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17 Mar 2010
- 19:03 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Little Shrimp Makes Big Splash Beneath Antarctica A JPL-designed camera submerged 600 feet beneath the Antarctic ice sheet to image its underbelly has yielded an unexpected find -- a shrimp.
- 18:00 UTC ESO Top News First Temperate Exoplanet Sized Up Combining observations from the CoRoT satellite and the ESO HARPS instrument, astronomers have discovered the first “normal” exoplanet that can be studied in great detail. Designated Corot-9b, the planet regularly ...
- 18:00 UTC NASA's Spitzer Spac... Press Release: NASA's Spitzer Unearths Primitive Black Ho... Astronomers have come across what appear to be two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black holes known.
- 17:28 UTC ASI Agenzia Spazial... ROSA: the adventure continues The second ROSA instrument has also started its adventure following the launch of the first on board the Indian Oceansat-2 satellite on 23 September 2009. The ASI officially delivered the ...
- 17:19 UTC ASI Agenzia Spazial... FERMI investigates the origin of extragalactic gamma rays The FERMI satellite has made another new important finding. Data collected during the first year of observations made by the Large Area Telescope (LAT), FERMI’s "super eye", have revealed that ...
- 16:57 UTC ASI Agenzia Spazial... The earthquake in Chile and the polar axis: analysis from... As with any event that produces a movement of the Earth’s mass, the recent, extremely violent earthquake in Chile also caused a shift in the Earth’s axis of inertia with ...
- 14:30 UTC Science and Technol... UK scientists get first look at weather inside Jupiter's ... New ground-breaking thermal images obtained with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope.
- 11:23 UTC Science and Technol... Planck space observatory unveils the coldest regions of o... Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through the coldest regions of our Galaxy are revealed in new images, released today (17th March), from ESA's Planck satellite.
- 10:39 UTC UK Space Agency Planck space observatory unveils the coldest regions of o... Planck space observatory unveils the coldest regions of our galaxy
- 10:00 UTC Jodrell Bank Centre... Planck space observatory unveils the coldest regions of o... Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through the coldest regions of our Galaxy are revealed in new images, released today (17th March), from ESA's Planck satellite.
- 09:30 UTC ESA Top News Planck sees tapestry of cold dust Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESA’s Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to determine the forces that shape ...
- 04:00 UTC Planetary Society P... Press Release: Planetary Society Offers Funding to Intern... Planetary Society Offers Funding to International Asteroid-Tracking Community
- 00:00 UTC James Webb Space Te... Article: Scientific American: 6 Fun Facts about the James... 6 Fun Facts about the James Webb Space Telescope [Slide Show]
- 00:00 UTC Arianespace Press R... THE “SATELLITE EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR” IS HONORED AT SATEL... Arianespace's participation at Satellite 2010 included its sponsorship of an evening reception to honor the industry's executive of the year, as named by Via Satellite magazine. Arianespace Chairman & CEO ...
- 00:00 UTC NASA's Spitzer Spac... NASA's Spitzer Unearths Primitive Black Holes NASA's Spitzer Unearths Primitive Black Holes
- 00:00 UTC NASA's Spitzer Spac... NASA's Spitzer Unearths Primitive Black Holes Astronomers have come across what appear to be two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black holes known. The discovery, based largely on observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, ...
16 Mar 2010
- 22:00 UTC South African Astro... International science communicators in Cape Town More than a 150 international astronomers and science communicators, including representatives from 14 African countries, have descended on Cape Town for the period of 15 to 19 March to discuss ...
- 21:00 UTC ESO Top News Jupiter’s Spot Seen Glowing New ground-breaking thermal images obtained with ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other powerful ground-based telescopes show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never seen before within Jupiter’s Great Red ...
- 19:03 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... WISE Captures a Cosmic Rose A new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows a cosmic rosebud blossoming with new stars.
- 19:03 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... See Spot on Jupiter. See Spot Glow. Scientists Get First Look at Weather Inside the Solar System's Biggest Storm.
- 09:45 UTC ESA Top News ‘Green’ satellite fuel designed to make space safer On the day running up to launch when a spacecraft is fuelled, ground personnel look more like astronauts than engineers, putting on spacesuit-like protective gear.
- 08:49 UTC ESA Human Spaceflig... Third ATV named after Edoardo Amaldi Production of the Automated Transfer Vehicles is gearing up. After the flawless flight of the first ATV, Jules Verne, the second, Johannes Kepler, is being completed for launch later this ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA 'Tops Out' First Building in Thirty Years Although not yet completed, NASA's new building called Sustainability Base has begun ushering in a new era of innovation, good will and renewed American tradition.
- 04:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... Technology Journey – Materials Science from Space to Eart... The first American research sample processed in the International Space Station's Materials Science Laboratory was opened for study today at the Marshall Center.
- 00:00 UTC Arianespace Press R... PARALLEL PREPARATIONS CONTINUE FOR UPCOMING ARIANE 5 FLIG... Launch activity is in full swing at French Guiana as preparations move forward for Ariane 5's first two missions in 2010. Payload processing for Arianespace's first heavy-lift launch campaign - ...
