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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
11 Mar 2010, 00:30 UTC
Astronomers have used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope rather like a doctor's stethoscope to listen in on the "heartbeat" of star formation in our galaxy, a finding that will help trace the "life" of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
Whats Happening: Spitzer Detects the "Heartbeat" of Star Formation in the Milky Way Galaxy
11 Mar 2010, 00:30 UTC
Astronomers have used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope rather like a doctor's stethoscope to listen in on the "heartbeat" of star formation in our galaxy, a finding that will help trace the "life" of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases
10 Mar 2010, 15:48 UTC
In December 2009, the Science and Technology Facilities Council announced that as part of its science prioritisation, the United Kingdom Infra Red Telescope, UKIRT, in Hawaii would be subject to a managed withdrawal
Update from UKIRT
10 Mar 2010, 15:48 UTC
In December 2009, the Science and Technology Facilities Council announced that as part of its science prioritisation, the United Kingdom Infra Red Telescope, UKIRT, in Hawaii would be subject to a managed withdrawal
Royal Astronomical Society
10 Mar 2010, 09:24 UTC
Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe. They report their results in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. (Image: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss)
“Catastrophic event” behind the halt of star birth in early galaxy formation
10 Mar 2010, 09:24 UTC
Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe. They report their results in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. (Image: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
9 Mar 2010, 16:35 UTC
An international panel of experts has ruled in favor of the theory proposed in 1980 by the late Berkeley Lab physicist Luis Alvarez and his son Walter, a UC Berkeley geologist, that a large asteroid struck the earth 65 million years ago, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Alvarez Theory on Dinosaur Die-Out Upheld: Experts Find Asteroid Guilty of Killing the Dinosaurs
9 Mar 2010, 16:35 UTC
An international panel of experts has ruled in favor of the theory proposed in 1980 by the late Berkeley Lab physicist Luis Alvarez and his son Walter, a UC Berkeley geologist, that a large asteroid struck the earth 65 million years ago, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Keck Observatory
9 Mar 2010, 08:00 UTC
Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have identified the smallest known binary system to date. The system, called HM Cancri, consists of two dead stars that revolve around each other in 5.4 minutes, by far the shortest known orbital period of any pair of stars. The team, led by Gijs Roelofs of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center of Astrophysics, used the 10-meter Keck I telescope with its Low Resolution Imaging Spectrograph to study the velocity changes in the spectral lines in the light of HM Cancri. They observed that as the stars orbited each other, the system’s spectral lines shifted…
Keck telescope confirms smallest known star duo
9 Mar 2010, 08:00 UTC
Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have identified the smallest known binary system to date. The system, called HM Cancri, consists of two dead stars that revolve around each other in 5.4 minutes, by far the shortest known orbital period of any pair of stars. The team, led by Gijs Roelofs of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center of Astrophysics, used the 10-meter Keck I telescope with its Low Resolution Imaging Spectrograph to study the velocity changes in the spectral lines in the light of HM Cancri. They observed that as the stars orbited each other, the system’s spectral lines shifted…
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
8 Mar 2010, 20:03 UTC
Like a hard-driving athlete whose joints need help, the giant "Mars antenna" at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has begun major, delicate surgery.
Historic Deep Space Network Antenna Starts Major Surgery
8 Mar 2010, 20:03 UTC
Like a hard-driving athlete whose joints need help, the giant "Mars antenna" at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has begun major, delicate surgery.
Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases
8 Mar 2010, 12:07 UTC
Scientists from across the STFC are heading to Manchester to take part in the largest science fair in the UK for students, the Big Bang Fair at Manchester Central, 11th - 13th March 2010
STFC makes a BIG Bang in Manchester
8 Mar 2010, 12:07 UTC
Scientists from across the STFC are heading to Manchester to take part in the largest science fair in the UK for students, the Big Bang Fair at Manchester Central, 11th - 13th March 2010
ESA Top News
5 Mar 2010, 09:03 UTC
This animation, made up of eight Envisat radar images, shows the 97-km long B-9B iceberg (right) ramming into the Mertz Glacier Tongue in Eastern Antarctica in early February. The collision caused a chunk of the glacier’s tongue to snap off, giving birth to another iceberg nearly as large as B-9B.
Earth from Space: Icebreaker event
5 Mar 2010, 09:03 UTC
This animation, made up of eight Envisat radar images, shows the 97-km long B-9B iceberg (right) ramming into the Mertz Glacier Tongue in Eastern Antarctica in early February. The collision caused a chunk of the glacier’s tongue to snap off, giving birth to another iceberg nearly as large as B-9B.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
4 Mar 2010, 20:03 UTC
Planetary scientists, who have been puzzling for years over the surface features on Saturn's moon Titan, have now found some recognizable analogies to a type of terrain on Earth known as karst topography.
Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah?
4 Mar 2010, 20:03 UTC
Planetary scientists, who have been puzzling for years over the surface features on Saturn's moon Titan, have now found some recognizable analogies to a type of terrain on Earth known as karst topography.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
4 Mar 2010, 20:03 UTC
One year ago this week, NASA's Kepler mission soared into the dark night sky, leaving a bright glow in its wake as it began to search for other worlds like Earth.
