New Tool For Space Weather Forecasting
There’s a new space-based system to monitor Earth’s space environment. Introducing the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (AMPERE) – the system provides real-time magnetic field measurements using commercial satellites as part...Book Review: The Fallen Sky – An Intimate History of Shooting Stars
The Fallen Sky – An Intimate History of Shooting Stars by Christopher Cokinos; Tarcher/Penguin, New York, New York (soft cover) $16.95; August 2010. If you found yourself craning your neck toward the heavens of late looking for shooting stars – here’s a terrific...Just In! Cassini Raw Imagery of Saturnian Moons
Raw and unprocessed image of Saturn’s Tethys taken by Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute The word is in…and so are the new photos! The Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) posted today the raw preview of imagery...Answering Profound Questions about the Cosmos: What are the Top Priorities?
A new report by the National Research Council identifies the highest-priority research activities for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade that will “set the nation firmly on the path to answering profound questions about the cosmos.” It’s called a decadal...Einstein@Home: Volunteer Computing Finds Unusual Pulsar
Einstein@Home has become one of the world’s most popular volunteer computing projects. What makes it even more impressive is this week’s report of an unusual pulsar discovered through the network computing effort. Einstein@home, launched in 2005, was one of the first...Search for Dark Matter in the Universe Goes Underground
What does a Canadian mine more than a mile underground have to do with dark matter in the universe? This month, scientists are putting in place a bubble chamber in the Canadian mine – part of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Ontario, Canada. Scientists...Extraterrestrial CSI Detective Story
The icy face of Jupiter’s Europa. A site for life? Credit: NASA What might be waiting for discovery at the frost-covered ground at the poles of Mars? What about on the icy bodies in our Solar System, such as Jupiter’s Europa? Those are cool questions. And to...NASA Looks to Innovative Lunar Demos for Data Purchase
Private lunar rover. Courtesy Astrobotic Technology NASA has made an offer to buy data provided via commercial lunar landers. The space agency announcement falls under its Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) program, an initiative with a total budget of $30...First Satellite Measurement of Water Volume in Amazon Floodplain
The Amazon is the largest drainage basin in the world. And for the first time – thanks to satellites — scientists have been able to measure the amount of water that rises and falls annually in the Amazon River floodplain. An international squadron of...Space Talk
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