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European training for Russian cosmonauts

3 Feb 2012, 14:12 UTC In the spirit of the international nature of the International Space Station, ESA’s Astronaut Training Division not only welcomes European astronauts: four Russian cosmonauts are also working hard at the European Astronaut Centre this month.

ESA Space Science

Mars Express reveals wind-blown deposits on Mars

3 Feb 2012, 13:00 UTC New images from ESA’s Mars Express show the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Once thought to be a sea of water, the region is now known to be a volcanic province dating back billions of years.

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

The Art of Recycling Pulsars

3 Feb 2012, 09:07 UTC

Hubble Space Telescope News

Photo Release: Classic Portrait of a Barred Spiral Galaxy

3 Feb 2012, 09:00 UTC Hubble image of NGC 1073The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, which is found in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster). Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is a similar barred spiral, and the study of galaxies such as NGC 1073 helps astronomers learn more about our celestial home.

ESA Top News

Vega set for its inaugural flight

3 Feb 2012, 06:28 UTC PR 2 2012 - On 13 February, the European Space Agency will perform the first qualification flight of its brand new Vega launch vehicle.

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun

3 Feb 2012, 05:00 UTC On Jan. 27, 2012 a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Refines its Path to Jupiter

2 Feb 2012, 22:00 UTC NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the mission's first trajectory correction maneuver.

Keck Observatory

Super-Earth Detected in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star

2 Feb 2012, 18:59 UTC SANTA CRUZ, CA—An international team of scientists has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. With an orbital period of about 28 days and a minimum mass 4.5 times that

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Hubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy

2 Feb 2012, 18:00 UTC Get larger image formats A team of astronomers aimed Hubble at one of the most striking examples of gravitational lensing, a nearly 90-degree arc of light in the galaxy cluster RCS2 032727-132623. Hubble's view of the distant background galaxy, which lies nearly 10 billion light-years away, is significantly more detailed than could ever be achieved without the help of the gravitational lens.

Royal Astronomical Society

Do black holes help stars form?

2 Feb 2012, 11:55 UTC The centre of just about every galaxy is thought to host a black hole, some with masses of thousands of millions of Suns and consequently strong gravitational pulls that disrupt material around them. They had been thought to hinder the birth of stars, but now an international team of astronomers studying the nearby galaxy Centaurus A has found quite the opposite: a black hole that seems to be helping stars to form. The team, led by Dr Stanislav Shabala of the University of Tasmania, Dr Mark Crockett of the University of Oxford, and Dr Sugata Kaviraj of Imperial College, London, publish their results in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. An image of the ‘inner filament’ of the galaxy Centaurus A, made on 2 July 2010 with the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope. The filament of ionized gas, seen here in green, begins near the newly formed stars on the right of the image, depicted here as blue-white dots. The unseen black hole is to the right of the image. The left to right distance across the image is three thousand light years. Credit: Mark CrockettBlack holes at the centre of galaxies 'switch ...

