A new orbiting telescope concept developed at CU-Boulder could allow scientists to image objects in space or on Earth at hundreds of times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope. Image courtesy NASA. U of Colorado Boulder-(ENEWSPF)- University of Colorado Boulder researchers will update NASA officials next week on a revolutionary[Read More…]
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Getting To Know Rosetta’s Comet
Comet from 8 km European Space Agency-(ENEWSPF)- Rosetta is revealing its host comet as having a remarkable array of surface features and with many processes contributing to its activity, painting a complex picture of its evolution. In a special edition of the journal Science, initial results are presented from seven of Rosetta’s[Read More…]
High Viewpoint for 11-Year-Old Rover Mission on Mars
California Institute of Technology-(ENEWSPF)- This panorama is the view NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity gained from the top of the "Cape Tribulation" segment of the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover reached this point three weeks before the 11th anniversary of its January 2004 landing on Mars. The component images were[Read More…]
Mysteries in Nili Fossae
Nili Fossae EU–(ENEWSPF)–22 January 2015. These new images from the high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s Mars Express show Nili Fossae, one of the most enticing regions on Mars. This ‘graben system’ lies northeast of the volcanic region of Syrtis Major on the northwestern edge of the large Isidis impact basin[Read More…]
NASA, Microsoft Collaboration Will Allow Scientists to ‘Work on Mars’
New NASA software called OnSight will use holographic computing to overlay visual information and data from the agency’s Mars Curiosity Rover into the user’s field of view. Holographic computing blends a view of the physical world with computer-generated imagery to create a hybrid of real and virtual. Image Credit: NASA[Read More…]
Beagle-2 Lander Found on Mars
Colour image of Beagle-2 on Mars EU–(ENEWSPF)–16 January 2015. The UK-led Beagle-2 Mars lander, which hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission and was lost on Mars since 2003, has been found in images taken by a NASA orbiter at the Red Planet. Beagle-2 was released from its mother[Read More…]
Hubble Goes High-Definition to Revisit Iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2015. Although NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken many breathtaking images of the universe, one snapshot stands out from the rest: the iconic view of the so-called “Pillars of Creation.” The jaw-dropping photo, taken in 1995, revealed never-before-seen details of three giant columns of cold gas bathed[Read More…]
NASA’s Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way’s Black Hole
Astronomers have detected the largest X-ray flare ever from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This event was 400 times brighter than the usual X-ray output from the black hole. Credit: NASA/CXC/Northwestern Univ/D.Haggard et al. Image Credit: NASA/CXC/Stanford/I. Zhuravleva et[Read More…]
NASA Commercial Crew Partners Complete 23 Milestones in 2014, Look Ahead to 2015
Image Credit: NASA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2014. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and the agency’s industry partners completed 23 agreement and contract milestones in 2014 and participated in thousands of hours of technical review sessions. The sessions focused on creating a new generation of safe, reliable and cost-effective crew space transportation[Read More…]
NASA, Planetary Scientists Find Meteoritic Evidence of Mars Water Reservoir
This illustration depicts Martian water reservoirs. Recent research provides evidence for the existence of a third reservoir that is intermediate in isotopic composition between the Red Planet’s mantle and its current atmosphere. These results support the hypothesis that a buried cryosphere accounts for a large part of the initial water[Read More…]
