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A spectacular image from the Hubble Space Telescope’s newly-installed Wide Field Camera 3, showing a birthplace of stars in the nearby galaxy M83: Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel. (Hat tip: Phil Plait, who has interesting commentary on how this image was generated, and what ...
Science, Space, Astronomy, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Photography, Galaxies, Universe
Newly released images from the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys give us a look at two galaxies that are losing it. Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) allows astronomers to study an interesting and important phenomenon called ram pressure stripping that is so powerful, it is ...
Science, Space, Astronomy, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Photography, Galaxies, Universe
A fascinating discovery, from the tail of a comet 242 million miles away from Earth: Building block of life found on comet. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The amino acid glycine, a fundamental building block of proteins, has been found in a comet for the first time, bolstering the theory ...
Science, Space, NASA, Comet, Astronomy, origin of life, Space Exploration
Here’s an excellent high definition video on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field images, with a 3D simulation that flies you through Hubble’s most awe-inspiring photographs. The Deep Field images were created by pointing the Hubble Space Telescope for several days at a tiny patch of apparently empty sky — “empty” ...
Science, Space, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Photography, Deep Field, Galaxies, Universe
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has sent back pictures of the landing sites of five Apollo moon missions; after 40 years in the airless environment, you can still see the tracks of the Apollo 14 astronauts, where they walked through the lunar dust to set up some scientific instruments: LRO Sees ...
NASA, Apollo, Moon Landing, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Space, Space Exploration
The first crystal clear images from the high resolution cameras on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have been released, showing an area near the Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds): NASA - LRO’s First Moon Images.
Science, Space, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Moon, NASA, Photography
The space shuttle Atlantis glided in to a perfect landing in California this morning, after a very successful 13-day mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The shuttle was rerouted to California because of poor weather conditions in Florida. Total distance traveled during the mission: 5.3 million miles. ...
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
The astronauts are finished with their repairs of the Hubble Space Telescope, and now we can’t wait to see the images from the powerful new instruments they’ve installed. They’re doing tool inventory and cleanup before ending their final spacewalk; you can watch live at NASA TV.
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
The astronauts from shuttle Atlantis are working on the Hubble Space Telescope right now, entering the fourth hour of their spacewalk. You can watch live at NASA TV; as I write there’s a glorious view of the Earth with an astronaut silhouetted against it, as they pass over Africa at ...
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
Space shuttle Atlantis is about to latch onto the Hubble Space Telescope to begin its repair mission; here’s the live feed from NASA TV as Atlantis approaches the telescope: [Live feed now disabled...] UPDATE at 5/13/09 10:17:48 am: It’s so cool to watch this live — the shuttle has successfully ...
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
A perfect launch this morning sent the space shuttle Atlantis into orbit, ready to begin an 11-day mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA TV is replaying the launch on their video channel.
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
The space shuttle Atlantis is on the launchpad and on schedule to launch at 2:01 pm EDT tomorrow (Monday), for its mission to perform extensive repairs and maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope. It’s been seven years since the Hubble was serviced, so there’s a lot to do; five spacewalks ...
NASA, Space Shuttle, Atlantis, Space Exploration, Science, Hubble Space Telescope
Via NASA TV, here’s the live video feed for the launch of the space shuttle Discovery... [Video feed removed...] UPDATE at 3/15/09 5:00:20 pm: A perfect launch! It’s on the way to the International Space Station.
The space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch at 7:43 pm Eastern; you can watch live over the web at NASA TV, where they’re currently showing the astronauts preparing to enter the spacecraft...
NASA has postponed the scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery until Sunday or Monday. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a gas leak. The leak of gaseous hydrogen occurred as the launch team was filling the external fuel tank ...
The $591 million Kepler mission launched successfully last night, and will soon begin looking for Earth-like planets in other solar systems. The Delta II rocket carrying the Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft lifted off on time at 10:49 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...
A glorious photograph from the Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn, via APOD. (Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA.) Explanation: In the shadow of Saturn, unexpected wonders appear. The robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn recently drifted in giant planet’s shadow for about 12 hours and ...
Added to the RSS feeds in our left sidebar: APOD, the acronym for Astronomy Picture of the Day, where today’s featured image is “The Dumbbells:” gaseous remnants of dying sunlike stars. Explanation: These two nebulae are cataloged as M27 (left) and M76, popularly known as The Dumbbell and ...
NASA TV is streaming live video of the Space Shuttle’s landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, returning from a successful mission to the International Space Station. Backdropped against Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, Endeavour’s Canadian-built robot arm appears amidst elements of the International Space ...
Here’s the kind of headline you really don’t like to see if you’re spinning around in a tin can a couple hundred miles up: Space station’s new urine recycler has glitches. But it’s a good (if slightly tacky) excuse to post this photo from NASA TV:
This week astronomers announced the first pictures of planets circling other stars, but if you saw the photos released by the wire services you might have wondered, “Where?” Here’s a good illustration from APOD, showing the planet and its position within the giant ring of dust that surrounds Fomalhaut. They’ve ...
Science, NASA, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, Fomalhaut, Planets, Astronomy
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has exceeded the wildest dreams of its creators at the Discovery Institute, sending back spectacular photographs like this one—a natural color image of Saturn taken from a distance of about 900,000 miles. (Oops. Did I say “Discovery Institute?” I meant “NASA.”) Cassini is now starting a ...
Boston.com has a retrospective of the photos taken by the Discovery Institute’s Cassini spacecraft as it orbited Saturn, including this amazing shot of the entire planet backlit by the Sun. Oops! Did I say “Discovery Institute?” I meant “NASA.” It’s easy to get them confused.
The launch of the STS-123 from Kennedy Space Center. Awesome doesn’t even begin to describe it. Turn up the volume and stand back.