Podcast: Saving Mt. Wilson Oct 17, 2009
Its here that Edwin Hubble gathered the crucial evidence that allowed him to demonstrate, in 1925, that the universe is much, much bigger than previously thought ... Marcia Bartusiak, author of The Day We Found the Universe explains how Hubbles work on Mt. Wilson was the culmination of an amazing epoch of discovery that saw the cutting edge of observational astronomy migrate from Europe to the New World. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Obituaries in the news Oct 16, 2009
BALTIMORE (AP) - Rodger Doxsey, an early leader of the Hubble Space Telescope's science team, has died at age 62, according to the Hubble Web site. Doxsey, head of the Space Telescope Science Institute's Hubble Mission Office, died of cancer Tuesday after entering a hospice over the weekend ... Ken Sembach, Hubble project scientist at the institute, said Doxsey was involved in the day-to-day operations of the telescope for almost two decades after its launch and also worked on instrument... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Hubble joins morning planet round-up Oct 16, 2009
If you really are an early riser, you can see the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) flying down the sky at 6:02 a.m. Saturday. It will appear high in the west, sweep overhead, and descend just to the south of Mars and to the north of Saturn and Venus. (Florida Today)
Milky Way's Tiny But Tough Galactic Neighbor Oct 15, 2009
4, 2007) The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 ... 1, 2007) Two galaxies perform an intricate dance in this new Hubble Space Telescope image ... Images from the Hubble telescope reveal eight new Einstein rings, joining only three others previously known. (Science Daily)
Bizarre Galaxy Result Of Cosmic Collision Oct 14, 2009
14, 2009) A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures what appears to be one very bright and bizarre galaxy, but is actually the result of a pair of spiral galaxies that resemble our own Milky Way smashing together at breakneck speeds ... NGC 2623 is so bright in the infrared that it belongs to the group of very luminous infrared galaxies (LIRG) and has been extensively studied as the part of the Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) project that combines data from some of... (Science Daily)
Asteroid Is Actually A Protoplanet, Study Of First High-resolution Images Of Pallas Confirms Oct 14, 2009
13, 2009) Britney E. Schmidt, a UCLA doctoral student in the department of Earth and space sciences, wasn't sure what she'd glean from images of the asteroid Pallas taken by the Hubble Space Telescope ... "It was incredibly exciting to have this new perspective on an object that is really interesting and hadn't been observed by Hubble at high resolution," Schmidt said of the first high-resolution images of Pallas, which is believed to have been intact since its formation, most likely within a... (Science Daily)
Lunar prospecting: Probe ready to touch Moon water Oct 12, 2009
Those eyes not only include LCROSS, but also instruments on LRO, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Earth Observing 1 technology demonstration satellite. Sweden's Odin radio astronomy satellite and the commercial GeoEye spacecraft, primarily used for Earth imagery, will also turn toward the Moon for supplemental observations. (Astronomy Now Online)
LCROSS mission concludes but science continues Oct 12, 2009
The Hubble Space Telescope was also looking on, and will continue to do so, looking out for any disturbances made to the Moon's exosphere during the impact. Measurements from the orbiting Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will also provide a closer look. (Astronomy Now Online)
Why NASA needs Steven Spielberg Oct 11, 2009
A preliminary review of data from the Hubble Space Telescope indicated no signs of water in the debris viewed from the blast, NASA said late Friday, but added that more study was needed. Water on the moon could change NASA's troubled plans for space exploration. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
2nd largest asteroid in Solar System protoplanet Oct 11, 2009
Researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) drew the conclusion after using the Hubble Space telescope to view Pallas, the second largest asteroid in the Solar System, according to the study appearing in the October issue of Science ... "It was incredibly exciting to have this new perspective on an object that is really interesting and hadn't been observed by Hubble at high resolution," said UCLA doctoral student Britney E. Schmidt, the study's lead author ... "To have the... (Xinhuanet, China)
Moon data good Oct 10, 2009
And space-based observers including the Hubble Space Telescope and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter were just beginning to analyze any vapor cloud generated by the two impacts. (2 of 2). (Florida Today)
NASA probe hits moon south pole looking for water Oct 10, 2009
Hubble images from the impact are expected later today, said LCROSS observation coordinator Jennifer Heldmann, with data from other telescopes already sent and being processed. "That analysis is already going on.". (USA Today -- Tech)
