Astronomy
- Airborne Telescope
Airborne telescope will unlock secrets of the cosmos A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone December 18 when doors covering the plane's telescope were fully opened...
- Water Molecules On Lunar Surface
NASA scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. Water molecules are greater than predicted , but still relatively small. Hydroxyl, a molecule consisting of one oxygen atom and one hydrogen atom, also was found in the...
- Spitzer Space Telescope To Embark On New, Warmer Life
Scientists are bracing for the loss of two key instruments aboard NASA's infrared Spitzer Space Telescope, which will considerably diminish the observatory's ability to image infant stars but unlock more time for more thorough studies of mysterious...
- The Farthest Galaxy Ever Discovered.
A team of researchers from California Institute of Technology [Caltech] has discovered a 13.2-billion-years old [the universe itself is about 13.8 billion years old] galaxy which may be the most distant galaxy ever found. Earlier this year, EGS8p7...
- Ultraviolet Astronomy-definition And Some Facts
If you are curious to know about Ultraviolet astronomy, then go through the following article on ultraviolet astronomy. Astronomy is one of the oldest science. Astronomy is the name of a unique scientific study of celestial objects like stars, planets...
Astronomy
Something has struck Jupiter
Following up on a tip by an amateur astronomer that a new dark "scar" had suddenly appeared on Jupiter, on 20th July, 2009 between 3 and 9 a.m. PDT (6 a.m. and noon EDT) scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, gathered evidence indicating an impact.
New infrared images show the likely impact point was near the south polar region, with a visibly dark "scar" and bright upwelling particles in the upper atmosphere detected in near-infrared wavelengths, and a warming of the upper troposphere with possible extra emission from ammonia gas detected at mid-infrared wavelengths.
It could be due to the comet but the scientists are not sure .
- Airborne Telescope
Airborne telescope will unlock secrets of the cosmos A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone December 18 when doors covering the plane's telescope were fully opened...
- Water Molecules On Lunar Surface
NASA scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. Water molecules are greater than predicted , but still relatively small. Hydroxyl, a molecule consisting of one oxygen atom and one hydrogen atom, also was found in the...
- Spitzer Space Telescope To Embark On New, Warmer Life
Scientists are bracing for the loss of two key instruments aboard NASA's infrared Spitzer Space Telescope, which will considerably diminish the observatory's ability to image infant stars but unlock more time for more thorough studies of mysterious...
- The Farthest Galaxy Ever Discovered.
A team of researchers from California Institute of Technology [Caltech] has discovered a 13.2-billion-years old [the universe itself is about 13.8 billion years old] galaxy which may be the most distant galaxy ever found. Earlier this year, EGS8p7...
- Ultraviolet Astronomy-definition And Some Facts
If you are curious to know about Ultraviolet astronomy, then go through the following article on ultraviolet astronomy. Astronomy is one of the oldest science. Astronomy is the name of a unique scientific study of celestial objects like stars, planets...