NOAA Solar Eruption Classifications
The sun erupted on January 22-23, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare, captured here in a movie by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The flare…
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Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Measures the Universe’s Expansion and Dark Energy
One of nature’s biggest mysteries, dark energy, is being explored thanks to a deceptively simple tool that David Schlegel came up with. 2,200 aluminum plates,…
NASA’s Opportunity Rover Continues Research at Greeley Haven
NASA’s Opportunity exploration rover continues to send images and explore new regions on the Mars. Now in its eighth year on the planet, Opportunity has…
Solar Flare Causes Powerful Solar Radiation Storm
The most powerful solar radiation storm since 2005 was caused by a solar energetic particle event concurrent with an M8.7 class flare and a coronal…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Shows Dune Patterns of Titan
Images taken from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show variations in the sizes of dunes found on Saturn’s moon Titan. Scientists believe these variations may be a…
Strong Geomagnetic Storms a Possibility After Active Sunspot 1401 Erupted
An active sunspot erupted on Sol on January 19th, at around 16:30 UT, which produced an M3-class solar flare as well as a full-halo coronal…
Giant Magellan Telescope Gets 7 28-Foot Mirrors and Adaptive Optics
The Giant Magellan Telescope is designed to employ a series of seven 28-foot mirrors, which will be arranged in a honeycomb pattern. It will be…
Construction Begins on Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
On January 18, a groundbreaking ceremony marked the beginning of construction of a new exhibit that will become the permanent home for Space Shuttle Atlantis….
VISTA Telescope Uses IR to Show Helix Nebula In New Light
The Helix Nebula in the Aquarius constellation, located some 700 light-years away from Earth, was just observed by the piercing infrared gaze of the VISTA…
Researchers Discover Dark Galaxy 10 Billion Light Years From Earth
Using the 10-meter Keck-11 Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, a team of researchers discovered a dark dwarf galaxy 9.8 billion light years from Earth. This…
Adaptive Optics Will Put Gemini Twin Telescopes at the Forefront of Astronomy Again
Together, the twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory, which consists of two 8.1 m (27 ft) telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, provide almost complete coverage…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Measures Magnetic Fields on Sun’s Surface
The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory helps map the sun’s magnetic fields and has been gathering data since 2010. Recent vector…
ESA’s Hershel Space Telescope Captures Incredible Views of Eagle Nebula
The European Space Agency’s Hershel space telescope has captured new, gorgeous views of the Eagle Nebula, located 6,500 light-years away in the Serpens constellation. The…
NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Operating at Coldest Temperature Ever
In hope that NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft will be able to transmit data through 2025, NASA has decided they need to further reduce its power…
DARPA’s Galileo Program to Image Objects in GEO Faster
Current technology is limited for imaging objects in space since researchers use astronomical long-baseline interferometers and can only view objects from limited angles. DARPA is…
Mars Rover Opportunity to Spend Several Months at “Greeley Haven”
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is spending its fifth winter on Mars and is now exploring a site known as “Greeley Haven.” Due to a…
Russian Mars Moon Probe Phobos-Grunt Crashed In Pacific Ocean
The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, which was supposed to have traveled to Phobos, a moon of Mars, and back, crashed on Earth. The ambitious project crashed into…
SN Primo Is Farthest Type Ia Supernova Discovered
Supernova Primo originated 9 billion years ago, when its progenitor star exploded. The light was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope by a three-year project…