- 00:00 UTC Arianespace Press R... JEAN-YVES LE GALL UNDERSCORES ABILITY OF EXISTING LAUNCH ... The push by certain telecommunications operators for additional players in the space lift marketplace could work to the satellite industry's own detriment, generating an overcapacity situation and potentially creating launch ...
- 00:00 UTC Arianespace Press R... ARIANESPACE GOES MOBILE WITH IPHONE APPLICATION AND RINGT... Arianespace has expanded its strong online presence into the booming mobile phone sector, launching two new technologies that bring the company's missions into the palm of your hand: an official ...
15 Mar 2010
- 11:35 UTC UK Space Agency UK to host international science conference UK to host international science conference
- 09:00 UTC ESA Top News Phobos flyby images Images from the recent flyby of Phobos, on 7 March 2010, are released today. The images show Mars’ rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution of just 4.4 metres ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Celebrates Its Herita... This year, the Marshall Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary, highlighting its historical engineering and technology achievements and service to the nation and America's space program.
- 00:00 UTC Surrey Satellite Te... SSTL and Dutch Space level geostationary market with “pig... Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and Dutch Space BV have joined forces to develop and exploit an innovative small geostationary platform that is specifically designed to utilise excess launch vehicle ...
13 Mar 2010
- 14:59 UTC Science@NASA Solar 'Current of Fire' Speeds Up A massive "current of fire" on the sun has started running at high speed, surprising researchers and challenging some models of the solar cycle.
12 Mar 2010
- 16:55 UTC Science@NASA NASA - Solar 'Current of Fire' Speeds Up A massive "current of fire" on the sun has started running at high speed, surprising researchers and challenging some models of the solar cycle.
- 12:18 UTC Science and Technol... SpaceTech 2010 - UK space scientists reveal the many bene... Some of the UK's leaders in space technology gathered this week to demonstrate how cutting edge technologies originally developed for space activities are successfully transferred to terrestrial applications, having a ...
- 11:00 UTC ESA Top News Media opportunity: ESA presents European participants in ... ESA PR 2010-05 A crew of six, including two Europeans, will soon begin a simulated mission to Mars in a mockup that includes an interplanetary spaceship, a Mars lander and ...
- 09:40 UTC ESA Top News Signature secures future Sentinels for GMES Marking another significant step in the GMES initiative, ESA and Thales Alenia Space recently signed a contract worth €270 million to build the second Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3 satellites.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Announces Systems Engineering Student Competition NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is inviting teams of undergraduate and graduate students throughout the country to participate in the fourth annual Systems Engineering Paper Competition.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Awards Civil Design, Engineering and Services Contra... NASA has selected Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc. of Gainesville, Fla., to provide civil and environmental design, engineering and other professional services.
- 05:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA Awards Aircraft and Airfield Services Contract NASA has selected L-3 Vertex Aerospace, Madison, Miss., to receive a contract for Aircraft and Airfield Related Services at NASA's Ames Research Center.
- 00:00 UTC Arianespace Press R... PARALLEL PREPARATIONS CONTINUE FOR UPCOMING ARIANE 5 FLIG... Launch activity is in full swing at French Guiana as preparations move forward for Ariane 5's first two missions in 2010. The year's first heavy-lift launch campaign - which will ...
11 Mar 2010
- 23:38 UTC Science@NASA Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis? Last month's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile was so strong it might have shifted the axis of the entire Earth.
- 22:34 UTC Gemini Observatory Underweight or Blinded by Youth? Finding the True Mass o... Galaxies are the building blocks of the universe, so accounting for their formation is an essential problem in astronomy. Most galaxies are either spiral or elliptical, with the latter tending ...
- 21:22 UTC Lawrence Berkeley N... Foiling an Attack on General Relativity In an attempt to explain away invisible dark matter and dark energy, some theorists have offered new theories of gravity that try to improve on Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. ...
- 20:03 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Titan By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior.
- 14:57 UTC UK Space Agency SpaceTech 2010 - UK space scientists reveal the many bene... SpaceTech 2010 - UK space scientists reveal the many benefits of cutting edge space technology
- 14:21 UTC UK Space Agency Messages sent in space to celebrate 50 years of the Searc... Messages sent in space to celebrate 50 years of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
- 14:19 UTC UK Space Agency UK Space industry: in pictures – boldy growing a $30bn bu... UK Space industry: in pictures - boldy growing a $30bn business
- 11:00 UTC ESA Space Science Shocking recipe for making killer electrons Take a bunch of fast-moving electrons, place them in orbit and then hit them with the shock waves from a solar storm. What do you get? Killer electrons. That’s the ...
- 09:15 UTC ESA Top News Joint Statement: International Space Station Heads of Age... ESA PR 2010-04 The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on 11 March 2010, to ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News Heads of Agency International Space Station Joint Stateme... The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia, and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on March 11, 2010, to review ISS cooperation.