Moon Probe Update: Craft Did Spot Impact Crater Oct 10, 2009
The Hubble Space Telescope and other satellites and spacecraft, including NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter that launched with LCROSS and is currently circling the moon, are also tracking the aftermath of the lunar crashes. Heldmann said that right now, NASA is awash in data from the moon crashes, especially since all the sights reported pristine viewing conditions. (Fox News)
Target Audience: NASA's Friday Moon Crash Offers Plenty of Opportunities for Amateur Viewing Oct 9, 2009
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), launched in June along with LCROSS, will pass overhead and take measurements of the debris plume, and the Hubble Space Telescope will be trained on the targeted region, as well. According to NASA, the larger initial plume should peak in brightness 30 to 100 seconds after the rocket stage's impact. (Scientific American)
NASA to dive bomb moon Oct 9, 2009
The Hubble Space Telescope and other space-based observatories will also turn their camera eyes on the moon for the event. "Our last day in flight promises to be the most challenging and the most rewarding for the project," LCROSS flight director Paul Tomkins wrote in his NASA blog on Thursday. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Shoot the Moon: NASA Plans Lunar Dust-Up Oct 9, 2009
The Hubble Space Telescope and other larger Earth telescopes will be trained at the moon. Observatories and museums are planning viewing parties in at least three countries. (CBS News)
NASA Spacecraft Set To Crash Into The Moon Oct 9, 2009
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which launched with LCROSS June 18, will observe the plumes, as will the Hubble Space Telescope and observatories on Earth. Amateur astronomers with a view of the moon should be able to see the impacts with telescopes 10 inches wide or larger. (W-USA News, DC)
NASA rocket on crash course with moon Oct 9, 2009
The newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope, UC Santa Cruz's Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton near San Jose, the powerful Keck and Gemini North telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, and observatories in Arizona and New Mexico are focused on the target crater, named Cabeus, and will take images of the flash from the blast ... Several thousand are expected, and when the impact occurs, they will be shown wide-screen Internet feeds of the flash from the Hubble space telescope and other... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Astronaut on Twitter Gets 1M Followers Oct 8, 2009
Massimino, known as "Astro_Mike" on Twitter, flew in May aboard the final space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. He began a Twitter account about a month before his launch, provided updates throughout his time in orbit and continues to tweet about his post-flight experiences and the life and work of an astronaut, NASA said. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Obama puts scientists, engineers in spotlight Oct 8, 2009
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and Hubble repairman John Grunsfeld were also in attendance. A first for the White House. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Observatories gear up for Friday lunar crash Oct 8, 2009
A fleet of Earth-orbiting satellites is at the ready to take a distant look at the collision, including the Hubble Space Telescope; Odin, an international astronomy and aeronomy mission led by Sweden, with Canada, France, and Finland as partners; the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) satellite; NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite; as well as the commercial Ikonos and GeoEye-1 remote sensing satellites. Heldmann said that the Earth-watching spacecraft regularly... (MSNBC -- Technology)
White House Aims Middle Schoolers Eyes To Stars Oct 8, 2009
" Dean Howarth and Dan Carroll, suburban Virginia high school science teachers, had a brass replica of Galileo's telescope and a fancier Newton telescope replica for the White House party. And if that wasn't enough, they also were planning to change into costumes to dress as the two science legends. "We're either really cool or really crazy," said Howarth, before changing into Newton. As he stroked the Newton telescope replica, Howarth described the technology behind it and added: "This is the... (KCRA 3, CA)
Physicists win Nobel for high-tech wonders Oct 7, 2009
It also revolutionized astronomy by letting spacecraft equipped with digital cameras including the Hubble Space Telescope take images from previously unseen regions of outer space and transmit them back to Earth. The work of the three men is something that has really changed our lives, said Joseph Nordgren, chair of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences physics committee. (MSNBC -- International)
Spitzer Finds Largest Ring Around Saturn Oct 7, 2009
22, 2009) A new Hubble Space Telescope image shows four of Saturn's moons circling the ringed ... 23, 2005) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed a new pair of rings around Uranus and two new, small moons orbiting the planet. (Science Daily)
Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Pioneer in Fiber Optics and Inventors of Digital Image Sensor Oct 7, 2009
The CCD revolutionized astronomy as well as personal electronics, allowing space-based observatories such as the Hubble Space Telescope to beam down high-resolution images in digital form. Boyle said that a personal high point came when the technology he co-invented enabled landers to transmit detailed imagery of the Red Planet back to Earth. (Scientific American)
Nobel honours 'masters of light' Oct 7, 2009
The Hubble telescope, for example, records its wondrous views of the cosmos on CCDs ... The Hubble telescope records its images on CCDs. (BBC News -- Americas)
Americans share Nobel physics prize Oct 7, 2009
Without a CCD there would not be anything like the Hubble Space Telescope and our current knowledge of the universe would be nowhere near what it is, Chester said. Boyle, who also holds Canadian citizenship, said he is reminded of his work with Smith when I go around these days and see everybody using our little digital cameras, everywhere. (Boston Globe)
Cassini observes seasonal changes on Saturn's moon Oct 7, 2009
By Dan VerganoPhoto: An image of Saturn captured by the Hubble Telescope. Titan can be seen in the upper right. (USA Today -- Tech)
Astronaut has more than 1 million followers on Twitter Oct 7, 2009
Massimino flew in May aboard the final space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. He became the during that mission, NASA officials said recently. (FCW.com)
Facelift for Scotland's 'Hubble' Oct 6, 2009
The instrument, dubbed "the Hubble of its day" is in the final stages of being refurbished ... Joint curator Paul Clark said: "The telescope was a real Roll's Royce piece of equipment when it was built by Thomas Cooke around 1845. "The Cooke was easily equivalent to the Hubble space telescope of today ... In fact we can even see the Horsehead Nebula, photographed so spectacularly from space by the Hubble. (BBC News)
On moonless nights, look for the not-so-bright sights among stars Oct 3, 2009
With this setup, the telescope can image selected bright objects, such as asteroids and double stars, almost as sharply as Hubble can do from space. Near the 100-inch telescope, astronomers have also built a cutting-edge new instrument for much sharper measurements. (Boston Globe)
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5 meters, Herschel is the largest space telescope yet flown (Hubble is 2. 4 meters). (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Seeing stars Oct 2, 2009
Herschel's great advantage is that its sensitivity allows it to see things that are beyond the vision of other space telescopes, such as Hubble. A prime goal is to understand the mechanisms that control the earliest phases of stellar evolution. (BBC News -- Europe)
Its fall and a young mans fancy turns to ... Stonehenge? Oct 2, 2009
Beautiful Hubble Space Telescope pictures adorn books, TV, and computer screens, but we feel nothing. Our senses are overwhelmed by a delicious steak on the grill, but the sky. (Danvers Herald, MA)
Iridium will flare tonight Oct 2, 2009
It is the story of the telescope from Galileo to Hubble to today's great observatories. Start making your costumes for "Fright Night" weekends starting Oct. 16. (Florida Today)
Speeding galaxies warped by space winds Oct 1, 2009
Hubble shows how galaxies get bent when they zoom at 6 million mph ... Click through a gallery of pictures sent back from the Hubble Space Telescope since its final servicing mission ... A new set of images from the Hubble Space Telescope, taken before its recent overhaul by astronauts, has revealed strong winds ripping through a pair of galaxies, distorting their shape and halting star formation. (MSNBC -- Technology)
'Ram Pressure' Stripping Galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope Scientists Find Oct 1, 2009
Ram Pressure' Stripping Galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope Scientists Find ... Ram Pressure' Stripping Galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope Scientists Find ... 30, 2009) A newly released set of images, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope before the recent Servicing Mission, highlight the ongoing drama in two galaxies in the Virgo Cluster affected by a process known as "ram pressure stripping", which can result in peculiar-looking galaxies. (Science Daily)
Galaxies far, far, far away Oct 1, 2009
These new images of distant galaxies come from the newly installed Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope ... NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team ... The pictures came from the Hubble Space Telescope, which floats through space around the Earth, 353 miles up. (Science News for Kids)
Twin Keck Telescopes Probe Dual Dust Disks Sep 25, 2009
(June 28, 2006) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed not one but two dust disks circling the nearby star Beta Pictoris ... The disk, seen edge-on with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is the dense blue line extending from the star to the. (Science Daily)
