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Herschel Telescope Helps Scientists Detect Water Vapor on Dwarf Planet

Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres.

23 Jan 2014

Gemini Planet Imager Commences Collection of Light from Distant Worlds

After nearly a decade of development, construction and testing, the world's most advanced instrument for directly imaging and analyzing planets outside our solar system is now collecting light from distant worlds.

15 Jan 2014

Educators from 10 States Selected for SOFIA's Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors Program

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, will become a flying classroom for teachers during research flights in the next few months.

10 Jan 2014

3-D Tactile Representations of Hubble Images Explored by People with Visual Impairments

Three-dimensional printers are transforming the business, medical, and consumer landscape by creating a vast variety of objects, including airplane parts, football cleats, lamps, jewelry, and even artificial human bones.

9 Jan 2014

Gemini Planet Imager Commences Collection of Light from Distant Worlds

After nearly a decade of development, construction and testing, the world's most advanced instrument for directly imaging and analyzing planets around other stars is pointing skyward and collecting light from distant worlds.

8 Jan 2014

Countdown Begins for BBC Two’s Stargazing Live

The countdown to BBC Two’s Stargazing Live at Royal Holloway has begun this week.

8 Jan 2014

Hubble Provides Evidence of Clouds in Super-Earth Class Planet

Weather forecasters on exoplanet GJ 1214b would have an easy job. Today's forecast: cloudy. Tomorrow: overcast. Extended outlook: more clouds.

2 Jan 2014

ILOA, NAOC and CNSA Prepare for Chang'e-3 / ILOA Galaxy Observations

International Lunar Observatory Association is participating in the Chang'e-3 Moon lander mission. This great feat of engineering is the first Moon landing in almost 40 years, and could very well, with a rising tide of interest and imperative for lunar development, mark the beginning of permanent operations on the Moon.

23 Dec 2013

Final Mirrors for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Arrive at Goddard

The final three of 18 primary mirrors for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for integration prior to a scheduled launch in 2018.

19 Dec 2013

Hubble Space Telescope Reveals RS Puppis’ Spectacular Light Show

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed the variable star RS Puppis over a period of five weeks, showing the star growing brighter and dimmer as it pulsates. These pulsations have created a stunning example of a phenomenon known as a light echo, where light appears to reverberate through the murky environment around the star.

18 Dec 2013