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International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
22 Jul 2014, 02:38 UTC
ICRAR has three finalists in this year's WA Premier's Science Awards, Professor Steven Tingay is a finalist for Scientist of the Year, PhD Candidate Tom Russell for student scientist of the year, and the ICRAR coordinated event Astrofest for Science Engagement Initiative of the Year. The winners will be announced on August 21st.
2014 Premier's Science Awards
22 Jul 2014, 02:38 UTC
ICRAR has three finalists in this year's WA Premier's Science Awards, Professor Steven Tingay is a finalist for Scientist of the Year, PhD Candidate Tom Russell for student scientist of the year, and the ICRAR coordinated event Astrofest for Science Engagement Initiative of the Year. The winners will be announced on August 21st.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
21 Jul 2014, 17:29 UTC
Astronomers have discovered a transiting exoplanet with the longest known year. Kepler-421b circles its star once every 704 days. In comparison, Mars orbits our Sun once every 780 days.
Transiting Exoplanet with Longest Known Year
21 Jul 2014, 17:29 UTC
Astronomers have discovered a transiting exoplanet with the longest known year. Kepler-421b circles its star once every 704 days. In comparison, Mars orbits our Sun once every 780 days.
ESA Space Science
21 Jul 2014, 09:30 UTC
Space Science Image of the Week: ESA’s SMART-1 snaps an unusual view of lunar crater Zucchius
Messy peaks of Zucchius
21 Jul 2014, 09:30 UTC
Space Science Image of the Week: ESA’s SMART-1 snaps an unusual view of lunar crater Zucchius
Thirty Meter Telescope
19 Jul 2014, 16:23 UTC
Students from around the world are gathering on Hawaii Island this week for the Pacific Astronomy and Engineering Summit (PAES). PAES is an intensive five-day forum focused on astronomy and engineering that connects and fosters partnerships among secondary schools from Thirty Meter Telescope partner countries: Japan, China, India, Canada, and the U.S. (Hawaii Island). read more
Coming Together at the Pacific Astronomy and Engineering Summit
19 Jul 2014, 16:23 UTC
Students from around the world are gathering on Hawaii Island this week for the Pacific Astronomy and Engineering Summit (PAES). PAES is an intensive five-day forum focused on astronomy and engineering that connects and fosters partnerships among secondary schools from Thirty Meter Telescope partner countries: Japan, China, India, Canada, and the U.S. (Hawaii Island). read more
NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features
18 Jul 2014, 17:43 UTC
Entry Systems are the complete package of heat shields, parachutes, software, and other articles needed for a vehicle to successfully transition from space to operations in the atmosphere of a planet or land on other planets.
Areas of Ames Ingenuity: Entry Systems
18 Jul 2014, 17:43 UTC
Entry Systems are the complete package of heat shields, parachutes, software, and other articles needed for a vehicle to successfully transition from space to operations in the atmosphere of a planet or land on other planets.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
18 Jul 2014, 16:21 UTC
Scientists will use a virtual time machine to trace carbon dioxide observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 back to their sources.
OCO-2 Data to Lead Scientists Forward into the Past
18 Jul 2014, 16:21 UTC
Scientists will use a virtual time machine to trace carbon dioxide observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 back to their sources.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
17 Jul 2014, 21:55 UTC
Ed Stone, project scientist of NASA's Voyager mission since 1972 and a former JPL director, has received an American Astronautical Society lifetime achievement award.
Voyager Project Scientist Ed Stone Honored
17 Jul 2014, 21:55 UTC
Ed Stone, project scientist of NASA's Voyager mission since 1972 and a former JPL director, has received an American Astronautical Society lifetime achievement award.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
17 Jul 2014, 19:07 UTC
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, destination of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, reveals a two-part shape.
Rosetta Spacecraft Approaching Twofold Comet
17 Jul 2014, 19:07 UTC
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, destination of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, reveals a two-part shape.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
17 Jul 2014, 16:00 UTC
Today, the Canadian Space Agency announced a significant contribution to NASA’s asteroid-bound OSIRIS-REx mission.
