Tuesday 18 February 2014

Hubble Watches Stars' Clockwork Motion in Nearby Galaxy



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Using the sharp-eyed NASA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have for the first time precisely measured the rotation rate of a galaxy based on the clock-like movement of its stars.




via HubbleSite NewsCenter -- Latest News Releases

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/11/

Stonehenge Posters

Here's a great poster featuring a beautiful image from deep space

after scouring the Zazzle market place for a while, I settled on this as my choice for today. By fivestars,
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Located in the English county of Wiltshire, Stonehenge was constructed around 2500 B.C. and remains a source of mysticism and intrigue to the nearly one million visitors annually...

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Crossing Dingo Gap on Mars

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An important threshold on Mars has now been crossed. Landing in mid-2012, the Curiosity rover is searching for clues of whether life could ever have existed on the red planet. Recent findings of Curiosity include evidence for an ancient (but now dried) freshwater lake, and the non-detection of the biomarker methane in the Martian atmosphere. To continue its investigation, the car-sized rover is on an expedition to roll up Mt. Sharp, the central peak of the large crater in which it landed. Life might have shown preference for water that once ran down the Martian mountain. Two weeks ago, to avoid more dangerous and rocky terrain, Curiosity was directed to roll across a one-meter high sand dune that blocked a useful entrance to Mt. Sharp. Just after the short trip over Dingo Gap was successful, the robotic rover took the above image showing the now-traversed sand mound covered with its wheel tracks.
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Graphenea expands distribution network to Singapore and Southeast Asia

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Graphenea has signed an agreement with Insight interAsia, under which interAsia will act as a distributor for Graphenea's graphene products in Singapore and Southeast Asia.



Insight InterAsia is a technical sales, marketing, and business development company headquartered in Singapore, with branch offices and representatives throughout Southeast Asia. The company markets technology products and services spanning several inter-related industries, such as semiconductor, MEMS, nanotech, sensors, cleantech, biopharma, energy, and automotive. Insight interAsia's expertise in diverse technologies allows the company to merge their experience and deploy customized technology to serve the different industries.



interAsia started their business by exclusively selling into the semiconductor (SC) manufacturing market. From there, expanding into photovoltaic (PV) systems went naturally, as PV shares much of the same infrastructure with the SC industry. From PV and energy storage systems, they began to meet the needs of many customers in the alternative energy arena, expanding from Singapore to the rest of Asia. The semiconductor manufacturing and clean energy work led the company to the automotive technology market.



Likewise, from their roots in the semiconductor market they seamlessly moved into nanotechnology, MEMS, and sensor markets, which share many end users with the standard SC market. By starting to provide biomedical devices and bioMEMS devices – and by expanding their bionanomedical intellectual property portfolio – the company pushed into pharmaceutical manufacturing (which has some processes in common with semiconductor fabrication).



Singapore and Southeast Asia are important regions for graphene research, as witnessed, for example, by the success of the Graphene Research Centre at the National University of Singapore. With the current agreement, Graphenea makes use of a local business and technology expert to make their graphene very competitive on this expanding and strategically important market.

via Graphenea

Orion Nebula Hubble Space Room Graphic

Here's a great wall decal featuring a beautiful image from deep space

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This Hubble photograph of the Orion Nebula is a great choice for astronomy lovers!

This space photograph shows the massive Orion Nebula, and was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Orion Nebula is the birthplace of many new stars, and over 3000 stars are present in this image, surrounded by swirling clouds of gas and dust. The colours of the original photo have been enhanced slightly, and include rich oranges, pinks and purples.

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

You can personalise the design further if you'd prefer, such as by adding your name or other text, or adjusting the image - just click 'Customize it' to see all the options. IMPORTANT: If you choose a different sized version of the product, it's important to click Customize and check the image in the Design view to ensure it fills the area to the edge of the product, otherwise white edges may be visible.

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Space station SPHERES run circles around ordinary satellites

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Inspired by a floating droid battling Luke Skywalker in the film Star Wars, the free-flying satellites known as Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) have been flying aboard the International Space Station since Expedition 8 in 2003. Although there have been numerous SPHERES investigations held on the orbiting laboratory, four current and upcoming SPHERES projects are of particular significance to robotics engineers, rocket launch companies, NASA exploration and anyone who uses communications systems on Earth.

via Science Daily

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Spaced Heart Cover For The iPad Mini

Here's a great iPad case from Zazzle featuring a Hubble-related design. Maybe you'd like to see your name on it? Click to personalize and see what it's like!

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Hubble telescope nebula heart for geek girls

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Starry Sky Print

Here's a great poster featuring a beautiful image from deep space

so many products with fantastic designs on Zazzle... which to choose today? How about this one from JKcoder,
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Swirls of gas and dust reside in this ethereal-looking region of star formation seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This majestic view, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), reveals a region where low-mass, infant stars and their much more massive stellar neighbors reside. A shroud of blue haze gently lingers amid the stars. Known as LH 95, this is just one of the hundreds of star-forming systems, called associations, located in the LMC some 160,000 light-years distant.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

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Orion Nebula Hubble Space Wall Graphic

Here's a great wall decal featuring a beautiful image from deep space

sometimes it's difficult to choose what to feature from amongst the fantastic designs on Zazzle. I finally settled on this great design by AstronomyGiftShop,
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This Hubble photograph of the Orion Nebula is a great choice for astronomy lovers!

This space photograph shows the massive Orion Nebula, and was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Orion Nebula is the birthplace of many new stars, and over 3000 stars are present in this image, surrounded by swirling clouds of gas and dust. The colours of the original photo have been enhanced slightly, and include rich oranges, pinks and purples.

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

You can personalise the design further if you'd prefer, such as by adding your name or other text, or adjusting the image - just click 'Customize it' to see all the options. IMPORTANT: If you choose a different sized version of the product, it's important to click Customize and check the image in the Design view to ensure it fills the area to the edge of the product, otherwise white edges may be visible.

See more in my shop
If you like this product, you can find more like it in my store:

Click here to view all the other items with this design.

Click here to see a wide range of other astronomy & space designs.

»visit the AstronomyGiftShop store for more designs and products like this
Click to customize.
via Zazzle Astronomy market place