News tagged with ultraviolet wavelengths
Hubble to receive high-tech James Webb Space Telescope technology
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May 08, 2009 |
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Scientists and engineers now creating new technologies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have realized they can be used to enhance the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the upcoming servicing ...
Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission marks its sixth anniversary studying galaxies beyond our Milky Way through its sensitive ultraviolet telescope, the only such far-ultraviolet detector ...
Swift satellite comet tally highlighted
Apr 24, 2009 |
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A montage of comet images made using NASA's Swift spacecraft illustrates just how different three comets can be. The images, including a never-released image of Comet 8P/Tuttle, were shown during a webcast ...
Swift’s Comet Tally
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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A montage of comet images made using NASA’s Swift spacecraft illustrates just how different three comets can be. The images, including a never-released image of Comet 8P/Tuttle, were shown today during a live, 24-hour video ...
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Venus comes to life at wavelengths invisible to human eyes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A pale yellow-green dot to the human eye, Earth's twin planet comes to life in the ultraviolet and the infrared. New images taken by instruments on board ESA's Venus Express provide insight ...
Expanding Spot on Venus Puzzles Astronomers
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Aug 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The expanding spot discovered on Venus last month may not have garnered as much attention as the meteor impact with Jupiter, but its cause is certainly more puzzling. ...
Watching Venus glow in the dark
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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(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 ...
New stars from old gas surprise astronomers
Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence of star birth within a cloud of primordial gas has given astronomers a glimpse of a previously unknown mode of galaxy formation. The cloud, known as the Leo Ring, appears to lack ...
Exposing the Sensitivity of Extreme Ultraviolet Photoresists
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that the photoresists used in next-generation semiconductor manufacturing processes now under development are twice as ...
Mars Express observes aurorae on the red planet
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Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using ESA's Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurorae on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to the residual magnetic fields generated ...
The Sun's Sneaky Variability
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Oct 28, 2009 |
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Every 11 years, the sun undergoes a furious upheaval. Dark sunspots burst forth from beneath the sun's surface. Explosions as powerful as a billion atomic bombs spark intense flares of high-energy radiation. ...
Akari's observations of galaxy M101
Sep 07, 2007 |
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M101 is a spiral galaxy, 170 000 light-years in diameter. AKARI’s new observations reveal differing populations of stars spread across its spiral arms.
The light and dark of Venus
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Feb 21, 2008 |
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Venus Express has revealed a planet of extraordinarily changeable and extremely large-scale weather. Bright hazes appear in a matter of days, reaching from the south pole to the low southern latitudes and ...
New insights into how lasers cut flesh
Oct 25, 2007 |
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Lasers are at the cutting edge of surgery. From cosmetic to brain surgery, intense beams of coherent light are gradually replacing the steel scalpel for many procedures.
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