Thursday 13 November 2014

Cone Nebula NGC 2264 Taken by the Hubble Telescope iPad Mini Cases

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Resembling a nightmarish beast rearing its head from a crimson sea, this monstrous object is actually an innocuous pillar of gas and dust. Called the Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) — so named because, in ground-based images, it has a conical shape — this giant pillar resides in a turbulent star-forming region. This picture, taken by the newly installed Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows the upper 2.5 light-years of the nebula, a height that equals 23 million roundtrips to the Moon. The entire nebula is 7 light-years long. The Cone Nebula resides 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. Radiation from hot, young stars [located beyond the top of the image] has slowly eroded the nebula over millions of years. Ultraviolet light heats the edges of the dark cloud, releasing gas into the relatively empty region of surrounding space. There, additional ultraviolet radiation causes the hydrogen gas to glow, which produces the red halo of light seen around the pillar. A similar process occurs on a much smaller scale to gas surrounding a single star, forming the bow-shaped arc seen near the upper left side of the Cone. This arc, seen previously with the Hubble telescope, is 65 times larger than the diameter of our solar system. The blue-white light from surrounding stars is reflected by dust. Background stars can be seen peeking through the evaporating tendrils of gas, while the turbulent base is pockmarked with stars reddened by dust. Over time, only the densest regions of the Cone will be left. Inside these regions, stars and planets may form. The Cone Nebula is a cousin of the M16 pillars, which the Hubble telescope imaged in 1995. Monstrous pillars of cold gas, like the Cone and M16, are common in large regions of star birth. Astronomers believe that these pillars are incubators for developing stars. Sign up to Mr. Rebates for FREE and save 12% on any zazzle order in addition to a $5.00 sign up bonus All Rights Reserved; without: prejudice, recourse or notice (U.C.C. 1-308) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cone_Nebula_%28NGC_2264%29_Star-Forming_Pillar_of_Gas_and_Dust.jpg nebula cone "cone nebula" "ngc 2264" hubble astronomy space "outer space" "hubble telescope" "hubble space telescope" Monoceros

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Strengthening Thin-Film Bonds with Ultrafast Data Collection

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When studying extremely fast reactions in ultrathin materials, two measurements are better than one. A new research tool

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New process isolates promising material: Molybdenum disulfide has emerged as a leading successor to graphene

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Scientists are working to isolate atomically thin layers of molybdenum disulfide, a material with applications in electronics, optoelectronics, solar cells, and catalysis.

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New way to move atomically thin semiconductors for use in flexible devices

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Researchers have developed a new way to transfer thin semiconductor films, which are only one atom thick, onto arbitrary substrates, paving the way for flexible computing or photonic devices.

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Twisted light waves sent across Vienna

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A group of researchers from Austria have sent twisted beams of light across the rooftops of Vienna.



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Scientists Describe Bumpy Comet Landing

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A technical issue led to the rough landing the European Space Agency’s Philae lander made as it settled on a comet.















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Comet Landing Bumpier Than First Thought

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The European Space Agency lander is sitting in a skewed position on the comet’s surface, compromising some aspects of the $1.75 billion Rosetta mission.















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NASAs Saturn V rocket Print

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VIDEO: The $500 speed of light camera

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Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have built a camera that can operate at the speed of light. 
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Descent to a Comet

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Yesterday, the first soft landing on a comet took place some 500 million kilometers from planet Earth as the Rosetta mission lander Philae settled on the nucleus of C67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The landing site, dubbed Agilkia, is located near the center of this remarkable image snapped by Philae's ROLIS (ROsetta Lander Imaging System) camera. Taken from a distance of about 3 kilometers the image has a resolution of about 3 meters per pixel at the surface. After Philae's release from the orbiter, its seven-hour long descent was made without propulsion or guidance. Following its descent the lander is in place, though its anchoring harpoon system did not fire. For 2.5 days the lander is intended to conduct its main science mission returning extensive images and data. An extended surface mission may be possible if sunlight and dust conditions allow solar panels to recharge Philae's battery.

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Crab Pulsar Time Lapse - Neutron Star Sticker

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Multiple observations made over several months with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope captured the spectacle of matter and antimatter propelled to near the speed of light by the Crab pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star the size of Manhattan.

