Space Telescope News - Space Science News RSS FeedsSpace Science :: Space TelescopeSpace Telescope News Stories, Current Space Telescope News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Space_Telescope Space Telescope News Stories Current Space Telescope News Events, Discoveries and Articles 'Dropouts' pinpoint earliest galaxies Astronomers, conducting the broadest survey to date of galaxies from about 800 million years after the Big Bang, have found 22 early galaxies and confirmed the age of one by its characteristic hydrogen signature at 787 million years post Big Bang. (2009-11-09) NASA's Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma-Ray From Nearby galaxies undergoing a furious pace of star formation also emit lots of gamma rays, say astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. (2009-11-03) Fermi telescope caps its first year with a glimpse of space-time During its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope mapped the extreme sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. (2009-10-29) Gamma-ray photon race ends in dead heat; Einstein wins this round Racing across the universe for the last 7.3 billion years, two gamma-ray photons arrived at NASA's orbiting Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope within nine-tenths of a second of one another. (2009-10-29) Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles deep in the southern skies near the Southern Cross in the constellation of Crux. (2009-10-29) Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe Understanding dark energy is the number one issue in explaining the universe, according to Salman Habib, of the Laboratory's Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology group. (2009-10-27) Galaxy cluster smashes distance record The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes. (2009-10-23) Simulation suggests rocky exoplanet has bizarre atmosphere So accustomed are we to the sunshine, rain, fog and snow of our home planet that we find it next to impossible to imagine a different atmosphere and other forms of precipitation. (2009-10-01) Twin Keck Telescopes Probe Dual Dust Disks Astronomers using the twin 10-meter telescopes at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have explored one of the most compact dust disks ever resolved around another star. (2009-09-25) Lotus Plant-Inspired Dust-Busting Shield to Protect Space Gear A plant that lives along muddy waterways in Asia has inspired a NASA team to develop a special coating to prevent dirt and even bacteria from sticking to and contaminating the surfaces of spaceflight gear. (2009-09-24) |
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