Tuesday 24 September 2013

NASA Hosts Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas

NASA will host a public workshop to examine and synthesize 96 of the ideas submitted to a Request for Information (RFI) about the agency's asteroid initiative. The workshop will be held Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/september/nasa-hosts-workshop-to-discuss-asteroid-initiative-ideas

Hubble and Chandra Find Evidence for Densest Galaxy in Nearby Universe



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Astronomers may have found the densest galaxy in the nearby universe. The galaxy, known as M60-UCD1, is located near a massive elliptical galaxy NGC 4649, also called M60, about 54 million light-years from Earth. This composite image shows M60 and the region around it, where data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory are pink and data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are red, green, and blue. The Chandra image shows hot gas and double stars containing black holes and neutron stars, and the Hubble image reveals stars in M60 and neighboring galaxies including M60-UCD1. The arrow points to M60-UCD1.




via HubbleSite NewsCenter -- Latest News Releases

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2013/40/

Carina Nebula, Star Forming Gas-cloud Sculpture Stickers

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A beautiful space photograph featuring the 7500 light year distant Carina Nebula. This Hubble image shows rich, interstellar gas clouds feeding the formation of new stars. As a proto star forms, the gas clouds get dragged to its surface and some gets emitted as tight jets of material travelling at hundreds of miles per second. These in turn help sculpt the gas clouds into weird and grotesque shapes, some looking like strange worms, swimming through space.

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NASA Awards Contract Modification for Shared Services Center

NASA has exercised the fourth option year under its existing contract with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Falls Church, Va.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/september/nasa-awards-contract-modification-for-shared-services-center

The Orion Nebula Print

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Purple Galaxy with Stars Wall Graphics

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Graphic art design of a purple galaxy with stars shining. This cosmic design has light purple and pink nebulas. A fantasy astronomy design for any fans of outer space art.

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The Challenge is On: Team Registration Open for NASA-DPI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airspace Operations Challenge

NASA and Development Projects Inc. (DPI) of Dayton, Ohio, have opened registration for the 2014 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Airspace Operations Challenge. The $500,000 prize competition is scheduled for April 2014 in Indiana.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/september/the-challenge-is-on-team-registration-open-for-nasa-dpi-unmanned-aircraft

NASA's Hubble and Chandra Find Evidence for Densest Nearby Galaxy

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory and telescopes on the ground may have found the most crowded galaxy in our part of the universe.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/september/nasas-hubble-and-chandra-find-evidence-for-densest-nearby-galaxy

M60-UCD1: An Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxy

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Space Bubble iPad Cover

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Colorful image of a supernova exploasion thanks to NASA Hubble. SNR 0509 is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

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Voyager 1 magnetic data surprise intrigues researchers

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Scientists are exploring surprising data from Voyager 1’s crossing of the heliopause into the interstellar medium of our galaxy.

via Science Daily

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Researchers devise means to combine scanning tunneling microscopy and infrared spectroscopy

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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at the University of California with members also from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Stanford University has succeeded in combining tunneling microscopy and infrared spectroscopy to gain a better understanding of how molecules behave when they stick to a surface. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the team describes how they used a custom built laser to allow for performing infrared spectroscopy with scanning tunneling microscopy without heating its tip.



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Tiny antennas let long light waves see in infrared

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(Phys.org) —University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed arrays of tiny nano-antennas that can enable sensing of molecules that resonate in the infrared (IR) spectrum.



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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series An awesome mobile phone shell featuring the Tarantula Nebula of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way, our galactic home. This Hubble image shows old stars from the distant past and rich, interstellar gas clouds feeding the formation of new ones. The most massive and hottest stars are intense, high-energy radiation sources and this pushes away what remains of the gas and dust, compressing and sculpting it. As the whorls and eddies clump and stretch it, gravity takes over and the birth of the next generation of new stars is triggered.

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The Planet Uranus Print

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The Planet Uranus Print. Uranus showing rings. Image courtesy: NASA.

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Christmas Tree Star Cluster Wall Graphics

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This deep red image shows NCG 2264, a region of the Milky Way galaxy in which new stars are being formed. Included in this area are the Christmas Tree Star Cluster & the Cone Nebula. This image was taken by Chile's La Silla Observatory in 2008.

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Eye in Orion iPad Mini Case

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