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ESA Human Spaceflight and Exploration
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.
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.
Hubble Space Telescope News
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.
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.
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
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.
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
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.
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.
HubbleSite NewsCenter -- Latest News Releases
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.
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
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 ...
