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Hubble Photographs a Planetary Nebula to Commemorate Decommissioning of Super Camera
May 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical ...
The Camera That Saved Hubble... Twice: JPL's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
May 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- First motion is almost always a big event in the world of space exploration. Whether the first motion is of a wheel beginning to rotate or a rocket lifting off the pad, first motion means ...
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Infrared Image of Circumstellar Disk Illuminates Massive Star Formation Process
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers from Ibaraki University, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Kanagawa University, University of Tokyo, Academica Sinica, and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan ...
NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis ...
Engineers Will Create Planetary Rover From Retinal Implant Test Robot
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The research, led by Wolfgang Fink, will aid both people with visual impairments and scientists involved in planetary exploration.
Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Winter images of NASA's Phoenix Lander showing the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars have been captured with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, aboard ...
The Ring Nebula
Nov 02, 2009 |
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The diversity of colours, shapes, and sizes of planetary nebulae make them fascinating objects. In this photo release Calar Alto presents a rather unique view combining both optical and near-infrared data ...
Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles deep in the southern skies near the Southern Cross ...
Astronomers do it Again: Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet (w/ Video)
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize ...
Chemist Develops High-Speed Test to Improve Pathogen Decontamination
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has developed a technology intended to rapidly assess any presence of microbial life on spacecraft. This new method may also ...
Astronomers capture spectacular meteor footage and images (w/ Video)
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter than a full moon. The meteor lit up the skies ...
Largest Ring Around Saturn Discovered
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn -- by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings.
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