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3 Feb 2012
- 16:48 UTC Science and Technol... STFC go to Astrofest On the 10 - 11 February STFC are attending the two-day, three floored, BIGGEST astronomy event in the UK:European Astrofest 2012.
- 16:23 UTC Science and Technol... Science Board sub-group to consider astronomy facilities ... STFC's Science Board has set up a sub-group to consider proposals for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), UK Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) and Isaac Newton Group (ING) of Telescopes
- 14:59 UTC NASA's MESSENGER Mi... Software Enables Efficient Planning of MESSENGER Observat... SciBox, a scientific planning software package, has proven critical to the success of the MESSENGER mission to Mercury. With completion of the design of all primary-mission observations -- including more ...
- 14:12 UTC ESA Human Spaceflig... European training for Russian cosmonauts In the spirit of the international nature of the International Space Station, ESA’s Astronaut Training Division not only welcomes European astronauts: four Russian cosmonauts are also working hard at the ...
- 13:00 UTC ESA Space Science Mars Express reveals wind-blown deposits on Mars New images from ESA’s Mars Express show the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Once thought to be a sea of water, the region is now known to be a volcanic ...
- 10:23 UTC ESA Human Spaceflig... Mission X: are you fit for space? “We are fun, we are strong and we are enthusiastic, we are going to win Mission X!” claimed one school at the Mission X launch. They will have their work ...
- 09:07 UTC Max Planck Institut... The Art of Recycling Pulsars
- 09:00 UTC ESA Top News Watch ‘Shanghai waters’ on the Earth from Space programme Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. ...
- 09:00 UTC Hubble Space Telesc... Photo Release: Classic Portrait of a Barred Spiral Galaxy Hubble image of NGC 1073The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, which is found in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea ...
- 06:28 UTC ESA Top News Vega set for its inaugural flight PR 2 2012 - On 13 February, the European Space Agency will perform the first qualification flight of its brand new Vega launch vehicle.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Receives Second Highest Number Of Astronaut Applicat... More than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 15, 2011 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun On Jan. 27, 2012 a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb.
- 00:00 UTC International Centr... Australian federal science minister drops in to ICRAR This morning Senator Chris Evans, Australia's Minister for science, visited The University of Western Australia node of ICRAR along with UWA's new Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Johnson.
2 Feb 2012
- 22:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA's Juno Spacecraft Refines its Path to Jupiter NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the mission's first trajectory correction maneuver.
- 20:27 UTC Science@NASA Mission to Land on a Comet Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet– and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko and land a probe on it for ...
- 18:59 UTC Keck Observatory Super-Earth Detected in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star SANTA CRUZ, CA—An international team of scientists has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. With an orbital period of about 28 days and a minimum mass 4.5 ...
- 18:00 UTC HubbleSite NewsCent... Hubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy Get larger image formats A team of astronomers aimed Hubble at one of the most striking examples of gravitational lensing, a nearly 90-degree arc of light in the galaxy cluster ...
- 11:55 UTC Royal Astronomical ... Do black holes help stars form? The centre of just about every galaxy is thought to host a black hole, some with masses of thousands of millions of Suns and consequently strong gravitational pulls that disrupt ...
- 11:00 UTC ESA Top News Watch online: ‘Shanghai waters’ on the Earth from Space p... Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. ...
- 10:07 UTC ESA Top News Eight more Galileo navsats agreed ESA today signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time.
- 05:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA Seeks Proposals for Small Satellite Demonstrations NASA is seeking proposals for flight demonstrations of small satellite technologies to increase the capabilities and range of uses for this category of spacecraft.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News Colbert Advocates NASA Space Station Research Stephen Colbert, host of the nightly 'The Colbert Report,' said in a new NASA public service announcement released today that he's always been a huge fan of space.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA to Host Media Telecon on Space Station Status NASA will host a media telecon at 2 p.m. CST today to discuss the status of the International Space Station and the progress toward an updated launch schedule, including international ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Administrator Leads Action Session of President's Co... NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will lead a discussion with business leaders and higher education professionals at a Listening and Action Session of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness from ...
- 00:00 UTC Surrey Satellite Te... SSTL-OHB System consortium to build a further eight Galil... European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani today announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites ...
1 Feb 2012
- 22:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Mission Returns First Video From Moon's Far Side A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon.
- 19:00 UTC Johns Hopkins Unive... Applied Physics Lab Named One of Baltimores Best Places t... For the third year in a row, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., has been named to Baltimore magazine's "Best Places to Work" list.
- 19:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... Remnant of an Explosion With a Powerful Kick? A supernova remnant located about 14,700 light years from Earth toward the center of the Milky Way
- 18:00 UTC Universe Awareness ... The Star Kicker
- 15:00 UTC ESA Top News Call for Media: briefing on new results from ESA Planck m... Media representatives are invited to a briefing on new observations of the Milky Way and other galaxies by ESA's Planck mission.
- 14:37 UTC Royal Astronomical ... GJI Author Workshop 2012 European Geosciences Union General Assembly (http://www.egu2012.eu/), which will be held at the ACV conference centre in Vienna, Austria. The workshop, which will be held on Friday 27th April 2012 ...
- 13:58 UTC Universe Awareness ... A Ghostly Face in Space
- 09:47 UTC Indiana University ... STAR TRAK As evening twilight fades during February, the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will highlight the sky as they come into view in the southwest. The best time to observe ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News East Coast Students to Speak Live With Space Station Comm... Students participating in a U.S. Coast Guard Academy mentoring program will speak with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank aboard the International Space Station at 11:15 EST on Thursday, Feb. 2.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadma... NASA has received the National Research Council (NRC) report "NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities," which provides the agency with findings and recommendations on where best to invest in technologies ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Glenn To Host Tweetup Celebrating 50th Anniversary O... NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland will host a special event on March 2 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's first orbital flight by an American.
31 Jan 2012
- 22:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA Releases Sector 33 Air Traffic Control Educational G... NASA has released a new educational game with an air traffic control theme for Apple iPhone and iPad devices.
- 18:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... The Interstellar Material Beyond our Solar System It's an alien environment out there: the material in the galactic wind doesn't look like the same stuff our solar system is made of.
- 16:00 UTC ESA Top News Toulouse Space Show: call for papers ESA is a partner in the Toulouse Space Show being held 25–28 June. Experts from all over the world will gather for conferences on space applications, space and law, knowledge ...
- 15:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA Announces Awards for Space Frontier Business Plan Co... NASA is continuing its support for the Space Frontier Foundation’s annual Business Plan Competition by funding this year’s awards totaling $110,000.
- 13:00 UTC ESA Top News Watch the replay: Earth from Space – special edition Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. In this special edition, Professor Volker Liebig, Director of ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes, joins the show to discuss ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News Legendary Astronaut Shannon Lucid Retires From NASA Shannon Lucid, a member of NASA's first astronaut class to include women, has retired after more than three decades of service to the agency.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA, University Of Maryland Invite Public To Astronauts'... NASA and the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering invite the public to a discussion with three astronauts from recent International Space Station expedition missions at 5:30 ...
30 Jan 2012
- 22:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... THEMIS Sees a Great Electron Escape Filled with electrons and charged particles, the radiation belts regularly swell and shrink, but no one is quite sure how. A new study sheds light on how those radiation particles ...
- 21:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Earth's Energy Budget 'Out of Balance' Greenhouse gases generated by human activity, not changes in solar activity, are the primary force driving global warming, according to a new NASA study.
- 20:01 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... JPL to Host High-Tech Small Business Conference JPL will host the 24th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on Tuesday, March 6, and Wednesday, March 7, at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel.
- 20:01 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... JPL to Host High-Tech Small Business Conference JPL will host the 24th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on Tuesday, March 6, and Wednesday, March 7, at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel.
- 16:44 UTC Royal Astronomical ... Space and astronomy digest: February 2012 The February digest of upcoming space and astronomy events, from the RAS. This month sees the annual Astrofest conference, the launch of the LARES satellite to investigate Einstein's General Theory ...
- 07:47 UTC ESA Top News Watch online: Earth from Space – special edition Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. In this special edition, Professor Volker Liebig, Director of ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes, joins the show to discuss ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Goddard Center Director Announces NASA Departure NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Director Robert Strain announced he will leave the agency on March 4, 2012, to take a position in private industry.