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ESA Top News
14 May 2013, 15:00 UTC
ECSAT, the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications located at the Harwell Oxford campus opens its doors
ESA's UK Facility
14 May 2013, 15:00 UTC
ECSAT, the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications located at the Harwell Oxford campus opens its doors
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
13 May 2013, 21:05 UTC
For centuries, humans have pondered what life on other planets beyond our solar system might be like. With the launch of the Kepler Spacecraft in 2009 we now have evidence for the widespread existence of such planets. Kepler’s discovery of hundreds of planet candidates around other stars has inspired a new book that combines both science and science fiction: A Kepler’s Dozen: Thirteen Stories about Distant Worlds that Really Exist. This anthology is co-edited by David Lee Summers (author of The Pirates of Sufiro and editor of Space Pirates) and Dr. Steve Howell (Kepler Project Scientist). Read more in NOAO Press Release 13-05.
A Kepler’s Dozen: Thirteen Stories about Distant Worlds that Really Exist
13 May 2013, 21:05 UTC
For centuries, humans have pondered what life on other planets beyond our solar system might be like. With the launch of the Kepler Spacecraft in 2009 we now have evidence for the widespread existence of such planets. Kepler’s discovery of hundreds of planet candidates around other stars has inspired a new book that combines both science and science fiction: A Kepler’s Dozen: Thirteen Stories about Distant Worlds that Really Exist. This anthology is co-edited by David Lee Summers (author of The Pirates of Sufiro and editor of Space Pirates) and Dr. Steve Howell (Kepler Project Scientist). Read more in NOAO Press Release 13-05.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
13 May 2013, 18:42 UTC
The sun emitted significant solar flares on the evening of May 12 and the afternoon of May 13.
First X-Class Solar Flares of 2013
13 May 2013, 18:42 UTC
The sun emitted significant solar flares on the evening of May 12 and the afternoon of May 13.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
13 May 2013, 16:42 UTC
New insights into two factors that are creating a potentially volatile Southern California wildfire season come from an ongoing project using NASA and Indian satellite data.
Satellites See Double Jeopardy for Socal Fire Season
13 May 2013, 16:42 UTC
New insights into two factors that are creating a potentially volatile Southern California wildfire season come from an ongoing project using NASA and Indian satellite data.
ESA Top News
13 May 2013, 13:09 UTC
Over the weekend the crew of the International Space Station worked overtime to fix a leaking cooling network outside the orbital outpost. Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn ventured into space on Saturday and replaced a pump unit that was leaking ammonia.
Leak repaired on International Space Station
13 May 2013, 13:09 UTC
Over the weekend the crew of the International Space Station worked overtime to fix a leaking cooling network outside the orbital outpost. Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn ventured into space on Saturday and replaced a pump unit that was leaking ammonia.
ESA Top News
13 May 2013, 09:30 UTC
Space science image of the week: a space-time magnifying glass by the Hubble space telescope
Galaxy zoom
13 May 2013, 09:30 UTC
Space science image of the week: a space-time magnifying glass by the Hubble space telescope
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
13 May 2013, 06:19 UTC
May 13, 2013: Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and transits (looking for dimming stars).
New Method of Finding Planets Scores its First Discovery
13 May 2013, 06:19 UTC
May 13, 2013: Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and transits (looking for dimming stars).
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
13 May 2013, 04:00 UTC
Some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth, but this is not actually possible.
Impacts of Strong Solar Flares
13 May 2013, 04:00 UTC
Some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth, but this is not actually possible.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
10 May 2013, 23:47 UTC
RRM uses the space station as a test bed for repair and refueling maneuvers to prepare for in orbit satellite-servicing tasks.
Robotic Refueling Mission Practices New Tasks
10 May 2013, 23:47 UTC
RRM uses the space station as a test bed for repair and refueling maneuvers to prepare for in orbit satellite-servicing tasks.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
10 May 2013, 19:00 UTC
NASA will launch a new telescope designed to observe distant galaxies on a suborbital sounding rocket at 1 a.m. EDT, May 11, from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
