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12 Jan 2011, 18:00 UTC
Get larger image formats Astronomers are finding that the idiom "can't see the forest for the trees" applies to the universe of galaxies as well. In a paper published today in the science journal Nature, an international team of astronomers predicts that foreground galaxies will affect images of extremely far galaxies. The gravitational fields of the foreground galaxies distort space like a funhouse mirror. This means that a significant fraction of far background galaxies will appear on the sky near foreground galaxies. The good news is that the remote galaxies will appear brighter because of a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. This will need to be factored in when astronomers plan to look for the farthest galaxies in the universe with the planned James Webb Space Telescope.
In Deep Galaxy Surveys, Astronomers Get a Boost -- from Gravity
12 Jan 2011, 18:00 UTC
Get larger image formats Astronomers are finding that the idiom "can't see the forest for the trees" applies to the universe of galaxies as well. In a paper published today in the science journal Nature, an international team of astronomers predicts that foreground galaxies will affect images of extremely far galaxies. The gravitational fields of the foreground galaxies distort space like a funhouse mirror. This means that a significant fraction of far background galaxies will appear on the sky near foreground galaxies. The good news is that the remote galaxies will appear brighter because of a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. This will need to be factored in when astronomers plan to look for the farthest galaxies in the universe with the planned James Webb Space Telescope.
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
12 Jan 2011, 15:42 UTC
A mid-infrared mosaic image from the SOFIA airborne observatory offers new information about processes of star formation in and around the nebula Messier 42, in the constellation Orion. The image data were acquired the first scientific flights in December 2010, at wavelengths of 19.7 and 37.1 microns. The latter wavelength is not currently observed from either ground space-based observatories.
Sofia opens new window on star formation in Orion
12 Jan 2011, 15:42 UTC
A mid-infrared mosaic image from the SOFIA airborne observatory offers new information about processes of star formation in and around the nebula Messier 42, in the constellation Orion. The image data were acquired the first scientific flights in December 2010, at wavelengths of 19.7 and 37.1 microns. The latter wavelength is not currently observed from either ground space-based observatories.
ESO Top News
12 Jan 2011, 11:00 UTC
ESO’s Hidden Treasures 2010 astrophotography competition attracted nearly 100 entries, and ESO is delighted to announce the winners. Hidden Treasures gave amateur astronomers the opportunity to search ESO’s vast archives of astronomical data for a well-hidden cosmic gem. Astronomy enthusiast Igor Chekalin from Russia won the first prize in this difficult but rewarding challenge — the trip of a lifetime to ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile.
ESO’s Hidden Treasures Brought to Light
12 Jan 2011, 11:00 UTC
ESO’s Hidden Treasures 2010 astrophotography competition attracted nearly 100 entries, and ESO is delighted to announce the winners. Hidden Treasures gave amateur astronomers the opportunity to search ESO’s vast archives of astronomical data for a well-hidden cosmic gem. Astronomy enthusiast Igor Chekalin from Russia won the first prize in this difficult but rewarding challenge — the trip of a lifetime to ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
12 Jan 2011, 01:00 UTC
This 36-frame video, from NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar, depicts the rotation of asteroid JL33 - an irregular, elongated object roughly 1.8 kilometers (1.1) miles wide.
NASA Radar Reveals Features on Asteroid
12 Jan 2011, 01:00 UTC
This 36-frame video, from NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar, depicts the rotation of asteroid JL33 - an irregular, elongated object roughly 1.8 kilometers (1.1) miles wide.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
11 Jan 2011, 23:01 UTC
Scientists will discuss recent discoveries about Mars and future Mars exploration at a Jan. 13 event to be streamed live and archived.
Web-Streamed Event Will Cover Mars Science Findings
11 Jan 2011, 23:01 UTC
Scientists will discuss recent discoveries about Mars and future Mars exploration at a Jan. 13 event to be streamed live and archived.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
11 Jan 2011, 22:36 UTC
January 11, 2011: In the outer reaches of our solar system lies a mysterious region far more remote and difficult to explore than the Australian outback. It remains the only part of our solar system not visited by spacecraft.
New Telescope Exploring Solar System "Outback"
11 Jan 2011, 22:36 UTC
January 11, 2011: In the outer reaches of our solar system lies a mysterious region far more remote and difficult to explore than the Australian outback. It remains the only part of our solar system not visited by spacecraft.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
11 Jan 2011, 20:14 UTC
The Planck mission released a new data catalogue Tuesday from initial maps of the entire sky.
Planck Mission Peels Back Layers of the Universe
11 Jan 2011, 20:14 UTC
The Planck mission released a new data catalogue Tuesday from initial maps of the entire sky.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
11 Jan 2011, 18:28 UTC
The largest image of the sky yet made – more than a trillion pixels – has been released by the multi-institutional third Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) at a press conference at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle. The largest component of SDSS-III is the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, BOSS, led by Berkeley Lab scientists, now engaged in producing an even larger map of the sky.
Astronomers Release the Largest Image of the Sky Ever Made
11 Jan 2011, 18:28 UTC
The largest image of the sky yet made – more than a trillion pixels – has been released by the multi-institutional third Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) at a press conference at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle. The largest component of SDSS-III is the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, BOSS, led by Berkeley Lab scientists, now engaged in producing an even larger map of the sky.
ESA Top News
11 Jan 2011, 11:00 UTC
ESA PR-3 2011 The first scientific results from ESA’s Planck mission were released at a press briefing today in Paris. The findings focus on the coldest objects in the Universe, from within our Galaxy to the distant reaches of space.
Planck’s new view of the cosmic theatre
11 Jan 2011, 11:00 UTC
ESA PR-3 2011 The first scientific results from ESA’s Planck mission were released at a press briefing today in Paris. The findings focus on the coldest objects in the Universe, from within our Galaxy to the distant reaches of space.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
10 Jan 2011, 23:11 UTC
Scientists using NASA's Fermi Space Telescope have detected antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.
