NASA Sun-Watching Observatory Monitors Birth of a Sunspot
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has been used to monitor the birth of a sunspot over a period of eight hours. Researchers at the University of Central Lancashire made use of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) to observe the growth of the sunspot. How sunspots...President Signs Compromise 2011 Budget Continuing Resolution, Including $18.485 billion for NASA
President Obama has signed into law the 2011 budget continuing resolution, a deficit cutting compromise with the House and Senate that funds the federal government through Sept. 30 and includes $18.485 billion for NASA. The measure, which is $239 million less for the...NASA Disease Fighting Device Enters Space Technology Hall of Fame
A rotating mechanical device developed by researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center a quarter of a century ago to culture living tissues in a low gravity environment was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame this week at the 27th National Space...NASA Contractor Announces Workforce Reduction Strategy as Shuttle Program Winds Down
With NASA’s space shuttle program drawing to a close, the space agency’s Houston-based shuttle prime contractor, United Space Alliance, announced on Friday it will lay off nearly half of its 5,600 total workforce in Florida, Texas and Alabama following...Senate Appropriators Press NASA Chief on Exploration Plans
Senate appropriators sparred with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Monday over the agency’s commitment to the 2010 NASA Authorization Act, the bi-partisan Congressional blue print agreed to by President Obama that aims for a new heavy lift rocket and crew...Supercomputer Sleuthing Suggests Solution to Celestial Mystery
For decades, the origins of brief energetic cosmic blasts called Short Gamma Ray Bursts have puzzled the experts. The bright flashes, which have been observed every one to two days, were first detected in the late 1960s by a class of military satellites designed to...Global Celebration of Human Spaceflight
Credit: Yuri’s Night An around-the-globe salute to human spaceflight is set for next week, April 12th. That date — 50 years ago — marks the first flight of a human into Earth orbit, the then Soviet Union’s cosmonaut – Yuri Gagarin, back on April 12,...U. S., Russian Astronauts Reach Space Station Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft
A Soyuz capsule with a three-man U. S. and Russian crew docked smoothly with the International Space Station late Wednesday. The linkup at 7:09 p.m., EDT, delivered cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko as well as Ron Garan of NASA to the orbiting...Space Station Viewed as Astrobiology Research Site
Space station research includes experiments to help look for life elsewhere. Credit: NASA The nearly complete International Space Station (ISS) is a research hub for various disciplines – including astrobiology and the search for life elsewhere. Gerda Horneck of the...Space Talk
Is it just us or do you see a shark? 👀
This superbubble in star cluster NGC 1929 may resemble one. But how? Massive new stars create radiation, quickly expel matter, and race through their evolution to explode as supernovae. Their outflows and shock waves sculpt these cavities.
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There's a solar eclipse happening on Wednesday, Aug. 12 — and if you're not in the path of totality, you can watch along with us online! Get the details: https://go.nasa.gov/4ftKdXd
There's a solar eclipse happening on Wednesday, Aug. 12 — and if you're not in the path of totality, you can watch along with us online! Get the details: https://go.nasa.gov/4ftKdXd
HiPOD: Hydrated Sulfates in Columbus Crater
From HiWish: “An area of mineralogic interest identified by CRISM, which lacks HiRISE coverage.” Sulfate-rich rock outcrops on Mars may be a good location to search for evidence of past life on the planet.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_077152_1510
