NASA to launch students' nanosatellite
EQUiSat, a nanosatellite being built by a team of Brown University students, has been cleared for launch.
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2014
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Nearest supernova in 27 years explodes in M82 galaxy
(Phys.org) —A supernova has been spotted in the constellation Ursa Major (between the Big and Little Dipper in the night sky) in the M82 galaxy (affectionately known as the cigar galaxy) by a team of students at University ...
"Loss of the night" app measures light pollution
If the Christmas story were set in the modern era, you might expect that the three wise men would need to rely on their GPS whenever they came into a town. But in fact, some stars can still be seen in even in the most brightly ...
Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2013
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Up in the sky: It's a nuclear explosion
If you live in the southern hemisphere, you now can safely view the aftermath of a nuclear explosion from the comfort of your own backyard.
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2013
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Rocket with secret payload launches off California
A rocket carrying a secret payload for the U.S. government has successfully launched from the central California coast.
Space Exploration
Dec 6, 2013
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South Pole telescope detector aids study of the universe
Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) users from Argonne's High Energy Physics and Materials Science divisions helped design and operate part of the South Pole Telescope, a project that aims a large telescope at the night ...
Astronomy
Nov 13, 2013
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South Pole Telescope helps Argonne scientists study earliest ages of the universe
(Phys.org) —For physicist Clarence Chang at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, looking backward in time to the earliest ages of the universe is all in a day's work.
Astronomy
Oct 29, 2013
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Researchers find that bright nearby double star Fomalhaut is actually a triple
(Phys.org) —The nearby star system Fomalhaut – of special interest for its unusual exoplanet and dusty debris disk – has been discovered to be not just a double star, as astronomers had thought, but one of the widest ...
Astronomy
Oct 3, 2013
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Preparing for comet ISON
(Phys.org) —ESA's space missions are getting ready to observe an icy visitor to the inner Solar System: Comet ISON, which might also be visible in the night sky later this year as a naked eye object.
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2013
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Research project to capture infrared view of distant universe
Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside have received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct a very large new survey of galaxies using a new instrument—MOSFIRE—on the Keck I ...
Astronomy
Sep 16, 2013
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