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 | The New Jersey Institute of Technology's 1.6-meter instrument will be used in conjunction with NASA satellites to optimize the scientific output of Sun observations.
Provided by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark
Published: May 29, 2009 |
 | Astrometry helps astronomers find a Jupiter-like exoplanet 20 light-years away in the constellation Aquila.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: May 29, 2009 |
 | This is the first X-ray ghost ever seen after the demise of radio-bright jets.
Provided by the Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published: May 28, 2009 |
 | Astronomers discover Radio Supernova SN 2008iz in the nearby starburst galaxy M82
Provided by the Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany
Published: May 28, 2009 |
 | The addition of the three-member team will mark the first time all five partner agencies are represented aboard the space lab.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 27, 2009 |
 | Observations of iron emissions reveal that the black hole is spinning very rapidly and eating matter quickly.
Provided by ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Published: May 27, 2009 |
 | Weather concerns at Kennedy Space Center in Florida forced Atlantis to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 26, 2009 |
 | The Very Large Telescope's X-shooter can capture data from a source whose nature and energy distribution are not known in advance of the observation.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: May 26, 2009 |
 | The rover revealed the effects of wind and water. The data show water repeatedly came and left billions of years ago. Wind persisted much longer, heaping sand into dunes between ancient water episodes.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 22, 2009 |
 | The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's instruments will allow scientists to explore the Moon's deepest craters, look beneath its surface for clues to the location of water ice, and identify and explore both permanently lit and permanently shadowed regions.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 22, 2009 |
 | Impacts could have created subsurface habitats for life, such as extensive networks of cracks or even hydrothermal vents.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 21, 2009 |
 | NASA flight directors will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center before permitting Atlantis and its crew to land .
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 21, 2009 |
 | The neutron star's companion has less than half the Sun's mass, and orbits the neutron star once every 4.75 hours .
Provided by NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico
Published: May 21, 2009 |
 | The parachutes — the largest rocket parachutes ever manufactured — are designed to slow the rapid descent of the rocket's spent first-stage motor, permitting its recovery for use on future flights.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 20, 2009 |
 | Astronomers have probed the edge of M87 for the first time, and they found it to be about three times as large as our own Milky Way.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: May 20, 2009 |
 | Weeks of testing are anticipated before any attempt is made to move Spirit.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: May 19, 2009 |
 | A simple new method standardizes the brightness of Type Ia supernovae.
Provided by the Lawrence Berekeley Lab, Berkeley, California
Published: May 19, 2009 |
 | Mission specialists John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel will finish replacing the telescope's battery and also replace one of the instrument's guidance sensors during the 6-hour project.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 18, 2009 |
 | Scientists and engineers will recalibrate the telescope.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: May 18, 2009 |
 | The spacewalkers will remove the rate sensor units.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 15, 2009 |
 | The spacecraft will search for planets by looking for periodic dips in the brightness of stars.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: May 15, 2009 |
 | Mission specialists will install a new wide-field camera for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 14, 2009 |
 | These two large observatories will look deep into space and time.
Published: May 14, 2009 |
 | Observations show the production of crystalline silicates like those found in comets and meteorites in our own solar system.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 13, 2009 |
 | The astronauts will refurbish, restore, and renew the space telescope.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 13, 2009 |
 | Scientists are proceeding methodically and cautiously with the Mars rover.
Provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Published: May 12, 2009 |
 | STS-125 will be the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 11, 2009 |
 | The upgrade will condense an entire circuit board's worth of electronics into a small package.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: May 8, 2009 |
 | NASA astronauts will repair and update the venerable space observatory for the final time. By Daniel Pendick
Published: May 7, 2009 |
 | With the Hubble Space Telescope's powerful capabilities, the team was able to sidestep some of the shakiest rungs along the previous distance ladder involving uncertainties in the behavior of Cepheids.
Provided by STScI, Baltimore, Maryland
Published: May 7, 2009 |
| Temperature rise means two of Spitzer's instruments will no longer be cold enough to detect cool objects in space.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 6, 2009 |
 | Such pairs of antennas are the building blocks of imaging systems that enable radio telescopes to deliver pictures that approach or even exceed the resolving power of visible light telescopes.
Provided by ESO, Garching, Germany
Published: May 6, 2009 |
 | The Herschel observatory has the ability to peek into the dustiest and earliest stages of planet, star, and galaxy growth. Planck will answer fundamental questions about how the universe came to be, and how it will change in the future.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 5, 2009 |
 | Astronomers believe the highest-energy cosmic rays arise from exotic places within our galaxy, such as the wreckage of exploded stars.
Provided by Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Published: May 4, 2009 |
 | Discovery of the impact basin, Rembrandt, is the first time scientists have seen terrain well-exposed on the floor of a large impact basin.
Provided by NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Published: May 1, 2009 |
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