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All we can say is, "Wow!" In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, NASA's Great Observatories — the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory — have collaborated to produce an unprecedented image of the central region of our Milky Way galaxy. This is a never-before-seen view [...]
Newfound cluster of galaxies hint at structure of the universe's cosmic web.
The brightest lights in the universe often come from the blackest pits of deep space.
( NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ) NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Ida, and both have instruments aboard that show her clouds and rains are already widespread inland over the US Gulf coast states. Infrared NASA satellite imagery revealed that Ida lost the "signature shape" of a tropical cyclone, and that the storm's clouds have already spread far to ...
( NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ) Tropical Storm Ida made landfall around 6:40 a.m. ET this morning on Dauphin Island, along the Alabama coastline. NASA's GOES Project created the latest image from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-12) data showed that the bulk of Ida's clouds and rain are now inland, even though Ida's center was just near the Alabama coast.
A haze of radiation at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy that appears in sky maps taken by two spacecraft at two different wavelengths likely results from a population of high-energy electrons, according to a new analysis of gamma rays in the galaxy. Curiously, some researchers maintain, those electrons are not readily explained by known astrophysical processes--and work is under way to ...
( NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ) NASA satellites are amazing examples of technology. The TRMM satellite peers into tropical cyclones and can tell how much rain is falling per hour and where. QuikScat uses microwave technology to measure Ida's surface wind speed. The GOES-12 satellite, operated by NOAA, produces stunning visuals that are now made into movies by NASA. Both of these satellites ...
Mojave-based Masten Space Systems, owned by David Masten of Tehachapi, has won a $1 million prize for creating a rocket that simulates vehicle flights on the moon. At a dignitary-laden ceremony Nov. 5 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., Masten also collected an additional $150,000 for his team's success in the preceding level of the competition, the Northrop Grumman Lunar ...
( NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ) NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Project is offering real-time HDTV movies of the east- and west-coast "hurricane alley" regions. There are two types of movies for both the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. There are "Coastal" and "Global" movies.
The European Space Agency says its two latest satellites to be successfully launched into space are in orbit around the Earth.
Image Caption: This is a composite of false color images of the galaxies found at the early epoch around 800 million years after the Big Bang. The upper left panel presents the galaxy confirmed in the 787 million year old universe. These galaxies are in the Subaru Deep Field. Credit: These images are created by M. Ouchi et al.
