29 July 2010
NASA Decision Afoot in Congress?
The US House of Representatives are preparing to vote on H.R. 5781, their version of NASA's $19 billion budget authorization for fiscal year 2011, and several groups are calling for a "no" vote, or at the very least, a delay in the vote, currently scheduled for Friday, July 30. The House version would cut much [...]
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29 July 2010
Ring Around Rhea? Probably Not
Back in 2005, a suite of six instruments on the Cassini spacecraft detected what was thought to be an extensive debris disk around Saturn's moon Rhea, and while there was no visible evidence, researchers thought that perhaps there was a diffuse ring around the moon. This would have been the first ring ever found around [...]
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29 July 2010
Antarctic Observatory Finds Weird Pattern of Cosmic Rays
From a University of Wisconsin press release: Though still under construction, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole is already delivering scientific results — including an early finding about a phenomenon the telescope was not even designed to study. IceCube captures signals of notoriously elusive but scientifically fascinating subatomic particles called neutrinos. The telescope [...]
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29 July 2010
GOES-13 Satellite Sees Severe Storms Strike U.S. East Coast
2010-07-27 - One of the most destructive storms in years struck Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area on July 25, 2010. Strong winds downed trees and power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power, stopping elevators, and darkening malls and movie theaters. Falling trees killed at least two people. The following morning, crews were working furiously to restore power to homes, traffic lights, and even a water treatment plant.
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29 July 2010
Commercial Spaceflight Supports Rally to Stall Vote on NASA Bill
A flurry of behind-the-scenes maneuvering took place late Wednesday as opponents of a NASA authorization bill fought back efforts by lawmakers to push for a floor vote on the measure before they break for the summer district work period Aug. 2.
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29 July 2010
Mars Rover Opportunity Finally Sees Martian Dust Devil
After six-and-a-half years roaming the surface of Mars, a NASA rover has spotted its first dust devil on the red planet.
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29 July 2010
Brilliant Star In A Colourful Neighbourhood
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 29, 2010
A spectacular new image from ESO's Wide Field Imager at the La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the brilliant and unusual star WR 22 and its colourful surroundings. WR 22 is a very hot and bright star that is shedding its atmosphere into space at a rate many millions of times faster than the Sun. It lies in the outer part of the dramatic Carina Nebula from which it formed. Very massive sta
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29 July 2010
GOES-13 Satellite Sees Severe Storms Strike US East Coast
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 29, 2010
One of the most destructive storms in years struck Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area on July 25, 2010. Strong winds downed trees and power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power, stopping elevators, and darkening malls and movie theaters. Falling trees killed at least two people. The following morning, crews were working furiously to restore power to homes,
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29 July 2010
James Webb Space Telescope Completes Cryogenic Mirror Test
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 29, 2010
Recently, six James Webb Space Telescope beryllium mirror segments completed a series of cryogenic tests at the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. During testing, the mirrors were subjected to extreme temperatures dipping to -415 degrees Fahrenheit, permitting NASA contractor engineers to measure in extreme detail how the shape of the mi
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29 July 2010
Panel considers cost of space tourism
Sunnyvale, Calif. (UPI) Jul 27, 2010
U.S. space tourists hoping to buy a ticket for a suborbital flight could expect to pay between $50,000 and $100,000 by 2014, analysts say. For prices to drop that low, the commercial space tourism industry would have to reach the point of offering thousands of flights per year, SPACE.com reported Tuesday. Some in the field are optimistic the industry could be offering that many f
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29 July 2010
Hypatia - 4th Century Woman Astronomer
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 29, 2010
The new movie Agora chronicles the life, challenges and death of Hypatia, a 4th Century woman astronomer whose contribution influenced and shaped modern science and our understanding of the world and the universe. Mabel Armstrong, author of the award-winning book Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars, tells Hypatia's story with the joy that a great science teacher (which she was) can bring t
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29 July 2010
Planets In Unusually Intimate Dance Around Dying Star
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2010
Hundreds of extrasolar planets have been found over the past decade and a half, most of them solitary worlds orbiting their parent star in seeming isolation. With further observation, however, one in three of these systems have been found to have two or more planets. Planets, it appears, come in bunches. Most of these systems contain planets that orbit too far from one another to feel each
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29 July 2010
ISS Commander Responds To Love Letter From Earth
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 29, 2010
International Space Station (ISS) Commander Alexander Skvortsov responded to a love letter he received in space from a 17-year-old girl from Moscow. The young girl sent a letter to the 44-year-old cosmonaut under the ISS mailbox campaign. With permission from the girl, her parents and Skvortsov himself, RIA Novosti has published parts of the cosmonaut's reply. "Of course, I am flatte
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29 July 2010
IceCube Spies Unexplained Pattern Of Cosmic Rays
Madison WI (SPX) Jul 29, 2010
Though still under construction, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole is already delivering scientific results - including an early finding about a phenomenon the telescope was not even designed to study. IceCube captures signals of notoriously elusive but scientifically fascinating subatomic particles called neutrinos. The telescope focuses on high-energy neutrinos that trav
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29 July 2010
Huge satellite to become 'space junk'
Paris (UPI) Jul 27, 2010
The European Space Agency is set to become the owner of what could become the most dangerous piece of space debris orbiting the Earth, officials say. The agency will take control of the Envisat satellite, at more than 17,000 pounds the biggest non-military Earth observation satellite ever built, SPACE.com reported Tuesday. When the Envisat mission ends in 2013, the retired satell
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