News tagged with celestial objects
Researchers say galaxy may swarm with 'nomad planets'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our galaxy may be awash in homeless planets, wandering through space instead of orbiting a star.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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NASA launching multi-player game on Facebook
NASA is seeking friends for a new game the US space agency launched on Facebook.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Astronomers release unprecedented data set on celestial objects that brighten and dim
Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Arizona have released the largest data set ever collected that documents the brightening and dimming of stars and other ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Vessel to contain cosmic force takes shape
At the heart of most celestial objects is a dynamo. The Earth's dynamo, spun to life in the molten metal core of our planet, generates a magnetic field that helps us find north and, perhaps more critically, ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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NASA's spacecraft t-minus one month to Jupiter period
NASA's Juno spacecraft is 30 days before its first launch window opens.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 06, 2011 |
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An Exoplanet with a Potassium-Rich Atmosphere
(PhysOrg.com) -- A hot Jupiter - a type of celestial object unknown only fifteen years ago - is a Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbiting so close to its host star that its atmospheric temperature is thought to be ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Planck Surveyor: 15,000 New Celestial Objects
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the "Planck" satellite mission present first results in a conference in Paris.
Feb 03, 2011 |
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SOFIA Telescope Assembly Activated In Flight
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy successfully completed telescope assembly activation during an almost six-hour test flight Jan. 15.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Herschel readies itself for the Orion Nebula (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's Herschel observatory is back to full operation following the reactivation of its HiFi instrument. HiFi, having been offline for 160 days while engineers investigated an unexpected problem ...
Jan 20, 2010 |
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SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth
You don't always have to have a rocket to do rocket science. Sometimes a mere airplane will do - that is, a mere Boeing 747 toting a 17-ton, 9-foot wide telescope named SOFIA.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Record-Breaking Radio Astronomy Project to Measure Sky with Extreme Precision
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers will tie together the largest collection of the world's radio telescopes ever assembled to work as a single observing tool in a project aimed at improving the precision of the ...
Nov 16, 2009 |
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With stimulus aid, scientists hope to mimic nature's dynamos
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the cosmos, all celestial objects - planets, stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies - have magnetic fields. On Earth, the magnetic field of our home planet is most easily observed in a compass where ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Jupiter, solar system's 'big bully,' takes a punch
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have been turning the world's most powerful telescopes toward Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, ever since Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley discovered a new ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Herschel first images promise bright future
Herschel has carried out the first test observations with all its instruments, with spectacular results. Galaxies, star-forming regions and dying stars comprised the telescope's first targets. The instruments ...
Jul 10, 2009 |
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