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Heart and Soul nebulae infrared mosaic NASA Room Decals

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The Heart and Soul nebulae are seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Also visible near the bottom of this image are two galaxies, Maffei 1 and Maffei 2. Maffei 1 is the bluish elliptical object and Maffei 2 is the spiral galaxy. All four infra-red detectors aboard WISE were used to make this image. Colour is representational: blue and cyan represent infra-red light at wavelengths of 3.4 and 4.6 microns, which is dominated by light from stars. Green and red represent light at 12 and 22 microns, which is mostly light from warm dust.

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Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image Constellation Fornax iPad Mini Case

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Welcome to a comet

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Rosetta’s lander Philae is safely on the surface of the comet

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Comet landing live

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Media briefing on comet landing today at 14:00 CET, 13:00 GMT, at ESA's Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany

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Dispelling a Misconception About Mg-Ion Batteries

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Lithium (Li)-ion batteries serve us well, powering our laptops, tablets, cell phones and a host of other gadgets

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“Make The Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon” brings tech out of the bubble and into the bottle

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A few weekends ago, as some techies lined up to buy the new iPhone 6, others flocked to

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Goldfinger: the ‘magic’ marker pen that picks up hidden fingerprints

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A crime-fighting ‘magic’ marker pen that can identify the hidden properties of receipts containing fingerprint deposits within a

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Horse head Nebula Poster

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The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of the shape of its swirling cloud of dark dust and gases, which is similar to that of a horse's head when viewed from Earth.

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Crab Pulsar Time Lapse - Neutron Star Round Stickers

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Multiple observations made over several months with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope captured the spectacle of matter and antimatter propelled to near the speed of light by the Crab pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star the size of Manhattan.

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft arrives at launch pad, hoisted onto rocket ahead of its first spaceflight

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NASA's new Orion spacecraft now is at its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida after completing its penultimate journey in the early hours of Nov. 12. Orion will travel almost 60,000 miles into space Thursday, Dec. 4 during an uncrewed flight designed to test many of the spacecraft's systems before it begins carrying astronauts on missions to deep space destinations.

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Amateur, professional astronomers alike thrilled by extreme storms on Uranus

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The normally bland face of Uranus has become increasingly stormy, with enormous cloud systems so bright that for the first time, amateur astronomers are able to see details in the planet's hazy blue-green atmosphere. Astronomers first observed the storms in the infrared using the Keck telescope. When amateurs learned of the storms, they turned their optical telescopes on the planet and saw different but equally impressive storms.

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is likely a sunburn, not a blush

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The ruddy color of Jupiter's Great Red Spot is likely a product of simple chemicals being broken apart by sunlight in the planet's upper atmosphere, according to a new analysis of data from NASA's Cassini mission. The results contradict the other leading theory for the origin of the spot's striking color -- that the reddish chemicals come from beneath Jupiter's clouds.

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Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae probe lands on comet

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The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved. After a tense wait during the seven-hour descent to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the signal confirming the successful touchdown arrived on Earth at 16:03 GMT (17:03 CET).

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Rosetta's singing comet

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A set of instruments on the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has picked up a mysterious "song" from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Rosetta will attempt the first-ever soft landing on a comet when it dispatches its Philae lander to the surface of comet 67P.

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Rosetta mission selfie at 10 miles

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The Philae lander of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission took a self-portrait of the spacecraft on Oct. 7, 2014, at a distance of 10 miles (16 kilometers) from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image, taken with Philae's CIVA camera, captures the side of the Rosetta spacecraft and one of Rosetta's 46-foot-long (14-meter-long) solar wings, with the comet in the background.

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Rosetta and Philae separation confirmed

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The Philae lander has separated from the Rosetta orbiter, and is now on its way to becoming the first spacecraft to touch down on a comet.

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Rosetta and Philae Go for separation

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Following a night of critical Go/NoGo decisions, Rosetta and Philae are cleared for separation, despite a problem onboard the lander. The mission is set to become the first in history to touch down on a comet.

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Whimsical Purple Nebula Cat Pink Galaxy Stars Wall Graphics

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A cute whimsical kitten cat animal featuring bright purple and pink nebula and galaxy photography with bright stars. Get this original and modern outer space design with a cool cat vector on a white, beige vintage background. perfect gift for anyone, for the pet lover, the geek who loves space and cosmos. Girly Road is a collaboration between Girly Trend and Railton Road

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