Tag Archive for 'NASA'

The pale blue Earth serves as a backdrop for astronaut Michael Gernhardt, who is attached to the Shuttle Endeavour’s robot arm during a spacewalk on the STS-69 mission in 1995. Unlike earlier spacewalking astronauts, Gernhardt was able to use an electronic cuff checklist, a prototype developed for the assembly of the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA.

Long-Duration Spaceflight Affects Spinal Muscles of Astronauts, New Study Shows

Oct 27, 2016 by News Staff

Long-flight astronauts have atrophy of the muscles supporting the spine — and they don’t return to normal even after several weeks back on Earth,...

This Chandra image shows the location in the elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 of a remarkable source that dramatically flares in X-rays unlike any ever seen. Low, medium, and high-energy X-rays are colored red, green, and blue. Image credit: NASA / CXC / UA / J. Irwin et al.

Two Mysterious X-ray Sources Spotted in Nearby Elliptical Galaxies

Oct 25, 2016 by News Staff

Using data from NASA’s Chandra and ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescopes, astronomers have found a pair of remarkable sources that dramatically flare in...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the globular cluster NGC 362. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of NGC 362

Oct 24, 2016 by Natali Anderson

In this new image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the brilliance of NGC 362, a globular star cluster located approximately 27,000 light-years...

Artist’s impression of the Schiaparelli module on the surface of Mars. Image credit: ESA / ATG Medialab.

NASA Finds Schiaparelli’s Crash Site

Oct 21, 2016 by News Staff

A new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows a bright spot that may be a parachute of ESA’s ExoMars Schiaparelli module, and a larger...

MAVEN obtained this image of rapid cloud formation on Mars in July 2016. Image credit: NASA / MAVEN / University of Colorado.

MAVEN Ultraviolet Images Reveal Hidden Secrets of Mars

Oct 18, 2016 by News Staff

New images from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft show the ultraviolet glow from the Red Planet’s atmosphere in detail,...

This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the open star cluster NGC 299. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Views Young Star Cluster in Small Magellanic Cloud

Oct 17, 2016 by Natali Anderson

The subject of this new Hubble image is NGC 299, an open star cluster located 200,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Tucana. This image,...

This composite image shows a beautiful new look at the compact group of galaxies known as Stephan’s Quintet. Image credit: X-ray – NASA / CXC / CfA / E. O’Sullivan; optical - Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope / Coelum.

Universe Contains at least Two Trillion Galaxies, Astronomers Say

Oct 13, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers led by University of Nottingham scientist Christopher Conselice has performed an accurate census of the number of...

According to Prof. Limoli and co-authors, deep space travel poses a real and unique threat to astronauts. Image credit: Das Wortgewand.

Deep Space Travel Poses Unique Threat to Astronauts, Researchers Say

Oct 11, 2016 by News Staff

Exposure to highly energetic charged particles can lead to a range of potential central nervous system complications that can occur during and persist...

Two 2001 images from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor orbiter show a dramatic change in the Red Planet’s appearance when haze raised by dust-storm activity in the south became globally distributed. At left, an image from late June 2001 shows clear conditions over much of Mars, with regional dust-storm activity occurring in the Hellas basin (bright oval feature) near the edge of the south polar cap. At right, a July 2001 image from the same perspective shows the planet almost completely enveloped. Dust extends to altitudes of more than 37 miles (60 km) during global-scale dust storms. Image credit: NASA / JPL / MSSS.

Global-Scale Dust Storm Could Hit Mars within Months, Warn NASA Researchers

Oct 10, 2016 by News Staff

A global-scale dust storm could envelop the Red Planet within the next few months, according to planetary researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...

This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 278, which lies in the northern constellation Cassiopeia, about 41.7 million light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / S. Smartt, Queen's University Belfast.

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Image of NGC 278

Oct 10, 2016 by News Staff

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a spiral galaxy known as NGC 278. This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 278, which lies in the northern...

