New survey finds 22 of the earliest galaxies Nov 7, 2009
Zoom in on a stunning view of the spiral galaxy M83 from the Hubble Space Telescopes new wide-field camera. Most popular. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Repaired Hubble showcases Southern Pinwheel Nov 7, 2009
New Hubble image showcases Southern Pinwheel ... The sharp vision of Hubble's new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) has captured swarms of young stars bursting into life in the curving arms of nearby spiral galaxy M83 ... The white box outlines Hubble s view. (Astronomy Now Online)
Majority of Indians use Twitter for news Nov 6, 2009
In April, public health departments used the website to provide updates on swine flu cases and in May, astronaut Mike Massimino used Twitter to send updates of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission -- the first time the site was used in space. According to Rao, Twitter's popularity is going to increase manifold. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Shedding Light On The Cosmic Skeleton Nov 4, 2009
(July 24, 2008) New Hubble Space Telescope observations of six spectacular galaxy clusters acting as gravitational lenses have given significant insights into the early stages of the Universe ... Images from the Hubble telescope reveal eight new Einstein rings, joining only three others previously known. (Science Daily)
Exploding stars shoot out cosmic rays Nov 3, 2009
By Dan VerganoPhoto: This image of M82 is a composite of multi-wavelength images of the active galaxy M82 from the three Great Observatories: Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope. (NASA, ESA, CXC, and JPL-Caltech). (USA Today -- Tech)
Opening the lid on a cosmic jewel box Oct 31, 2009
2 metre telescope at La Silla, and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the Jewel Box cluster in a new light ... Hubble's view reveals very bright, pale blue supergiant stars, a solitary ruby-red supergiant and a variety of other brilliantly coloured stars ... The Hubble Space Telescope rummaged deep into the jewel box, providing the first comprehensive far ultraviolet to near-infrared image of an open galactic cluster. (Astronomy Now Online)
Opening Up A Colorful Cosmic Jewel Box Oct 30, 2009
The Jewel Box may be visually colourful in images taken on Earth, but observing from space allows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to capture light of shorter wavelengths than can not be seen by telescopes on the ground. This new Hubble image of the core of the cluster represents the first comprehensive far ultraviolet to near-infrared image of an open galactic cluster ... It was taken near the end of the long life of the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Hubble's workhorse camera up until the... (Science Daily)
Dark matter sleuths to design world's largest WIMP catcher Oct 30, 2009
The experiments are buried deep in the Earth for the same reason the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit: to avoid interference. In orbit, Hubble is freed of Earth's obscuring atmosphere. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Photos: NASA's Ares I-X test launch lift off Oct 29, 2009
Browse through a gallery of photos from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope ... Browse through a gallery of photos from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. (FOX61, CT)
Gamma-ray Photon Race Ends In Dead Heat; Einstein Wins This Round Oct 29, 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)
Astronomical Artifact: Most Distant Object Yet Detected Carries Clues from Early Universe Oct 29, 2009
As for the galaxy to which GRB 090423 belongs, Tanvir says that his group will be using the Hubble Space Telescope next year to seek it out, now that its location has been marked. "We hope to locate the host galaxy," he says. (Scientific American)
Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe Oct 27, 2009
"In addition, there is five times more of an unknown 'dark matter' than there is ordinary matter in the universe, and we know it's there from many different observations, most spectacularly, we've seen it bend light in pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope, but its origin is also not understood.". Even though it's looking at only a small segment of the "accessible" universe, Habib's "Roadrunner Universe" model requires a petascale computer because, like the universe, it's mind-bendingly... (EurekAlert!)
Celestial delight Oct 26, 2009
Stunning images captured with the Hubble Telescope's cameras are possible with technology from UH researchers ... The Hubble Space Telescope's cameras are taking stunning images of celestial phenomena with technology developed by University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy researchers in Hilo ... The Hubble space telescope has two powerful cameras -- a Wide Field Camera 3 and its earlier workhorse at optical wavelengths, an Advanced Camera for Surveys. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Long Night Falls Over Saturn's Rings Oct 24, 2009
22, 2009) A new Hubble Space Telescope image shows four of Saturn's moons circling the ringed. (May 1, 2008) Astronomers appear to have solved a long-standing mystery about the cause of anomalies in Jupiter's gossamer rings. (Science Daily)
Tick a box and swear undying allegiance Oct 24, 2009
Although, if you are in row ZZZZZ, the purchase of a Hubble Telescope in club colours will be advised. If you have not worked it out already - and, judging by some of the literal-minded interpretations of these figures, some have not - the annual Roy Morgan research into NRL and AFL club supporter numbers is, in the determination of true rankings, the most useless statistic this side of Don Bradman's Test bowling average (two wickets at 36). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Amelia Earhart's scarf flying to space Oct 24, 2009
Yet another scarf -- a brown, gold, and orange silk square belonging to Purdue University -- flew on the 1990 mission to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope. And a watch that Earhart wore is slated to launch to the space station with astronaut Shannon Walker in the spring of 2010. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Astronomers Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet Oct 22, 2009
Swain and his co-investigators used data from two of NASA's orbiting Great Observatories, the Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope, to study HD 209458b, a hot, gaseous giant planet bigger than Jupiter that orbits a sun-like star about 150 light years away in the constellation Pegasus ... Earlier Hubble and Spitzer observations of that planet had also revealed water vapor and methane ... Data from Hubble's near-infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer revealed the presence of... (Science Daily)
Towards Other Earths: 32 New Exoplanets Found Oct 20, 2009
19, 2009) Today, at an international ESO/CAUP exoplanet conference in Porto, the team who built the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO's 3. 6-metre telescope, reports on the incredible discovery of some 32 new exoplanets, cementing HARPS's position as the world s foremost exoplanet hunter. (Science Daily)
Rodger Doxsey, 62; helped extend Hubble telescope’s life Oct 20, 2009
Rodger Doxsey, 62; helped extend Hubble telescope s life - The Boston Globe ... Rodger Doxsey, 62; helped extend Hubble telescope s life ... NEW YORK - Rodger Doxsey, an astronomer who played a crucial below-the-decks role in keeping the Hubble Space Telescope flying and doing science in good times and bad for almost 20 years, died Oct. 13 in Towson, Md. (Boston Globe)
Nibiru - big planetary fun Oct 20, 2009
If you still care, Wikipedia links to some nice photos from the Hubble telescope of the non-planet. A brief word about the Mayan calendar thing. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
> read more Oct 3, 2009
5 meters, Herschel is the largest space telescope yet flown (Hubble is 2. 4 meters). (SkyAndTelescope.com)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
