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NASA Hosts Science Chat on Two Upcoming Out-of-this-World Encounters

admin — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 02:00:15 +0000

NASA will host a live Science Chat at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 7, to discuss upcoming encounters of two of the agency’s planetary missions.

Źródło: NASA Hosts Science Chat on Two Upcoming Out-of-this-World Encounters

NASA’s Marshall Center to Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night Oct. 20

admin — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:40:21 +0000

NASA’s Marshall Center will host the 8th annual International Observe the Moon Night celebration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Oct. 20 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. CDT. Members of the public and the Huntsville-area media are invited to attend.

Źródło: NASA’s Marshall Center to Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night Oct. 20

Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System

admin — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 07:20:21 +0000

Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system.

Źródło: Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System

NASA Hosts Science Chat on Upcoming Historic Planetary Encounter

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 02:00:22 +0000

Members of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft team will host a Science Chat at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 19, on humanity’s farthest planetary flyby, scheduled to occur Jan. 1 when the spacecraft encounters a mysterious object in the Kuiper Belt nicknamed “Ultima Thule.”

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NASA Hosts Live Science Chat: One Year After Eclipse 2017

admin — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:00:21 +0000

On the one-year anniversary of the historic 2017 Eclipse Across America, NASA will host a Science Chat at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 21, to discuss new science data and the public impact of the celestial event experienced by millions.

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NASA, ULA Launch Parker Solar Probe on Historic Journey to Touch Sun

admin — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:00:22 +0000

Hours before the rise of the very star it will study, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched from Florida Sunday to begin its journey to the Sun, where it will undertake a landmark mission. The spacecraft will transmit its first science observations in December, beginning a revolution in our understanding of the star that makes life on Earth possible.

Źródło: NASA, ULA Launch Parker Solar Probe on Historic Journey to Touch Sun

Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology

admin — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:00:21 +0000

Transforming the inhospitable Martian environment into a place astronauts could explore without life support is not possible without technology well beyond today’s capabilities because Mars does not retain enough accessible carbon dioxide that could be put back into the atmosphere to warm the planet.

Źródło: Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology

NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Finds That “Stolen” Electrons Enable Unusual Aurora on Mars

admin — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:40:22 +0000

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft just found a new type of Martian aurora that occurs over much of the day side of the Red Planet, where auroras are very hard to see.

Źródło: NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Finds That “Stolen” Electrons Enable Unusual Aurora on Mars

NASA’s Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole

admin — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 04:00:21 +0000

For the first time ever, scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found the source of a high-energy neutrino from outside our galaxy.

Źródło: NASA’s Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole

Our Solar System’s First Known Interstellar Object Gets Unexpected Speed Boost

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 23:00:21 +0000

Using observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists have confirmed ′Oumuamua (oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah), the first known interstellar object to travel through our solar system, got an unexpected boost in speed and shift in trajectory as it passed through the inner solar system last year.

Źródło: Our Solar System’s First Known Interstellar Object Gets Unexpected Speed Boost