Unfortunately, the requirements levied to resolve a conflict-of-interest were unacceptable. I ...
- 03:07 UTC Starts With A Bang! Throwback Thursday: You NEED more science in your politic... “One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds.” -Frank Zappa I want ...
- 03:06 UTC Starts With a Bang! Throwback Thursday: You NEED more science in your politic... “One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you.
- 02:15 UTC The Original Rocket... "Curses, foiled again!" Yesterday, I had an ingenious idea, "Why not use my Xavien timer on a water rocket?" I was thinking it fairly light and can use a small battery such as ...
- 02:15 UTC Universe Today Curiosity Captures First Ever Asteroid Images from Mars S... The Curiosity rover has captured the first images of asteroids even taken by a Human probe from the surface of the Red Planet during night sky imaging. And it’s not ...
- 01:52 UTC Parabolic Arc BLAST OFF Event Set for Explorers Club in New York BLAST OFF: The Future of Spaceflight Thursday, May 1st at 7 p.m. The Explorers Club New York City What: The Commercial Spaceflight Federation and the Explorers Club will be celebrating ...
- 01:30 UTC SPACE.com Powerful X-Flare Erupts On Sun's Western Limb | Video An X1-class flare was recorded in multiple wavelengths by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on April 24th, 2014 EDT (April 25th at 0032 UT).
- 01:30 UTC Astronomy.com News Cosmic illusion revealed: Gravitational lens magnifies su... A team of researchers has announced the discovery of a galaxy that magnified a background type Ia supernova thirtyfold through gravitational lensing.
- 01:01 UTC RTU Astronomy Socie... CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. ANGELITO SING Congratulations to Mr. Angelito Sing for graduating the MS-Astronomy course offered by Rizal Technological University. He is a High School teacher, professorial lecturer at RTU and a known Variable Star ...
- 00:59 UTC CosmoQuest Hangoutathon and 36-36 Fundraiser We’re building a more scientific future for everyone. Want to do astronomy? Want to learn about astronomy? Want to talk about astronomy? You can do it right here. CosmoQuest is ...
- 00:59 UTC Tychogirl Blue stragglers They are vagabonds, rebels, as stars go. Refusing to sit still and age to red they wander off script and siphon some beauty off a binary companion. The light touch-up ...
- 00:15 UTC People's Astronomy Discovering Your Universe: The World of Public Astronomy My Astronomy Talk at Valparaiso UniversityApril 4, 2014In 2008, I was taking classes at Purdue University's North Central campus. For the spring semester, I took an introductory astronomy class. I ...
24 Apr 2014
- 23:03 UTC Astronomy Nerd thenewenlightenmentage: Max Tegmark on Cosmic Inflation ... thenewenlightenmentage: Max Tegmark on Cosmic Inflation Most readers will doubtless be familiar with Max Tegmark, the MIT cosmologist who successfully balances down-and-dirty data analysis of large-scale structure and the microwave ...
- 23:02 UTC Sky and Telescope Jupiter’s Not-So-Great Red Spot Astronomers don't know why Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot has been gradually shrinking since the 1800s — or why the downsizing has accelerated during the past two years.Thanks to the ...
- 22:52 UTC SPACE.com Moon Glows with Earthshine Over Italian Citadel (Photos) Night sky photographer Giuseppe Petricca of Pisa, Italy, took these gorgeous images on March 3 of the crescent moon illuminated with earthshine over an Italian citadel. See how he did ...
- 22:51 UTC e! Science News Astronomical forensics uncover planetary disks in NASA's ... Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have applied a new image processing technique to obtain near-infrared scattered light photos of five disks observed around young stars in the Mikulski Archive ...
- 22:49 UTC Parabolic Arc Bitcoins in Space ATLANTA, GA., April 23, 2014 (DSI PR) – Bitcoins took one small step towards space today with the announcement of a preliminary design contract between Jeff Garzik’s Dunvegan Space Systems ...
- 22:41 UTC Astro Watch President Obama Hears From Space Station Astronauts, Crew... President Barack Obama and astronaut Soichi Noguchi heard a message from International Space Station astronauts Steve Swanson, Koichi Wakata and Rick Mastracchio at Miraikan, national museum for emerging science and ...
- 22:38 UTC SPACE.com Bitcoins in Space: Private Deep-Space Venture Aims to Lau... Bitcoins soon may go off the grid and into space. One private venture is aiming to launch a cluster of tiny satellites that would broadcast the latest bitcoin transactions from ...
- 22:22 UTC SPACE.com Can Iconic 'Earthrise' Photo Help Protect Earth from Aste... The NASA astronaut who snapped the 20th century's most famous photograph of Earth from space hopes the image can continue helping to protect the planet — not just from the ...
- 22:15 UTC AMSAT-UK GS3PYE/P Isle of Lewis from April 26 Camb-Hams will be operating on the amateur radio satellites, EME and HF using the call sign GS3PYE/P from the Isle of Lewis (IO68UL, EU-010) on April 26 to May 3, ...
- 21:39 UTC SPACE.com Flying Robots Play Theme of '2001: A Space Odyssey' (Vide... The agile drones play a variety of specially rigged musical instruments — including drums, guitar and keyboard — during their performance of the famous song. They also play several other ...
- 21:09 UTC NASA: Earth Observa... New posts in the Notes from the Field blog - The Pacific ... The Pacific Ocean is the largest of these basins as well as the deepest. Its expanse runs 155 million square miles and contains "more than half of the free water ...
- 21:09 UTC Earth Observatory: ... The Pacific or “Peaceful” Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of these basins as well as the deepest. Its expanse runs 155 million square miles and contains "more than half of the free water ...