Finding Water On The Moon Has Major Implications For Human Space Exploration Sep 25, 2009
The Moon's surface is covered with oxygen-rich soils, Hubble Space Telescope images show. Planetary scientists believe the oxygen could be tapped to. (Science Daily)
NASA scientist Gull to speak at S.D. Space Days Sep 24, 2009
At 7 p.m. Thursday, Gull, who grew up in the Edgemont area, will give a one-hour presentation at the Journey Museum entitled, From Galileo s First Telescope to Hubble to Future Telescopes: Probing Our Universe ... Gull was among scientists and engineers who monitored space-walking astronauts repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope from a control room at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Practical lesson in reaching for stars Sep 22, 2009
Altman was picked to lead a scheduled 2008 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. (NASA photo). (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Women in Aerospace Honors 2009 Award Recipients Sep 21, 2009
Achievement Award: Rebecca Emerle, Senior Electrical Engineer, Ball Aerospace ologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado, for outstanding contributions to the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and Advanced Camera for Surveys repair programs that directly resulted in new technology and capabilities for the Hubble Space Telescope. Aerospace Educator Award: Dr. Valerie Neal, Curator, National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C., for 30 years of ardent dedication to aerospace education as a passionate... (NASA Watch)
New Transient Radiation Belt Around Saturn Sep 21, 2009
22, 2009) A new Hubble Space Telescope image shows four of Saturn's moons circling the ringed. . (Science Daily)
Ganymede Makes Big Impression On Jupiter's Auroral Lightshows Sep 20, 2009
Scientists from the University of Li;ge in Belgium have used thousands of images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in ultraviolet wavelengths to monitor these auroral features in unprecedented detail ... Analysis of the Hubble images by Grodent and his colleagues has allowed them to measure accurately the size of the Ganymede auroral footprint for the first time ... In addition, the sequences of Hubble images revealed unexpected brightness variations of Ganymede s auroral footprint at three... (Science Daily)
Photo gallery Sep 19, 2009
The shuttle crew completed a 13-day mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. By David McNew, Getty Images. (USA Today -- Tech)
Jupiter Auroras Fed by Largest Moon's Magnetic "Bubble" Sep 18, 2009
Above, sets of pictures show auroral footprints moving across Jupiter's north pole as seen in ultraviolet Hubble Space Telescope pictures taken in March 2007 (blue) and April 2005 (red). Using thousands of such Hubble pictures, researchers with the University of Li ... In addition, the Hubble pictures show that the particles streaming from Io have different energy levels, which suggests that some particles don't lose all their energy when they hit Jupiter and so are able to penetrate deep into... (National Geographic)
Astronomical birth event results in a multitude of 'baby' comets Sep 18, 2009
COURTESY NASA This 2007 image taken from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a jellyfish-shaped Comet Holmes. Reporting the "largest comet birth ever seen" were David Jewitt, Rachel Stevenson and Jan Kleyna, who observed the event through a Mauna Kea telescope. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Jet Blasts, Saturn Moon, More Sep 17, 2009
September 9, 2009--Data on chemicals ejected by Eta Carinae are overlaid on a 2008 picture of the dying star taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's previous wide-field camera ... Among other new Hubble findings: Stellar wind streaming from the star carries away an amount of material equal to our sun's mass every thousand years ... Image courtesy NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team. (National Geographic)
Navy revises Littoral Combat Ship buying plan Sep 17, 2009
Meanwhile, NASA officials told a committee of the National Academy of Sciences this week that the costs of major scientific projects - such as a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope or a new Mars lander - are running far above the funds available from the White House or Congress. Northrop Grumman CEO Ronald Sugar retiring. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
"Lava Planet" Found Outside Solar System Sep 17, 2009
In many ways, Hubble spawned this new generation of computer-controlled astronomical devices. The wonder of it all is equivalent of watching the world as a grainy, black-and-white video for years-- then discovering the same viewpoint in full-depth, digital color. (CBS News)
Best Ultraviolet Portrait Of Andromeda Galaxy Sep 17, 2009
Images from the Hubble telescope reveal eight new Einstein rings, joining only three others previously known. Einstein rings are pairs of galaxies. (Science Daily)
Mini-Comets Within A Comet Lit Up 17P/Holmes During Megaoutburst Sep 17, 2009
16, 2007) The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of Comet 17P/Holmes which, to the delight of sky watchers, mysteriously brightened by nearly a million-fold in a 24-hour period. (Oct. (Science Daily)
