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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
4 Mar 2011, 23:08 UTC
A new image from NASA's WISE mission shows a zoo of "elephant trunks" herded together in a star-forming region.
'Elephant Trunks' in Space
4 Mar 2011, 23:08 UTC
A new image from NASA's WISE mission shows a zoo of "elephant trunks" herded together in a star-forming region.
ESA Top News
4 Mar 2011, 15:10 UTC
ESA’s GOCE satellite has reached its ambitious goal of mapping Earth's gravity with unprecedented precision. In two short years, the sophisticated satellite has collected the measurements needed to record the 'geoid' reference shape of our planet.
GOCE delivers on its promise
4 Mar 2011, 15:10 UTC
ESA’s GOCE satellite has reached its ambitious goal of mapping Earth's gravity with unprecedented precision. In two short years, the sophisticated satellite has collected the measurements needed to record the 'geoid' reference shape of our planet.
ESA Space Science
4 Mar 2011, 10:46 UTC
ESA’s Mars Express has returned new images of an elongated impact crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. Located just south of the Huygens basin, it could have been carved out by a train of projectiles striking the planet at a shallow angle.
The scars of impacts on Mars
4 Mar 2011, 10:46 UTC
ESA’s Mars Express has returned new images of an elongated impact crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. Located just south of the Huygens basin, it could have been carved out by a train of projectiles striking the planet at a shallow angle.
NASA Lunar Science Institute
3 Mar 2011, 21:24 UTC
Register for Microsymposium 52 on Saturday March 5th before the LPSC!
The Moon: The First Billion Years of Crustal Evolution
3 Mar 2011, 21:24 UTC
Register for Microsymposium 52 on Saturday March 5th before the LPSC!
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
3 Mar 2011, 20:03 UTC
A galactic sunflower shows off its infrared colors in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Spitzer Captures Infrared Rays From a Sunflower
3 Mar 2011, 20:03 UTC
A galactic sunflower shows off its infrared colors in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features
3 Mar 2011, 05:00 UTC
More than 1,200 young students and their parents had a unique opportunity to experience science in action during an event in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2011.
Young Minds Reach for the Stars at Science Festival
3 Mar 2011, 05:00 UTC
More than 1,200 young students and their parents had a unique opportunity to experience science in action during an event in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2011.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
2 Mar 2011, 18:22 UTC
March 02, 2011: The Sun has been in the news a lot lately because it's beginning to send out more flares and solar storms. Its recent turmoil is particularly newsworthy because the Sun was very quiet for an unusually long time.
Solar Mystery Solved
2 Mar 2011, 18:22 UTC
March 02, 2011: The Sun has been in the news a lot lately because it's beginning to send out more flares and solar storms. Its recent turmoil is particularly newsworthy because the Sun was very quiet for an unusually long time.
ESO Top News
2 Mar 2011, 11:00 UTC
This image of NGC 247, taken by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, reveals the fine details of this highly inclined spiral galaxy and its rich backdrop. Astronomers say this highly tilted orientation, when viewed from Earth, explains why the distance to this prominent galaxy was previously overestimated.
The Dusty Disc of NGC 247
2 Mar 2011, 11:00 UTC
This image of NGC 247, taken by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, reveals the fine details of this highly inclined spiral galaxy and its rich backdrop. Astronomers say this highly tilted orientation, when viewed from Earth, explains why the distance to this prominent galaxy was previously overestimated.
Stony Brook Astronomy
1 Mar 2011, 22:54 UTC
Scientists at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, have discovered evidence for a superfluid state of neutrons in the neutron star at the center of the supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A. Neutron stars are the compressed remnants of supernova explosions—and are among the most inexplicable objects in the universe.
Researchers Have Discovered the First Direct Evidence for a Superfluid at the Core of a Neutron Star
1 Mar 2011, 22:54 UTC
Scientists at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, have discovered evidence for a superfluid state of neutrons in the neutron star at the center of the supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A. Neutron stars are the compressed remnants of supernova explosions—and are among the most inexplicable objects in the universe.
Indiana University Astronomy and Astrophysics
1 Mar 2011, 16:51 UTC
Mercury will make its best evening appearance of the year in March. It will become visible to the unaided eye during the second week of the month about 40 minutes after sunset, almost directly below much brighter Jupiter. Each night Mercury will be closer to Jupiter, making the smaller planet especially easy to locate.
