News tagged with cosmic origins
New evidence for complex molecules on Pluto's surface
(PhysOrg.com) -- The new and highly sensitive Cosmic Origins Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a strong ultraviolet-wavelength absorber on Pluto's surface, providing new evidence ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Hubble confirms: galaxies are ultimate recyclers
(PhysOrg.com) -- New observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are expanding astronomers' understanding of the ways in which galaxies continuously recycle immense volumes of hydrogen gas and heavy elements. ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Gaseous halos of galaxies are much larger, more massive than the distribution of stars within the galaxy
New, high-precision equipment orbiting Earth aboard the Hubble Space Telescope is now sending such rich data back to astronomers, some feel they are crossing the final frontier toward understanding galaxy ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Astrophysicists identify missing fuel for galactic star formation
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Milky Way will have the fuel to continue forming stars, thanks to massive clouds of ionized gas raining down from its halo and intergalactic space. This is the conclusion of a new study ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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The 'natural' asymmetry of biological molecules may have come from space
Certain molecules do exist in two forms which are symmetrical mirror images of each other: they are known as chiral molecules. On Earth, the chiral molecules of life, especially amino acids and sugars, exist ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Superhot Planet Likely Possesses Comet-like Tail
(PhysOrg.com) -- As if the debate over what is and what is not a planet hasn't gotten confusing enough, Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have now confirmed the existence of a tortured, baked object that ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Discrepant features found in cosmic ray energy spectra
(PhysOrg.com) -- In May a University of Maryland-led team of scientists reported some previously unknown features in the energy spectra of cosmic ray nuclei, which have been studied for almost 100 years. Cosmic rays were ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Rebirth of an icon: Hubble's first images since Servicing Mission 4
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers today declared the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory ready for a new decade of exploration, with the release of observations from four of its six ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Astronauts to undertake fourth walk to repair Hubble telescope
US astronauts on Sunday will undertake a fourth in a series of five daily spacewalks intended to equip the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope for at least another five years of valuable scientific work.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 17, 2009 |
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Far UV detector is part of new instrument to be installed on Hubble
NASA's final mission to the 17-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, which begins May 11, will deliver a new instrument partly built by University of California, Berkeley, physicists to map the structure of the ...
May 07, 2009 |
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NASA Invites Public to Choose Hubble's Next Discovery
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is giving everyone the opportunity to use the world's most celebrated telescope to explore the heavens and boldly look where the Hubble Space Telescope has never looked before.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2009 |
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