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Radio astronomy cranks up in WA's Mid West

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A precursor to the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy project in Western Australia’s Mid West region is being readied to commence full operations next month. The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is part of the growing Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in a remote part of the state’s Mid West where radio frequency interference is virtually non-existent. Construction of the $51 million MWA was completed in December and it is now days away from being ready to start producing vast amounts of data. Continue reading →

Hubble stays relevant on astronomy's high frontier

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Despite steady advances in ground-based astronomy, the Hubble Space Telescope, with its famously flawed mirror, its equally famed redemption and more than two decades as an icon of world-class science, is more productive today than at any point in its history, scientists say. Continue reading →

Can NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Mission Be Saved?

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There’s a chance that NASA’s Kepler space telescope can recover from the malfunction that has halted its wildly successful search for alien planets, mission team members say. The second of Kepler’s four reaction wheels devices that allow the observatory to maintain its position in space has failed, depriving Kepler of the ability to lock precisely onto its 150,000-plus target stars, NASA oficials announced Wednesday (May 15). But mission engineers are not conceding that Kepler’s planet-hunting days have come to an end, vowing to try their best to recover the failed reaction wheels over the coming weeks. Continue reading →

NASA’s Heliophysics Fleet Captures May 1, 2013 Prominence Eruption and CME /1080p HD – Video

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NASA's Heliophysics Fleet Captures May 1, 2013 Prominence Eruption and CME /1080p HD On May 1, 2013, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) watched as an active region just around the left edge of the sun erupted with a huge cloud of solar m… By: ThunderAerospace Continue reading →

NASA’s Heliophysics Fleet Captures Prominence Eruption and CME [HD] – Video

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NASA's Heliophysics Fleet Captures Prominence Eruption and CME [HD] On May 1, 2013, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) watched as an active region just around the left edge of the sun erupted with a huge cloud of solar m… By: TheMarsUnderground Continue reading →

UC astronomy camp participant invited to NASA space camp

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A Burnside High School student has just been accepted as one of two New Zealand year 13 students to attend a week-long NASA International Space Camp this year. Tom Marsh, who recently took part in the Aurora Astronomy School run by the University of Canterbury (UC), will attend the camp in Hunstville, Alabama, in July. He will be experiencing what it is like to train for a mission to space, zero gravity and other space travel related activities Continue reading →

UMaine breaks ground for astronomy center

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ORONO, Maine (AP) Construction is expected to start soon following a groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Maines new astronomy center. Officials broke ground for the Emera Astronomy Center on Monday. The $5.2 million center was made possible with a $1 million naming gift from Emera Inc., the parent company of Bangor Hydro and Maine Public Service, and an anonymous $3 million gift. Continue reading →

The Last Three Years of Solar Activity | Solar Dynamics Observatory | NASA SDO Full HD – Video

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The Last Three Years of Solar Activity | Solar Dynamics Observatory | NASA SDO Full HD Visit my website at http://www.junglejoel.com – for the last three years, NASA's SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) has had almost complete coverage of the Sun… By: CoconutScienceLab Continue reading →

Astronomy Cast Ep. 294: Arecibo Observatory – Video

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 294: Arecibo Observatory The mighty Arecibo Radio Observatory is one of the most powerful radio telescopes ever built – it's certainly the larger single aperture radio telescope on E… By: astrospherevids Continue reading →

Nasa Captures 'Space Horse' To Mark Hubble's 23rd Birthday

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1a Supernova Remnant This undated photo shows a classic type 1a supernova remnant. Researchers Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess of the United States and US-Australian Brian Schmidt won the 2011 Nobel Physics Prize on October 4, 2011 for their research on supernovae Continue reading →

Engaging the US astronomy community — NSF awards partnership-planning grant to TMT

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Public release date: 18-Mar-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Gordon K. Squires squires@tmt.org 626-216-4257 California Institute of Technology Today the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a cooperative agreement to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Observatory Corporation to explore a potential partnership between the organizations. The award is a milestone for the TMT project, initiating a broad dialog between TMT, the NSF and the United States’ astronomical community. Continue reading →

Active Region Release Two CMEs – Captured by NASA’s SDO on the Night of Feb. 5, 2013 – Video

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Active Region Release Two CMEs – Captured by NASA's SDO on the Night of Feb. 5, 2013 Active Region Release Two CMEs – Captured by NASA's SDO on the Night of Feb. 5, 2013Solar material can be seen blowing off the sun in this video captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on the night of Feb Continue reading →