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12 Dec 2013
- 22:15 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Chemical Surprise Found in Crab Nebula A "loner" gas called Argon has paired up to make molecules in the tattered remains of an exploded star.
- 20:56 UTC NASA Lunar Science ... LADEE Science Observations Begin LADEE's Lunar Dust EXperiment (LDEX) made the first measurements of a lunar dust exosphere. What a difference 200 km makes! NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) completed its ...
- 20:33 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Clues About Saturn Moon NASA's Cassini spacecraft is providing scientists with key clues about Saturn's moon Titan, and in particular, its hydrocarbon lakes and seas.
- 20:12 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Chemical Surprise Found in Crab Nebula A "loner" gas called Argon has paired up to make molecules in the tattered remains of an exploded star.
- 20:12 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Surprise Picture for WISE's Fourth Anniversary Happy fourth anniversary to NASA's WISE mission, which recently gained a second lease on life.
- 20:12 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Surprise Picture for WISE's Fourth Anniversary Happy fourth anniversary to NASA's WISE mission, which recently gained a second lease on life.
- 20:10 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Hubble Sees Evidence of Water Vapor at Jupiter Moon NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed water vapor above the frigid south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa
- 19:00 UTC ESA Science & Techn... Herschel:Herschel spies active argon in Crab Nebula Using ESA&aposs Herschel Space Observatory, a team of astronomers has found first evidence of a noble-gas based molecule in space. A compound of argon, the molecule was detected in the ...
- 16:46 UTC Science and Technol... STFC Council - new members appointed The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts MP, has appointed Dr Richard Worswick and Mr Gerard Connell to the Council of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) with ...
- 16:33 UTC Hubble Space Telesc... Science Release: Hubble discovers water vapour venting fr... The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered water vapour erupting from the frigid surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa, in one or more localised plumes near its south pole.
- 16:22 UTC ESA Space Science Call for Media: ESA’s Galaxy-mapping Gaia ready for launc... The European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite is ready for launch on 19 December at 09:12 GMT (10:12 CET). The launch will be covered live from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ...
- 16:17 UTC Science and Technol... Work on the long road to the Extremely Large telescope be... Construction of the road leading to the three thousand metre summit in Chile where the world's largest optical and infrared telescope will reside can begin. A contract has been signed ...
- 16:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Status Update, Dec. 12: GPM Begins Final Comprehensive Pe... Status Update, Dec. 12: The Global Precipitation Measurement mission's Core Observatory began its final Comprehensive Performance Test at Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on Dec. 9, 2013. The test will ...
- 16:00 UTC HubbleSite NewsCent... Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venti... Get larger image formats Though it's five times farther from the Sun than Earth, and therefore so cold that ice becomes as hard as rock, Jupiter's moon Europa may be ...
- 13:55 UTC ESA Top News Sunny outlook Technology image of the week: ESA’s Proba-2 minisatellite contributes to a spectacular multiwavelength composite of the Sun dwarfed by its surrounding corona
- 13:30 UTC ESA Top News Earth from Space Join us Friday, 13 December, at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites
- 11:00 UTC Universe Awareness ... The Young and Exotic If you've ever broken a bone, you'll know that X-rays are bad for humans. When doctors take an X-ray picture of a broken bone, they hide behind a protective screen ...
- 10:22 UTC ESA Space Science Supernova fireworks The iconic Crab Nebula supernova remnant, seen here in a new infrared view by ESA’s Herschel combined with an optical image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
- 10:17 UTC ESA Top News Galileo achieves its first airborne tracking ESA’s Galileo satellites have achieved their very first aerial fix of longitude, latitude and altitude, enabling the inflight tracking of a test aircraft.
- 10:00 UTC ESA Space Science Mystery mounds on Mars The intriguing mounds of Juventae Chasma revealed by Mars Express
- 06:00 UTC Planetary Society P... The Planetary Society Calls on the White House and Congre... In light of the recent discovery that Europa is shooting plumes of vaporized water into space, The Planetary Society believes
- 00:15 UTC Arianespace Press R... Gaia is positioned for its star-mapping launch on an Aria... The payload "stack" is now taking shape for this month's Arianespace launch of Gaia – Europe's billion-star mapper satellite, which is to be lofted by a Soyuz vehicle on December ...
- 00:11 UTC Arianespace Press R... The ABS-2 and Athena-Fidus satellites for launch by Arian... Both satellite passengers for an Ariane 5 flight planned in early 2014 have arrived at French Guiana, clearing the way for Arianespace's start-up of payload preparations following their transfer by ...
- 00:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... President’s Science Advisor Visits NASA’s Ames Research C... Today, John P. Holdren, President Obama's science and technology advisor and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, heard updates on NASA's efforts to send a ...
- 00:00 UTC Arianespace Press R... Arianespace to launch Brazilian government satellite, SGD... Stéphane Israël, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Nelson Salgado, CEO of Visiona Tecnologia Espacial S.A., today signed the launch contract for the next Brazilian government satellite, the Geostationary Defense ...
11 Dec 2013
- 23:57 UTC NASA Lunar Science ... Mars Rover Results May Help Human Exploration NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions. NASA’s Curiosity rover is providing vital insight ...
