Good News, Satellites Show U.S. Pollution is Decreasing
The satellites that monitor the status and health of planet Earth seemed to send down a continual stream of bad news. Melting ice sheets, CO2 increasing, oceans rising, global warming,…
OCO-2 launches-Carbon Sensing Mission to Monitor Earth’s Breathing
(NASA) – The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) raced skyward from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. Approximately 56 minutes after the launch, the…
Video – Falcon 9 1000m Fin Flight Onboard Cam and Wide Shot
Fairly awesome video taken by an on board camera during a test flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable rocket to 1000m followed by a pinpoint landing back on the…
Hubble Proceeding with Full Search for New Horizons Targets
(NASA) – The Hubble Space Telescope has been given the go-ahead to conduct an intensive search for a suitable outer solar system object that the New Horizons (NH) spacecraft could…
Astronomers Confounded By Massive Rocky World
(NASA) – At the Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) a team of astronomers from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) announced that they have discovered a new type of…
Orbiting Carbon Observatory Delayed, Launch July 2, 2014
Update July 1, The launch was delayed 24 hours due to an issue with the rocket. A 24 hour recycle time is needed and another attempt will be made on…
Nearby Super-Earth with the Right Temperature but Extreme Seasons
Gliese 832 c is the nearest best habitable world candidate so far (PHL @ UPR Arecibo) – An international team of astronomers, led by Robert A. Wittenmyer from UNSW Australia, report the discovery of…
Tour of Perseus from Chandra X-Ray Observatory – Video
(NASA) – A team of astronomers has used Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton to study a large group of galaxy clusters with a surprising result.
