Space News
See the cosmos with X-ray vision--Japan's new Hitomi space telescope
Phys.org - 25 Feb 2016 15:50
In June 1962, an Aerobee 150 sounding-rocket blasted above the Earth's atmosphere from the White Sands Missile Range in the United States of America. During its five-minute flight, the small research craft aimed to detec...
House bill would restructure NASA management to provide more stability
Space News - 25 Feb 2016 23:46
Members of Congress and former NASA officials advocated Feb. 25 for long-shot legislation that would restructure NASA's management, a move they argue would provide stability for the agency during the upcoming presidentia...
Mystery Solved! Source of Spectacular Flashes of Radio Waves From the Distant Universe
The Daily Galaxy - 25 Feb 2016 23:30
For the first time a team of scientists has tracked down the location of a fast radio burst (FRB) in an elliptical galaxy -- a huge football-shaped mass of stars., confirming that these short but spectacular flashes of r...
Opportunity Mars Rover Goes Six-Wheeling up a Ridge
PTTU - 25 Feb 2016 22:07
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NASA Administrator to Make X-Plane Announcement at Reagan National Media Event
PTTU - 25 Feb 2016 21:27
NASA Breaking News:
Object located around a black hole 5 billion light-years from Earth has been measured
e! Science News - 25 Feb 2016 20:36
A team of Spanish researchers, with the participation of the University of Granada (UGR), has accurately detected a structure in the innermost region of a quasar (small, very far objects that emit huge amounts of energy,...
NASA Demonstrates Airborne Water Quality Sensor
PTTU - 25 Feb 2016 20:27
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:
NASA's RapidScat Saw Strong Winds Ahead of Powerful Weather System
PTTU - 25 Feb 2016 20:02
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:
Test Marks Milestone for Deep-Space Gravitational Wave Observatory
Scientific American - 25 Feb 2016 19:30
The LISA Pathfinder spacecraft successfully fields technology for future one-billion-euro mission --
US space-endurance champ says he could do another year
Phys.org - 25 Feb 2016 18:59
After nearly a year in orbit, America's space-endurance champ, Scott Kelly, is just a few days away from returning to Earth--and he can't wait.
Search Narrows For Planet Nine
Universe Today - 25 Feb 2016 18:12
Last month, planetary scientists Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin of the California Institute of Technology found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer Solar System. Nicknamed...
A Planet Three Times the Age of Our Solar System --"Orbiting White Dwarf Star and a Pulsar" (Today's Most Popular)
The Daily Galaxy - 25 Feb 2016 18:08
In July 2003, Hubble helped make the astounding discovery of a planet called PSR B1620-26 b, 2.5 times the mass of Jupiter, which is located in globular cluster M4 (center of the cluster shown in the NASA/ESA Hubble Spac...
Bigelow Aerospace: Inflatable Modules for ISS
SPACE.com - 25 Feb 2016 17:30
Bigelow Aerospace's vision is to provide expandable modules for the International Space Station.
Solved! First distance to a 'fast radio burst'
e! Science News - 25 Feb 2016 17:07
For the first time a team of scientists has tracked down the location of a fast radio burst (FRB), confirming that these short but spectacular flashes of radio waves originate in the distant universe. The breakthrough, p...
The Demographics of Space Travel
Scientific American - 25 Feb 2016 17:00
This interactive data visualization shows the birth year of every human who has been to space --
Gravitational Wave Signals from Pulsars --"Soon Be Detectable by Radio Telescopes" (NASA/JPL)
The Daily Galaxy - 25 Feb 2016 16:57
The recent detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) came from two black holes, each about 30 times the mass of our sun, merging into one. Gravitational waves span...
LinkedIn's NASA Inspiration
Space News - 25 Feb 2016 16:51
Thursday's briefing begins with LinkedIn putting stars in the eyes of 3 million of the social network's 400 million users with a NASA-themed commercial debuting during the Academy Awards. SpaceNews.com
LIGO's twin black holes might have been born inside a single star
e! Science News - 25 Feb 2016 16:43
On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes 29 and 36 times the mass of the Sun. Such an event is expected to be d...
The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy: Pulsar Webs, Space Interferometers and Everything
Universe Today - 25 Feb 2016 16:25
It's the hot new field in modern astronomy. The recent announcement of the direct detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) ushers in a new era of observational as...
Astronomers Find Another Small Icy Body Out Past Pluto
Bad Astronomy - 25 Feb 2016 16:15
Astronomers have found an interesting new world orbiting the Sun -- no, it's not Planet Nine, but it's still cool. Called 2015 KH162, it's a small(ish) object orbiting the Sun far, far past Pluto. It's not clear how big...
Radio halo discovered in a massive merging galaxy cluster
Phys.org - 25 Feb 2016 16:10
(Phys.org)--Radio halos are enormous regions of diffuse radio emission, usually found at the centers of galaxy clusters. Recently, an international team of astronomers has discovered such a large area of diffuse emission...
Cluster's Earth #selfie
ESA - 25 Feb 2016 16:00
Operations image of the week: After 16 years, a recommissioned, low-resolution 'webcam' on a Cluster satellite has snapped a #selfie with Earth