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International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
18 Mar 2011, 00:00 UTC
ICRAR astronomers have shown that our nearest galactic neighbours, the Magellanic Clouds, became entangled in a cosmic dance over the past few billion years, with a dramatic close encounter around 1.2 billion years ago.
Giant cosmic tails point to a recent marriage
18 Mar 2011, 00:00 UTC
ICRAR astronomers have shown that our nearest galactic neighbours, the Magellanic Clouds, became entangled in a cosmic dance over the past few billion years, with a dramatic close encounter around 1.2 billion years ago.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
17 Mar 2011, 19:11 UTC
“Tabletop” laser-plasma accelerators like BELLA promise high energies in short spaces. It's a staggering challenge to model the acceleration of electrons by a laser beam moving through a plasma in 3-D, however, a challenge that until recently has been beyond practical solution by supercomputers. Borrowing a page from Albert Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity, Berkeley Lab researchers have perfected a way to accelerate calculations up to a million times faster.
Simulating Tomorrow’s Accelerators at Near the Speed of Light
17 Mar 2011, 19:11 UTC
“Tabletop” laser-plasma accelerators like BELLA promise high energies in short spaces. It's a staggering challenge to model the acceleration of electrons by a laser beam moving through a plasma in 3-D, however, a challenge that until recently has been beyond practical solution by supercomputers. Borrowing a page from Albert Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity, Berkeley Lab researchers have perfected a way to accelerate calculations up to a million times faster.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
17 Mar 2011, 18:00 UTC
As spring continues to unfold at Saturn, April showers on the planet's largest moon, Titan, have brought methane rain to its equatorial deserts, as revealed by Cassini.
Cassini Sees Seasonal Rains Transform Titan's Surface
17 Mar 2011, 18:00 UTC
As spring continues to unfold at Saturn, April showers on the planet's largest moon, Titan, have brought methane rain to its equatorial deserts, as revealed by Cassini.
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
17 Mar 2011, 10:10 UTC
Thomas Reiter, Member of the Executive Board responsible for Space Research and Technology at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), was appointed Director of Human Spaceflight at the European Space Agency (ESA) on 17 March 2011. "Thomas Reiter has done an excellent job both as an astronaut and as a member of the Board, and has gained extensive experience for his new role," said Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the Executive Board.
Thomas Reiter appointed Director of Human Spaceflight at ESA
17 Mar 2011, 10:10 UTC
Thomas Reiter, Member of the Executive Board responsible for Space Research and Technology at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), was appointed Director of Human Spaceflight at the European Space Agency (ESA) on 17 March 2011. "Thomas Reiter has done an excellent job both as an astronaut and as a member of the Board, and has gained extensive experience for his new role," said Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the Executive Board.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
16 Mar 2011, 22:42 UTC
Just in time for St. Patty's Day, NASA's Aqua satellite finds a "pot of gold" in colorful images of Ireland.
NASA Picks a Festive Clover of Ireland Images
16 Mar 2011, 22:42 UTC
Just in time for St. Patty's Day, NASA's Aqua satellite finds a "pot of gold" in colorful images of Ireland.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
16 Mar 2011, 19:03 UTC
Students from across Southern California participated in a Lego robotics challenge at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Students Compete in Lego Robotics Challenge at JPL
16 Mar 2011, 19:03 UTC
Students from across Southern California participated in a Lego robotics challenge at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
ESO Top News
16 Mar 2011, 11:00 UTC
A new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope gives a close-up view of the dramatic effects new-born stars have on the gas and dust from which they formed. Although the stars themselves are not visible, material they have ejected is colliding with the surrounding gas and dust clouds and creating a surreal landscape of glowing arcs, blobs and streaks.
The Drama of Starbirth
16 Mar 2011, 11:00 UTC
A new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope gives a close-up view of the dramatic effects new-born stars have on the gas and dust from which they formed. Although the stars themselves are not visible, material they have ejected is colliding with the surrounding gas and dust clouds and creating a surreal landscape of glowing arcs, blobs and streaks.
NASA Breaking News
16 Mar 2011, 04:00 UTC
Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Russian Flight Engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan steppe Tuesday, wrapping up a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
Expedition 26 Crew And Capsule Land Safely In Kazakhstan
16 Mar 2011, 04:00 UTC
Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Russian Flight Engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan steppe Tuesday, wrapping up a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
15 Mar 2011, 19:03 UTC
A new before-and-after image pair from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a region northeast of Sendai, Japan, affected by the March 11, 2011, tsunami.