- 23:12 UTC NASA's MESSENGER Mi... MESSENGER Celebrates 1,000 Earth Days in Orbit around Mer... Later today, the MESSENGER spacecraft will have completed 1,000 Earth days of flight operations in orbit around Mercury. "This milestone is a testament to the outstanding work of those who ...
- 23:00 UTC CERN CERN to admit Israel as first new Member State since 1999 Geneva, 12 December 2013. Following a resolution unanimously adopted at today’s 169th session of the CERN1 Council, CERN is set to admit Israel as the Organization’s 21st Member State. Israeli ...
- 21:45 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... Governor Brown Honors Ames With 2013 Environmental Leader... Thirteen California organizations, including NASA's Ames Research Center, were recognized with the 2013 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA), the state’s highest environmental honor.
- 20:35 UTC NASA Breaking News Chelton Receives 2013 Award for Achievements in Ocean Rem... NASA and the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) presented the 2013 William T. Pecora Award for achievement in Earth remote sensing to Dudley B. Chelton, distinguished professor ...
- 20:14 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... NASA Shines a Spotlight on a Webb Telescope Test Dressed in a clean room suit, NASA photographer Desiree Stover shines a light on the Space Environment Simulator's Integration Frame inside the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...
- 20:12 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Clay-Like Minerals Found on Icy Crust of Europa A new analysis of data from NASA's Galileo mission leads to the first detection of such minerals on the surface of this moon of Jupiter.
- 19:21 UTC Harvard-Smithsonian... Fast Radio Bursts Might Come From Nearby Stars First discovered in 2007, "fast radio bursts" continue to defy explanation. These cosmic chirps last for only a thousandth of a second.
- 19:08 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... NASA Pilots Train for Antarctic Flying Before IceBridge's Antarctic campaign, NASA P-3 research aircraft pilots and flight engineers got extra training that simulated landing and taking off from a runway made of ice.
- 18:27 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Clay-Like Minerals Found on Icy Crust of Europa A new analysis of data from NASA's Galileo mission leads to the first detection of such minerals on the surface of this moon of Jupiter.
- 17:14 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Television Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to Interna... NASA Television will provide coverage of the upcoming Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus cargo spacecraft mission to resupply the International Space Station this month.
- 16:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Water Vapor Over Europa This graphic shows the location of water vapor detected over Europa's south pole in observations taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in December 2012. This is the first strong evidence ...
- 16:00 UTC NASA: Kepler News a... Kepler Mission Manager Update: Invited to 2014 Senior Rev... The Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters has invited the Kepler project to submit a funding proposal for a two-wheel mission, dubbed K2, to its 2014 Senior Review of operating missions.
- 16:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Dave Everett - Enjoying His Job the Hard Way OSIRIS-REx project systems engineer Dave Everett thinks his job is fun because it is hard.
- 14:26 UTC Science and Technol... STFC congratulates Professor Higgs and Professor Englert ... STFC congratulates Professor Peter Higgs and Professor François Englert on receiving their 2013 Nobel Prize Medal and diploma for Physics in Stockholm from His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf ...
- 13:50 UTC ESA Top News Wake Up, Rosetta! Join us in a video shout-out celebrating the end of 31 months of deep-space hibernation for ESA’s Rosetta comet-chaser – you might win exciting ESA prizes!
- 11:00 UTC Universe Awareness ... Does Anyone Fancy a Drink? Life can be found almost everywhere on Earth, from the poles to the equator, from the bottom of the sea to the top of mountains, and from dry valleys to ...
- 09:00 UTC ESA Top News Antarctica’s ice loss on the rise Three years of observations by ESA’s CryoSat satellite show that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing over 150 cubic kilometres of ice each year – considerably more than when ...
- 00:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... LADEE Project Scientist Update: Science Observations Begi... What a difference 200 km makes!
- 00:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... Kepler Mission Manager Update: Invited to 2014 Senior Rev... The Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters has invited the Kepler project to submit a funding proposal for a two-wheel mission, dubbed K2, to its 2014 Senior Review of operating missions.
10 Dec 2013
- 23:33 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA's Juno Gives Starship-Like View of Earth Flyby When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth, it received a boost in speed of more than 8,800 mph which set it on course for a July 4, 2016, rendezvous with ...
- 23:30 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Mars Spacecraft Reveals a More Dynamic Red Planet NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed slender dark markings, possibly due to salty water, that advance seasonally down slopes surprisingly close to the Martian equator.
- 23:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Developing Natural Hazard Warning Systems Scientists have enhanced existing GPS technologies to develop new systems for California and elsewhere to warn of hazards from earthquakes, tsunamis and extreme weather events.
- 22:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Fire vs. Ice: The Science of ISON at Perihelion Comet ISON lost mass in advance of reaching perihelion and eventually broke up completely during its closest approach.
- 19:00 UTC NAOJ Top News Science Results - Discovery of Hot Oxygen Gas Streaming A... An international team of astronomers has used Suprime-Cam to make the first discovery of the large physical extent of energetic oxygen-gas outflows from distant galaxies.