'Time's Up' ticks into future at Griffith Observatory planetarium - Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times | 'Time's Up' ticks into future at Griffith Observatory planetarium Los Angeles Times ... audiences are guided by a live lecturer across boundaries of space and time. "We can take visitors anywhere," said observatory curator Laura Danly, who led a nine-person team of astronomers, artists and technicians in creating the show. |
UW prof builds infrared camera to explore universe - WJTV
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UW prof builds infrared camera to explore universe WJTV "Otherwise, the thermal emission from the instrument itself would swamp the detector and dominate the signal that you would get from the telescope and outer space," Pierce said. The camera, which weighs about a thousand pounds, sits inside a large ... |
Tiny planet-finding mirrors borrow from Webb Telescope playbook - R & D Magazine
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:36:43 PM
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R & D Magazine | Tiny planet-finding mirrors borrow from Webb Telescope playbook R & D Magazine By Lori Keesey NASA's next flagship mission—the James Webb Space Telescope—will carry the largest primary mirror ever deployed. This segmented behemoth will unfold to 21.3 feet in diameter once the observatory reaches its orbit in 2018. |
SA wins lion's share of Super-Telescope - TheSouthAfrican
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:36:43 PM
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The Guardian | SA wins lion's share of Super-Telescope TheSouthAfrican The Square Kilometre Array telescope, designed to probe deep space, will have its strongest transmitters in SA. The Square Kilometre Array radio telescope's fate was finally decided this weekend, with the majority of the transmitters being sited in ... World's biggest telescope spans continents SKA welcomed |
Israeli Space Telescope On 'Clean Room' Ice For Years; May Never See Launch - Forbes
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:36:43 PM
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Forbes | Israeli Space Telescope On 'Clean Room' Ice For Years; May Never See Launch Forbes For almost two decades now, TAUVEX, a $15 million ultraviolet (UV) space telescope, has been cooling its heels in clean rooms on two continents, waiting for a launch that never seems to come. The last time it was scheduled for launch in early 2010, ... |
Herschel Space Observatory Finds Galaxy-packed Supercluster - RedOrbit
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:36:43 PM
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Herschel Space Observatory Finds Galaxy-packed Supercluster RedOrbit Image Caption: The Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that, along with a third cluster, will smash together in several billion ... They're Excited about the Filament |
NASA Scientist Figures Way to Weigh Space Rock - NASA
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:36:43 PM
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 Zee News | NASA Scientist Figures Way to Weigh Space Rock NASA Fortunately, the Arecibo Observatory provided a dozen years of great radar data, and we were able to see it." This radar image of asteroid 1999 RQ36 was obtained NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. on Sept 23, 1999. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scientist accurately determines the Weight of ... NASA scientist weighs space rock from millions of miles away Sunlight Has Changed the Path of Asteroid 1999 RQ36 |
Herschel Space Observatory Study Reveals Galaxy-Packed Filament - Newswise (press release)
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:36:43 PM
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 French Tribune | Herschel Space Observatory Study Reveals Galaxy-Packed Filament Newswise (press release) Newswise — A McGill-led research team using the Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that, along with a third cluster, ... Astronomers find galactic 'supercluster' New Galaxy Found Outside Space |
OSIRIS-REx scientists measure Yarkovsky effect - Science Codex
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:36:43 PM
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Science Codex | OSIRIS-REx scientists measure Yarkovsky effect Science Codex The final piece to the puzzle was provided by the University of Tennessee's Josh Emery, who used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in 2007 to study the space rock's thermal characteristics. Emery's measurements of the infrared emissions from 1999 RQ36 ... |
NASA Loans Space Telescope to Caltech - Space.com
Monday 28th of May 2012 10:36:43 PM
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NASA Loans Space Telescope to Caltech Space.com NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (Galex) ultraviolet space telescope to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, which intends to put the 9-year-old spacecraft back into service using private funds. |
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