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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
16 Oct 2017, 18:49 UTC
NASA's Cassini spacecraft ended its journey on Sept. 15 with an intentional plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, but analysis continues on the mountain of data the spacecraft sent during its long life. Some of the Cassini team's freshest insights were presented during a news conference today at the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Science meeting in Provo, Utah.
Fresh Findings From Cassini
16 Oct 2017, 18:49 UTC
NASA's Cassini spacecraft ended its journey on Sept. 15 with an intentional plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, but analysis continues on the mountain of data the spacecraft sent during its long life. Some of the Cassini team's freshest insights were presented during a news conference today at the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Science meeting in Provo, Utah.
ESO Top News
16 Oct 2017, 14:00 UTC
ESO Telescopes Observe First Light from Gravitational Wave Source
16 Oct 2017, 14:00 UTC
MIT
16 Oct 2017, 13:59 UTC
For the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves — ripples in space-time — in addition to light from the spectacular collision of two neutron stars. This marks the first time that a cosmic event has been viewed in both gravitational waves and light.
LIGO and Virgo make first detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars
16 Oct 2017, 13:59 UTC
For the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves — ripples in space-time — in addition to light from the spectacular collision of two neutron stars. This marks the first time that a cosmic event has been viewed in both gravitational waves and light.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
13 Oct 2017, 15:51 UTC
NASA Sounding Rocket Instrument Spots Signatures of Long-Sought Small Solar Flares
13 Oct 2017, 15:51 UTC
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
13 Oct 2017, 15:27 UTC
As far as galaxies are concerned, size can be deceptive. Some of the largest galaxies in the Universe are dormant, while some dwarf galaxies, such as ESO 553-46 imaged here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, can produce stars at a hair-raising rate. In fact, ESO 553-46 has one of the highest rates of star formation of the 1,000 or so galaxies nearest to the Milky Way. No mean feat for such a diminutive galaxy!
Hubble’s Compact Galaxy with Big-Time Star Formation
13 Oct 2017, 15:27 UTC
As far as galaxies are concerned, size can be deceptive. Some of the largest galaxies in the Universe are dormant, while some dwarf galaxies, such as ESO 553-46 imaged here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, can produce stars at a hair-raising rate. In fact, ESO 553-46 has one of the highest rates of star formation of the 1,000 or so galaxies nearest to the Milky Way. No mean feat for such a diminutive galaxy!
Universities Space Research Association
12 Oct 2017, 18:06 UTC
A team of scientists from Universities Space Research Association (USRA), NASA, NOAA and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) announced today the results of their research on how the ocean and land carbon cycle responded during the 2015-16 El Niño.
NASA’s Carbon Sleuth Tracks Impact of El Niño
12 Oct 2017, 18:06 UTC
A team of scientists from Universities Space Research Association (USRA), NASA, NOAA and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) announced today the results of their research on how the ocean and land carbon cycle responded during the 2015-16 El Niño.
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
12 Oct 2017, 12:05 UTC
Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have directly measured the distance to a star-forming region on the opposite side of our Milky Way Galaxy from the Sun, using the Very Long Baseline Array. Their achievement reaches deep into the Milky Way’s terra incognita and nearly doubles the previous record for distance measurement within our Galaxy.
The Far Side of the Milky Way
12 Oct 2017, 12:05 UTC
Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have directly measured the distance to a star-forming region on the opposite side of our Milky Way Galaxy from the Sun, using the Very Long Baseline Array. Their achievement reaches deep into the Milky Way’s terra incognita and nearly doubles the previous record for distance measurement within our Galaxy.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
12 Oct 2017, 06:00 UTC
Galaxies are majestic, rotating wheels of stars? Not in the case of the spindle-like galaxies studied by Athanasia Tsatsi (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) and her colleagues. Using the CALIFA survey, the astronomers found that these slender galaxies, which rotate along their longest axis, are much more common than previously thought. The new data allowed the astronomers to create a model for how these unusual galaxies probably formed, namely out of a special kind of merger of two spiral galaxies. The results have been published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Astronomers discover unusual spindle-like galaxies
12 Oct 2017, 06:00 UTC
Galaxies are majestic, rotating wheels of stars? Not in the case of the spindle-like galaxies studied by Athanasia Tsatsi (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) and her colleagues. Using the CALIFA survey, the astronomers found that these slender galaxies, which rotate along their longest axis, are much more common than previously thought. The new data allowed the astronomers to create a model for how these unusual galaxies probably formed, namely out of a special kind of merger of two spiral galaxies. The results have been published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
11 Oct 2017, 21:53 UTC
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its fateful dive into the upper atmosphere of Saturn on Sept. 15, the spacecraft was live-streaming data from eight of its science instruments, along with readings from a variety of engineering systems. While analysis of science data from the final plunge will take some time, Cassini engineers already have a pretty clear understanding of how the spacecraft itself behaved as it went in. The data are useful for evaluating models of Saturn's atmosphere the team used to predict the spacecraft's behavior at mission's end, and they help provide a baseline for planning future missions to Saturn.
Reconstructing Cassini's Plunge into Saturn
11 Oct 2017, 21:53 UTC
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its fateful dive into the upper atmosphere of Saturn on Sept. 15, the spacecraft was live-streaming data from eight of its science instruments, along with readings from a variety of engineering systems. While analysis of science data from the final plunge will take some time, Cassini engineers already have a pretty clear understanding of how the spacecraft itself behaved as it went in. The data are useful for evaluating models of Saturn's atmosphere the team used to predict the spacecraft's behavior at mission's end, and they help provide a baseline for planning future missions to Saturn.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
11 Oct 2017, 17:41 UTC