- 21:02 UTC Discovery News - Sp... Top Secret Military Mini-Shuttle Marks 500 Days in Orbit A robotic miniature space shuttle on a classified mission for the U.S. Air Force marked its 500th day in orbit on Friday, with no word about when and where the ...
- 20:54 UTC Astro Watch Hubble Instruments Highlight New National Air and Space M... Two instruments that played critical roles in discoveries made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope now are on display in an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in ...
- 20:50 UTC Aviation Week: On S... France, Peru Sign Bilateral Agreement for Airbus Spy Sate... Peru's defense ministry has awarded a contract to Airbus Defence and Space for construction and launch of Lima's first Earth observation satellite, according to the French defense ministry.The bilateral agreement ...
- 20:33 UTC SPACE.com On-Orbit Satellite Builds: DARPA Phoenix Project Animatio... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) multi-faceted project (satellite recycling, repair, construction) is looking to reduce the cost of geosynchronous orbit satellites, with 'Satlets'.
- 20:20 UTC Astronomy.com Blog 8 things I’m looking forward to at C2E2 [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51-Comic_2D00_Con/8004.01.jpg" position="right" targeturl="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51-Comic_2D00_Con/8004.01.jpg"] I pose for the classic shot just after donning his Press badge at C2E2 2013.[/caption]The fourth annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) starts Friday, April ...
- 19:52 UTC Nature World News Mission to Mars Necessary for Human Survival, NASA Chief ... NASA Chief Charles Bolden told attendees at the Humans to Mars Summit held Tuesday that a manned mission to Mars is necessary for human survival.
- 19:48 UTC Astro Watch NASA Tests Orion’s Parachute Performance over Arizona The team designing the parachute system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft has demonstrated almost every parachute failure they could imagine. But on April 23, they tested how the system would perform ...
- 19:39 UTC Universe Today LADEE Sees Zodiacal Light before Crashing into Moon, but ... NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) literally ‘saw the light’ just days before crashing into the lunar farside last Thursday April 17. Skimming just a few kilometers above ...
- 19:31 UTC Astro Watch Russia Readies Proton Rocket for Launch A Proton-M rocket to be launched next week carrying two satellites has been loaded with propellant, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Wednesday. “Pre-launch propellant servicing has been successfully completed,” ...
- 19:31 UTC Universe Today Take a Fly-by Of All the Known Exoplanets Here’s a fun trip through the galaxy, put together by PhD student Tom Hands at the University of Leicester: In the above video, you can fly to of all the ...
- 19:29 UTC SPACE.com Harrison Ford Takes On Climate Change, Visits NASA | Vide... Last November, the actor visited NASA's Ames Research Center to talk scientists about their work in Earth Science. Ford is co-hosting the Showtime Channel's documentery "Years of Living Dangerously".
- 19:24 UTC Parabolic Arc B612 Foundation: Earth Hit By Asteroids Far More Than Bel... SEATTLE, WA (Earth Day, April 22, 2014) — At a press conference on Tuesday at the Seattle Museum of Flight, three prominent astronauts supporting the B612 Foundation presented a visualization ...
- 19:22 UTC Discovery News - Sp... Eta Aquarid Meteors: Passing Through Comet Halley's Tail The Eta Aquarid shower is coming, but where do the meteors come from and how can we see them?
- 19:19 UTC SPACE.com Venus and the Moon Shine Together at Dawn This Week: Wher... If your skies are clear before dawn on Friday and Saturday (April 25 and 26), check out the sky low to the east-southeast horizon about 60 to 90 minutes before ...
- 19:10 UTC Astrobetter Career Profiles: Astronomer to Education and Public Outre... Latest Career Profile: an astronomer turned Education and Public Outreach Officer. If you have questions, suggestions, advice to share, etc. about this career path, please leave a comment below or ...
- 19:00 UTC One Universe at a T... Never a Miscommunication The Earth and Moon are slowly moving apart. The moon’s distance from the Earth is not constant, because the Moon’s orbit is not perfectly circular. Over the course of a ...
- 19:00 UTC Sydney Observatory Daily cosmobite: Venus and the Moon Brilliant Venus is currently a morning object and is visible shining brightly each morning in the eastern sky before dawn. Tomorrow morning those who can rise early after the Anzac ...
- 19:00 UTC Women in Astronomy Career Profiles: Astronomer to Education and Public Outre... The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy and the AAS Employment Committee have compiled dozens of interviews highlighting the diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers. The ...
- 19:00 UTC New Scientist Supernova found aligned with galactic magnifying glass For the first time, a particular type of exploding star has been found perfectly arranged so that a galaxy in front of it acts like a magnifying glass
- 18:59 UTC SPACE.com Space History Photo: Launch Phase Simulator at Goddard Sp... This machine simulates the vibration, G-forces and pressure spacecrafts encounter during launch and landing.
- 18:29 UTC Quantum Diaries Massive thoughts This article appeared in symmetry on April 24, 2014. The Higgs boson and the neutrino fascinate the general public and particle physicists alike. Why is that? If there are two ...
- 18:14 UTC The Planetary Socie... Curiosity update, sols 597-610: Picking a drill site at t... After completing the initial reconnaissance of the Kimberley outcrop two weeks ago, Curiosity is, at last, moving toward a drill site. The science team selected the location last week: a ...
- 18:11 UTC Sky and Telescope Mysteriously Bright Supernova Explained In 2010, a mysteriously bright supernova appeared, later sparking a debate within the astronomy community. But new images of the now-faded supernova reveal an intervening — and until now invisible ...
- 18:10 UTC Frontier Fields What is Dark Matter? One of the most novel aspects of the Frontier Fields project is the innovative way in which the Hubble Space Telescope is being made more powerful — without adding a ...