News tagged with field surveys
Hubble pinpoints furthest protocluster of galaxies ever seen
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of development, making it the most distant such grouping ever observed in ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Solar power development in US Southwest could threaten wildlife
Government agencies are considering scores of applications to develop utility-scale solar power installations in the desert Southwest of the United States, but too little is known to judge their likely effects on wildlife, ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Satellite images help species conservation
Organisms living on small islands are particularly threatened by extinction. However, data are often lacking to objectively assess these threats. A team of German and British researchers used satellite imagery ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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The many infrared 'personalities' of the Sculptor galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Sculptor galaxy is shown in different infrared hues, in this new mosaic from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The main picture is a composite of infrared light captured ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Cluster collisions switch on radio halos
(PhysOrg.com) -- This is a composite image of the northern part of the galaxy cluster Abell 1758, located about 3.2 billion light years from Earth, showing the effects of a collision between two smaller galaxy ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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25,000 new asteroids found by NASA's sky mapping
(AP) -- Worried about Earth-threatening asteroids? One of NASA's newest space telescopes has spotted 25,000 never-before-seen asteroids in just six months.
Jul 16, 2010 |
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NASA's WISE Space Telescope Jettisons Its Cover
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers and scientists say the maneuver went off without a hitch, and everything is working properly. The mission's "first-light" images of the sky will be released to the public in about ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 30, 2009 |
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WISE Snug in Its Nose Cone; Launch Set for Dec. 9
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been wrapped in the outer nose cone, or "fairing," that will protect it during its scheduled Dec. 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 01, 2009 |
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NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole Sky (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll. NASA's newest spacecraft is scheduled to roll to the pad on Friday, Nov. ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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NASA's WISE Mission Arrives at Launch Site
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has arrived at its last stop on Earth -- Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Coming Together
(PhysOrg.com) -- The science instrument for NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been shipped to Boulder, Colo., for a planned launch in November.
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May 20, 2009 |
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Is the Dead Sea dying?
The water levels in the Dead Sea - the deepest point on Earth - are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 04, 2009 |
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