Hubble maps 3D Ejected material around star eruption
(Source NASA) – A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova. Astronomers used NASA’s…
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Study Suggests Black Holes Abundant in Earliest Stars
(Source NASA) – By comparing infrared and X-ray background signals across the same stretch of sky, an international team of astronomers has discovered evidence of a significant number of black…
NASA Partners with LEGO to build Satellite out of LEGOs (Sort of)
Some cool space related things have been done with LEGOs in the past including the LEGO man in space. Now NASA and LEGO are getting together to sponsoring a contest…
Hubble Captures Comet ISON, Possibly Comet of the Century
(Source NASA and STScI) – Comet ISON is potentially the “comet of the century” because around the time the comet makes its closest approach to the Sun, on November 28, it…
Radar Image Shows Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a Moon
As reported here the 1.7 mile wide (2.7km) Asteroid 1998 QE2 will fly by Earth at 20:59 p.m. UTC (4:59pm est), Friday, May 31. The asteroid will pass by Earth…
1.7 Mile long Asteroid Earth Close Flyby May 31, 2013
A 1.7 mile wide (2.7km) Asteroid will fly by Earth at 20:59 p.m. UTC (4:59pm est), Friday, May 31. The 1998 QE2 asteroid will pass by Earth at a safe…
Hubble Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula’s True Shape
(Source NASA) — The Ring Nebula’s distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around…
GOES 13 Weather Satellite Fails
With the recent EF5 Tornado in and loss of life in Moore Oklahoma the importance of continuous coverage by weather satellites is even more important and evident. One of the…
