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Keck Observatory
22 Aug 2011, 19:18 UTC
Ancient slush-spewing volcanoes slopped water ice across half the surface of the so-called “Snow White” world, say astronomers studying the distant dwarf planet 2007 OR10. Although it will take the giant W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes to be sure, the latest findings from the Magellan Baade Telescope in Chile also suggest that the red-tinged dwarf planet also may be covered in a thin layer of methane, the remnants of an atmosphere that’s slowly being lost into space. “You get to see this nice picture of what once was an active little world with water volcanoes and an atmosphere, and…
Ice & Maybe Methane on ‘Snow White’ Dwarf Planet
22 Aug 2011, 19:18 UTC
Ancient slush-spewing volcanoes slopped water ice across half the surface of the so-called “Snow White” world, say astronomers studying the distant dwarf planet 2007 OR10. Although it will take the giant W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes to be sure, the latest findings from the Magellan Baade Telescope in Chile also suggest that the red-tinged dwarf planet also may be covered in a thin layer of methane, the remnants of an atmosphere that’s slowly being lost into space. “You get to see this nice picture of what once was an active little world with water volcanoes and an atmosphere, and…
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
22 Aug 2011, 19:08 UTC
NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. PDT), on Thursday Aug. 25, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission.
NASA Hosts News Conference on Upcoming Moon Mission
22 Aug 2011, 19:08 UTC
NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. PDT), on Thursday Aug. 25, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
19 Aug 2011, 19:08 UTC
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has captured eye-catching images of Martian terrain from its new perch at Endeavour Crater.
New Rover Snapshots Capture Endeavour Crater Vistas
19 Aug 2011, 19:08 UTC
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has captured eye-catching images of Martian terrain from its new perch at Endeavour Crater.
ASTRON
19 Aug 2011, 06:56 UTC
Between 18 and 28 August, the LOFAR telescope will be part of a show at the famous Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands. This festival is an 11-day international, cultural event with a huge number of crossover productions among which music, dance, circus, theatre, mime, and science. In previous years, over 135,000 people visited the festival. Einstein on a cube Read more
LOFAR telescope shines on show at Noorderzon festival
19 Aug 2011, 06:56 UTC
Between 18 and 28 August, the LOFAR telescope will be part of a show at the famous Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands. This festival is an 11-day international, cultural event with a huge number of crossover productions among which music, dance, circus, theatre, mime, and science. In previous years, over 135,000 people visited the festival. Einstein on a cube Read more
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
18 Aug 2011, 19:08 UTC
An instrument designed to probe the early universe has undergone tests mimicking the harsh conditions of space.
Webb Telescope Instrument Completes Cryogenic Testing
18 Aug 2011, 19:08 UTC
An instrument designed to probe the early universe has undergone tests mimicking the harsh conditions of space.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
18 Aug 2011, 18:36 UTC
NASA's lunar-bound GRAIL twins were mated to their Titan II launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 17.
NASA's GRAIL Moon Twins are Joined to Their Booster
18 Aug 2011, 18:36 UTC
NASA's lunar-bound GRAIL twins were mated to their Titan II launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 17.
Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases
18 Aug 2011, 16:22 UTC
A pioneering camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope - the gigantic successor to the Hubble Telescope - has just (18th August 2011) completed cryogenic testing at STFC's RAL Space in Oxfordshire. This testing subjected the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to the harsh conditions it will experience when it is launched into space onboard the Webb Telescope
Cosmic eye emerges from exhaustive tests in UK space lab
18 Aug 2011, 16:22 UTC
A pioneering camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope - the gigantic successor to the Hubble Telescope - has just (18th August 2011) completed cryogenic testing at STFC's RAL Space in Oxfordshire. This testing subjected the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to the harsh conditions it will experience when it is launched into space onboard the Webb Telescope
ESA Space Science
18 Aug 2011, 10:00 UTC
A pioneering instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has completed testing in the UK. MIRI is a key European contribution to the mission, which will be a space telescope with a mirror seven times bigger in area than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.
First JWST instrument finishes testing
18 Aug 2011, 10:00 UTC
A pioneering instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has completed testing in the UK. MIRI is a key European contribution to the mission, which will be a space telescope with a mirror seven times bigger in area than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.
ESO Top News
17 Aug 2011, 17:00 UTC
Observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope have shed light on the power source of a rare vast cloud of glowing gas in the early Universe. The observations show for the first time that this giant “Lyman-alpha blob” — one of the largest single objects known — must be powered by galaxies embedded within it. The results appear in the 18 August issue of the journal Nature.
Giant Space Blob Glows from Within
17 Aug 2011, 17:00 UTC
Observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope have shed light on the power source of a rare vast cloud of glowing gas in the early Universe. The observations show for the first time that this giant “Lyman-alpha blob” — one of the largest single objects known — must be powered by galaxies embedded within it. The results appear in the 18 August issue of the journal Nature.
ESA Human Spaceflight and Exploration
17 Aug 2011, 05:50 UTC
Half a century after humankind entered outer space, an ESA-developed camera produced live-streaming 3D images for the first time in the history of space travel – showing the International Space Station like never before.