65 comments Sep 16, 2009
Basically, the forward half of the ABL aircraft contains the beam-control/fire-control system, which [Boeing says] compares in size and sophistication to the Hubble Space Telescope, Michael Rinn, a Boeing vice president and the program director for the ABL, tells HUMAN EVENTS.. The rear half of the aircraft contains -- what is billed as the world s largest mobile laser -- a megawatt-class directed-energy weapon (Keep in mind, a megawatt is a million watts of energy) known as a chemical iodine... (Human Events Online)
Airborne Laser Could Save Us From Terrorist Nightmare Scenario Sep 15, 2009
Basically, the forward half of the ABL aircraft contains the beam-control/fire-control system, which [Boeing says] compares in size and sophistication to the Hubble Space Telescope, Michael Rinn, a Boeing vice president and the program director for the ABL, tells HUMAN EVENTS.. The rear half of the aircraft contains -- what is billed as the world s largest mobile laser -- a megawatt-class directed-energy weapon (Keep in mind, a megawatt is a million watts of energy) known as a chemical iodine... (Human Events Online)
John Kelly: NASA's budget not really that big Sep 15, 2009
5 percent of the national budget on NASA. With that money, NASA designed, constructed and operated five of the most versatile spaceships ever flown -- the space shuttles -- as well as a permanent science outpost in space, the Hubble Space Telescope and an armada of probes scouting all corners of our solar system. Not all of that NASA money is for space exploration. (Florida Today)
Gotcha! Jupiter turned comet into a moon Sep 15, 2009
H.A. Weaver, T. E. Smith (STScI), NASASix exposures from the Hubble Space Telescope were combined to create this mosaic of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 on May 17, 1994. When the comet was observed, its train of 21 icy fragments stretched across 710 thousand miles (1. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Astrophysics: High Energy Galactic Particle Accelerator Located Sep 15, 2009
(Credit: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA). Related Stories. (Science Daily)
Drivers, pay attention to the buses Sep 14, 2009
Hubble shots fantastic ... Things aren t necessarily bad at NASA. The new photos released this past week from the Hubble Space Telescope have been wondrous, and that s courtesy of a May telescope repair job by a shuttle crew ... The Hubble has been in space for nearly 20 years, and has needed a little tinkering and tuning up from time to time. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
John Kelly: NASA's budget not really that big Sep 14, 2009
5 percent of the national budget on NASA. With that money, NASA designed, constructed and operated five of the most versatile spaceships ever flown -- the space shuttles -- as well as a permanent science outpost in space, the Hubble Space Telescope and an armada of probes scouting all corners of our solar system. Not all of that NASA money is for space exploration. (Florida Today)
7 Thoughts That Are Bad For You Sep 14, 2009
Jupiter is seen from the refurbished Hubble telescope in The Week in Photos. Five reasons why a four-day workweek might make sense. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Newly Fixed Hubble Telescope Shows Cosmic Beauty Sep 13, 2009
Stars Bursting to Life in Chaotic Carina Nebula: These two images of a huge pillar of star birth demonstrate how observations taken in visible light (top photo) and in infrared light (bottom photo) by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveal dramatic views ... WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA on Wednesday unveiled the first deep space photos taken by the Hubble telescope since its billion dollar repair mission earlier this year ... The images of galaxies and nebulas are sharper than previous photos taken of... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
A look at honors bestowed on Norman Borlaug Sep 13, 2009
Meanwhile, NASA officials told a committee of the National Academy of Sciences this week that the costs of major scientific projects - such as a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope or a new Mars lander - are running far above the funds available from the White House or Congress. A decade of achievement. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
High Hopes for Hubble Spectrometer Sep 12, 2009
Hubble tool due for reboot after long shutdown. Now that the Hubble Space Telescope's new features have been declared a success, University of Arizona astronomers are "crossing our fingers" for a planned reboot of the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), said astronomer Glenn Schneider ... Schneider said he was thrilled along with other astronomers at the images released from the new generation of Hubble instruments. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Astronomers uncover celestial Rosetta Stone Sep 12, 2009
Refurbished Hubble gets off to a flying start. NASA scientists today unveiled the first spectacular images captured by the recently repaired Hubble Space Telescope. (Astronomy Now Online)