V Hydrae. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Field, STScI.

Astronomers Detect Giant Balls of Plasma Shooting from Binary Star System

Oct 7, 2016 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected blobs of plasma being ejected near a dying red giant star called V Hydrae. This image...

This Hubble image shows the lenticular galaxy GJ1417+52. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Astronomers Find Wandering Black Hole in Galaxy 4.5 Billion Light-Years Away

Oct 7, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A rogue black hole has been found in the outer regions of the lenticular galaxy SDSS J141711.07+522540.8 (GJ1417+52 for short). Evidence suggests this...

Planets form from epic collisions between asteroids and even bigger bodies, called protoplanets. Sometimes the colliding bodies are ground to dust, and sometimes they stick together to ultimately form larger, mature planets. This artist’s conception shows one such smash-up. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Mystery of KIC 8462852 Deepens

Oct 5, 2016 by News Staff

Planets form from epic collisions between asteroids and even bigger bodies, called protoplanets. Sometimes the colliding bodies are ground to dust, and...

This image shows an artist concept of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

NASA’s MAVEN Probe Celebrates One Martian Year in Orbit around the Red Planet

Oct 4, 2016 by News Staff

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, sent to Mars to explore its upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the...

This Hubble image shows the central region of the dwarf spiral galaxy NGC 247, which lies in the constellation Cetus, about 11.5 million light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

New Hubble Photo Shows Center of Spiral Galaxy NGC 247

Oct 3, 2016 by News Staff

This image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a detailed view of the central part of the disc of NGC 247, a relatively small spiral...

This image from Curiosity’s Mast Camera shows inclined strata at Zabriskie Plateau, about a third of a mile (0.5 km) northeast of the ‘Pahrump Hills’ outcrop at the base of Mount Sharp, the central peak within the Gale Crater on Mars. These sedimentary rocks are inclined toward the south and are also interpreted as the deposits of small deltas building out into a lake. The Mast Camera’s left-eye camera recorded the component frames of this mosaic on July 22, 2014, during the 696th Martian day of Curiosity’s work on Mars. The color has been approximately white-balanced to resemble how the scene would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS.

Curiosity Takes Close Look at Interactions between Mars’ Crust and Atmosphere

Oct 2, 2016 by News Staff

Curiosity has found evidence that chemistry in the Martian surface material contributed dynamically to the makeup of the planet’s atmosphere over time. This...

LMC P3 (circled) is located in the supernova remnant DEM L241 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Record-Breaking Gamma-Ray Binary Spotted in Large Magellanic Cloud

Sep 30, 2016 by News Staff

A gamma-ray binary discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy approximately 163,000 light-years away, is the first object of its kind ever...

On Monday, September 19, 2016, OSIRIS-REx’s OCAMS MapCam camera recorded a star field in Taurus, north of the constellation Orion as part of the spacecraft’s post-launch instrument check. MapCam’s first color image is a composite of three of its four color filters, roughly corresponding to blue, green, and red wavelengths. The three images are processed to remove noise, co-registered, and enhanced to emphasize dimmer stars. Image credit: NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona.

OSIRIS-REx Sends Back First Images, Checks Its Instruments

Sep 27, 2016 by News Staff

NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security – Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) and its instruments remain healthy...

The surface of Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view; image scale is 1.6 km per pixel; north on Europa is at right. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SETI Institute.

Hubble Space Telescope Directly Images Possible Water Plumes on Europa

Sep 26, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Europa, the sixth-closest moon of Jupiter and...

This colorful view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER’s primary mission. These colors are not what Mercury would look like to the human eye, but rather the colors enhance the chemical, mineralogical, and physical differences between the rocks that make up the planet’s surface. Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Mercury is Tectonically Active Planet, Planetary Scientists Say

Sep 26, 2016 by News Staff

Recent images from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft reveal small fault scarps on Mercury’s surface. These cliff-like landforms are small enough that planetary...

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