News tagged with ultraviolet wavelengths

Water on Moon is bad news for China's lunar telescope

The discovery of water on the Moon could affect a telescope that will be installed on China's first lunar lander, scheduled in 2013, a Chinese astronomer was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Asteroid Caught Marching Across Tadpole Nebula

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, showcases the Tadpole nebula, a star-forming hub in the Auriga constellation about 12,000 light-years from Earth. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA's New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (29) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Proba-2 shows solar eruption that touched Earth (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Polar skies glowed with ghostly auroras last week during the biggest geomagnetic storm of 2010. The event owed its origin to a solar eruption a few days earlier -- revealed here in high-speed ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Orion in a New Ligh (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Orion Nebula reveals many of its hidden secrets in a dramatic image taken by ESO’s new VISTA survey telescope. The telescope’s huge field of view can show the full splendour of the whole ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Snowflake-Shaped Galaxy From Hubble Helps Ring in the New Year

(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its Hubble Heritage program, NASA has released an image, taken by a team led by UA astronomer Rodger Thompson, of a galaxy that resembles a snowflake.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nuclear fusion research key to advancing computer chips

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are adapting the same methods used in fusion-energy research to create extremely thin plasma beams for a new class of "nanolithography" required to make future computer chips.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Expanding Spot on Venus Puzzles Astronomers

(PhysOrg.com) -- The expanding spot discovered on Venus last month may not have garnered as much attention as the meteor impact with Jupiter, but its cause is certainly more puzzling. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (31) | comments 7 weblog

Hubble to receive high-tech James Webb Space Telescope technology

Scientists and engineers now creating new technologies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have realized they can be used to enhance the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the upcoming servicing ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission Celebrates Sixth Anniversary

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission marks its sixth anniversary studying galaxies beyond our Milky Way through its sensitive ultraviolet telescope, the only such far-ultraviolet detector ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Swift satellite comet tally highlighted

A montage of comet images made using NASA's Swift spacecraft illustrates just how different three comets can be. The images, including a never-released image of Comet 8P/Tuttle, were shown during a webcast ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New Laser Technique Advances Nanofabrication Process

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to create tiny patterns is essential to the fabrication of computer chips and many other current and potential applications of nanotechnology. Yet, creating ever smaller features, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Swift’s Comet Tally

A montage of comet images made using NASA’s Swift spacecraft illustrates just how different three comets can be. The images, including a never-released image of Comet 8P/Tuttle, were shown today during a live, 24-hour video ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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