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Novel vision of the death of massive stars
Leioa, Spain (SPX) Jan 11, 2015 -
An international consortium, in which the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Ikerbasque and CSIC are participating, has published in a single article a compendium of data obtained after the simultaneous research of three supernovas and of their corresponding Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB). The research enabled contrasting statistically that the supernovas associated with GRB emit greater quanti ...
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Map of Mysterious Molecules Sheds New Light on Century-old Puzzle
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 11, 2015 -
By analyzing the light of hundreds of thousands of celestial objects, astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have created a unique map of enigmatic molecules in our galaxy that are responsible for puzzling features in the light from stars.
The map (http://is.gd/dibmap) was unveiled at the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle. "Seeing where these myste ...
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield is Taking Shape
Fairfax VA (SPX) Jan 11, 2015 -
ManTech International has announced that its NeXolve subsidiary has completed manufacturing and shape testing of the first layer of the James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield system. NeXolve is subcontractor to Northrop Grumman in manufacturing the one-of-a-kind sunshield membranes.
The Webb Telescope is NASA's largest science mission and will be the most powerful space telescope ever buil ...
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Machines Teach Astronomers About Stars
Paksadena CA (JPL) Jan 11, 2015 -
Astronomers are enlisting the help of machines to sort through thousands of stars in our galaxy and learn their sizes, compositions and other basic traits. The research is part of the growing field of machine learning, in which computers learn from large data sets, finding patterns that humans might not otherwise see.
Machine learning is in everything from media-streaming services that pre ...
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See comet Lovejoy with the naked eye this weekend
Sydney (UPI) Jan 9, 2015 -
Comet Lovejoy - or more officially, C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy - is named for the Australian amateur astronomer who spotted the glowing green ball just last year. Terry Lovejoy spied the comet through his eight-inch telescope in his backyard.
A year later, and comet Lovejoy is back. And astronomers say the flying chunk of cosmic ice will be visible with the naked eye this weekend - as long as ...
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Mars is warmer than some parts of the U.S. and Canada
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2015 -
On Thursday, the daily high temperature at Gale Crater - a depression in the northwestern portion of Mars' Aeolis quadrangle - climbed to negative 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 degrees Fahrenheit). It was like a sauna for the Mars rover Curiosity, which is used to temperatures that often dip below minus 100 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, in much of the northern United States and Canada, the me ...
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SpaceX launches cargo to ISS, rocket ocean landing fails
Miami (AFP) Jan 10, 2015 -
A first-ever attempt to recycle a rocket by guiding the Falcon 9's first stage down to a precision landing on an ocean platform failed on Saturday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said.
"Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship but landed hard," he wrote on Twitter. "Close but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho."
SpaceX had given the test landing a 50-50 chance of success.
The laun ...
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