Tag Archives: Space Station

Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)

Posted on August 26, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The launch of an Atlas V carrying NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) payload was scrubbed today due to weather conditions associated with lightning, as well as cumulus and anvil clouds. With the unfavorable weather forecast as a result of … Continue reading →

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Perseid Meteor Shower

Posted on August 10, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. The Perseid meteor shower is underway. There’s more to see than meteors, however, when the shower peaks on August 11th through 13th. The brightest planets in the solar system are lining up in the middle of … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Hubble Views a Cosmic Skyrocket

Posted on July 10, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Source: Hubblesite.org July 3, 2012: Resembling a Fourth of July skyrocket, Herbig-Haro 110 is a geyser of hot gas from a newborn star that splashes up against and ricochets from the dense core of a cloud of molecular hydrogen. This … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Fermi Spots ‘Superflares’ in the Crab Nebula

Posted on May 17, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant has erupted in an enormous flare five times more powerful than any previously seen from the object. The outburst was first detected by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope on April 12 and lasted six … Continue reading →

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SOHO Latest and Space Weather

Posted on January 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

EIT 304 A large solar flare yesterday triggered a coronal mass ejection travelling at 1400 km/s that will reach Earth today. An energetic eruption of this level can disrupt satellites, so operation teams at ESA and other organisations are closely … Continue reading →

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Snow Angel

Posted on December 18, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Object Names: S106, Sh2-106, Sharpless 2-106Image Type: Astronomical/Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) December 15, 2011: The bipolar star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, or S106 for short, looks like a soaring, celestial snow angel. The outstretched … Continue reading →

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Comet LoveJoy

Posted on December 16, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Comet Lovejoy seen by SOHO “On average, new Kreutz-group comets are discovered every few days by SOHO, but from the ground they are much rarer to see or discover,” says Karl Battams, Naval Research Laboratory, who curates the Sun-grazing comets … Continue reading →

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Kepler-22b

Posted on December 9, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Images credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech This image is an artist’s conception of planet Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. It is the first planet that NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed to orbit in … Continue reading →

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Intensity Frontier Workshop and Space Exploration

Posted on December 1, 2011 by PlatoHagel

This workshop is an opportunity for the scientific community to identify the physics potential of the Intensity Frontier. Starting in September 2011, six working groups will study and begin to document the full spectrum of opportunities for fundamental physics at … Continue reading →

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Cassiopeia A

Posted on September 29, 2011 by PlatoHagel

In conclusion, we have a rich panorama of experiments that all make use of neutrinos as probes of exotic phenomena as well as processes which we have to measure better to gain understanding of fundamental physics as well as gather … Continue reading →

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