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NASA OIG: Independent Audit of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SpaceRef - Sat Dec 12, 10:32 pm ET

NASA OIG: Independent Audit of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Astronomers find super-Earth orbiting red dwarf star; may have atmosphere
Science Daily - Wed Dec 16, 2:20 pm ET
Astronomers have discovered a "super-Earth" orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. They found the distant planet with a small fleet of ground-based telescopes no larger than those many amateur astronomers have in their backyards. Although the super-Earth is too hot to sustain life, the discovery shows that current, ground-based technologies are capable of finding almost-Earth-sized ...
Eureka! Water on the Moon and Other Discoveries Highlight Stellar Year for NASA as Distinguished Astronaut Takes the ...
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 16, 4:30 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 2009 was another trailblazing year for NASA as America's space agency reached a number of important milestones on Earth and in space. During the year, NASA upgraded the Hubble Space Telescope, discovered water on the moon, increased the number of people living on the International Space Station, and mapped our planet's location in the Milky Way ...
Pecora Award Recognizes Stellar Achievements in Earth Observation
USGS - Fri Dec 18, 1:35 pm ET
The prestigious 2009 William T. Pecora Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the Earth by means of remote sensing has been presented to Dr. Forrest Hall of the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Team led from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center. The annual award ...
NASA MMO game to get mini-demo in January
Big Download Blog - Thu Dec 17, 10:05 am ET
Filed under: Downloads , Demos , MMO Last February Big Download broke the news that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was funding the development of an educational MMO project called Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond . While that game isn't due to be completed for some time NASA is apparently whipping up a mini-demo based on the game that will be released soon. Titled Moonbase ...
Observatory detects first water in distant galaxy
EETimes - Wed Dec 2, 8:35 pm ET
The Herschel Space Observatory (HSO) launched earlier this year by the European Space Agency (ESA) in cooperation with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has detected water outside our galaxy for the first time ever, located in a location where two galaxies have collided called Arp 220. NASA - European Space Agency - Herschel Space ...
Fog discovered on Saturn's largest moon, Titan
Science Daily - Fri Dec 18, 10:20 am ET
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, looks to be the only place in the solar system -- aside from our home planet, Earth -- with copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) sitting on its surface. According to a planetary astronomer Earth and Titan share yet another feature, which is inextricably linked with that surface liquid: common fog.
Herschel Space Observatory Captures the Birth of Stars
SpaceRef - Fri Dec 18, 10:33 am ET
The European Space Agency has released a preview of the first science results from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument.
NASA unveils latest results from lunar mission, helps prepare for next stage of scientific discovery
EurekAlert! - Tue Dec 15, 6:27 pm ET
( NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ) NASA's current mission in orbit around the moon, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has been providing crucial insights about our nearest celestial neighbor since its launch in June. At a scientific meeting today, researchers unveiled the latest findings from three instruments of the powerful suite of seven aboard the satellite. LRO is expected to ...
With One Space Observatory Down, NASA Uses Another to Map CO2
Scientific American - Thu Dec 17, 8:03 pm ET
SAN FRANCISCO--The Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO , was designed to monitor the movement of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere starting this year, but instead it plunged into the ocean in February due to a launch malfunction. Now an instrument on another NASA probe is enabling researchers to map atmospheric CO2, and revealing that its global distribution is surprisingly uneven, with ...
World's First Space Exploration Unconference Announced
SpaceRef - Thu Dec 17, 2:32 pm ET
It's an exciting time for space exploration: SpaceX is launching the first low-cost rockets, Virgin Galactic is unveiling SpaceShipTwo next week, and Bigelow Aerospace is building private habitats in orbit.