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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
12 Nov 2009, 20:11 UTC
NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover
12 Nov 2009, 20:11 UTC
NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
ESA Space Science
12 Nov 2009, 15:38 UTC
This spectacular image of our home planet was captured by the OSIRIS instrument on ESA's Rosetta comet chaser earlier today as the spacecraft approached Earth for the third and final swingby. Closest approach is due at 08:45 CET, 13 November 2009. Follow Rosetta's progress at ESA's dedicated Rosetta site and via the Rosetta Blog.
First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home
12 Nov 2009, 15:38 UTC
This spectacular image of our home planet was captured by the OSIRIS instrument on ESA's Rosetta comet chaser earlier today as the spacecraft approached Earth for the third and final swingby. Closest approach is due at 08:45 CET, 13 November 2009. Follow Rosetta's progress at ESA's dedicated Rosetta site and via the Rosetta Blog.
ESA Top News
12 Nov 2009, 12:45 UTC
When Europe's comet chaser Rosetta swings by Earth tomorrow for a critical gravity assist, tracking data will be collected to precisely measure the satellite's change in orbital energy. The results could help unravel a cosmic mystery that has stumped scientists for two decades.
ESA spacecraft may help unravel cosmic mystery
12 Nov 2009, 12:45 UTC
When Europe's comet chaser Rosetta swings by Earth tomorrow for a critical gravity assist, tracking data will be collected to precisely measure the satellite's change in orbital energy. The results could help unravel a cosmic mystery that has stumped scientists for two decades.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
11 Nov 2009, 20:11 UTC
Engineers are busy cooling the science instrument on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
WISE Is Chilling Out
11 Nov 2009, 20:11 UTC
Engineers are busy cooling the science instrument on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
ESO Top News
11 Nov 2009, 18:00 UTC
A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing "lithium mystery" observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems. Using ESO's successful HARPS spectrograph, a team of astronomers has found that Sun-like stars that host planets have destroyed their lithium much more efficiently than "planet-free" stars. This finding does not only shed light on the lack of lithium in our star, but also provides astronomers with a very efficient way of finding stars with planetary systems.
Exoplanets Clue to Sun's Curious Chemistry
11 Nov 2009, 18:00 UTC
A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing "lithium mystery" observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems. Using ESO's successful HARPS spectrograph, a team of astronomers has found that Sun-like stars that host planets have destroyed their lithium much more efficiently than "planet-free" stars. This finding does not only shed light on the lack of lithium in our star, but also provides astronomers with a very efficient way of finding stars with planetary systems.
ESA Top News
11 Nov 2009, 08:10 UTC
ESA’s ‘Fly Your Thesis!’ programme made its successful debut during ESA’s 51st Parabolic Flight Campaign, held 25 October to 5 November. Four student teams from five European countries took advantage of this new educational initiative to conduct microgravity experiments on the Airbus A300 ‘Zero G’ aircraft.
First ‘Fly Your Thesis!’ campaign gives students a taste of space
11 Nov 2009, 08:10 UTC
ESA’s ‘Fly Your Thesis!’ programme made its successful debut during ESA’s 51st Parabolic Flight Campaign, held 25 October to 5 November. Four student teams from five European countries took advantage of this new educational initiative to conduct microgravity experiments on the Airbus A300 ‘Zero G’ aircraft.
Royal Astronomical Society
11 Nov 2009, 00:13 UTC
The Universe’s infant galaxies enjoyed rapid growth spurts forming stars like our Sun at a rate of up to 50 stars a year, according to scientists at Durham University. Led by RAS Norman Lockyer Fellow Dr Mark Swinbank, the team's work appears in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. (Image credit: Dr Johan Richard, Durham University)
Rapid star formation spotted in infant galaxies (RAS PN 09/59)
11 Nov 2009, 00:13 UTC
The Universe’s infant galaxies enjoyed rapid growth spurts forming stars like our Sun at a rate of up to 50 stars a year, according to scientists at Durham University. Led by RAS Norman Lockyer Fellow Dr Mark Swinbank, the team's work appears in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. (Image credit: Dr Johan Richard, Durham University)
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
10 Nov 2009, 17:00 UTC
In this spectacular image, observations using infrared light and X-ray light see through the obscuring dust and reveal the intense activity near the galactic core.
NASA's Great Observatories Examine the Galactic Center Region
10 Nov 2009, 17:00 UTC
In this spectacular image, observations using infrared light and X-ray light see through the obscuring dust and reveal the intense activity near the galactic core.
