News tagged with infrared observations


Largest ever survey of very distant galaxy clusters completed

Largest ever survey of very distant galaxy clusters completed

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 3

An international team of researchers led by a UC Riverside astronomer has completed the largest ever survey designed to find very distant clusters of galaxies.





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New NASA Images Indicate Object Hits Jupiter

New Images Indicate Object Hits Jupiter

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (22) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found evidence that another object has bombarded Jupiter, exactly 15 years after the first impacts by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.


The Growing-up of a Star

The Growing-up of a Star

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 29, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have probed the inner parts of the disc of material surrounding a young stellar object, witnessing how it gains its mass before becoming an adult.


Improving the catalytic converters of motor vehicles

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The chemical mechanism that occurs on the surface of an automotive catalytic converter has been deciphered thanks to an observation speed record established by Frédéric Thibault-Strarzyk at the Laboratoire Catalyse ...


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Spitzer Space Telescope: Warmed Up and Ready to Go

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has put its infrared eyes back on the sky to observe the cold and dusty universe.


Galaxy cluster smashes distance record

Galaxy cluster smashes distance record

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 2

The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes. The cluster is located about 10.2 billion light years away, ...


Surprise Collision on Jupiter Captured by Gemini Telescope

Surprise Collision on Jupiter Captured by Gemini Telescope

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter is sporting a glowing bruise after getting unexpectedly whacked by a small solar system object, according to astronomers using the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai'i. A ...


Herschel spacecraft assembly complete

Herschel spacecraft assembly complete

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The mirror of the Herschel telescope has now been assembled with the payload and service module, completing the spacecraft structure - an important milestone in the days following through to launch.


Watching Venus glow in the dark

Watching Venus glow in the dark

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus. This infrared light comes from nitric oxide and is showing scientists that the atmosphere of ...


Hearts of Galaxies Close in for Cosmic Train Wreck

Galaxy Cores to Crash in a Few Million Years

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with millions of times the ...


Submillimeter and Infrared View of the Galactic Center

Astronomers detect matter torn apart by black hole

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (33) | comments 6

The team of European and US astronomers used ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope, both in Chile, to study light from Sagittarius A* at near-infrared wavelengths ...



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