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Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer Data on Solar Tsunami Used to Estimate Sun's Magnetic Field

A solar tsunami observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun's magnetic field.

12 Jul 2013

CMS Proposes Reimbursement for VisionCare’s Ophthalmic Telescope Implant for AMD

VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., today announced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed to provide reimbursement for VisionCare’s Implantable Miniature Telescope (by Dr. Isaac Lipshitz), the first FDA-approved ophthalmic telescope implant indicated to improve vision in patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in 2014.

11 Jul 2013

Hubble Captures Swift Motion of Comet ISON Hurtling Toward the Sun

This July Fourth the solar system is showing off some fireworks of its own. Superficially resembling a skyrocket, comet ISON is hurtling toward the sun presently at a whopping 48,000 mph.

3 Jul 2013

Planetary Resources Completes Crowdfunding Campaign to Launch World’s First Public Space Telescope

Planetary Resources, Inc., the asteroid mining company, successfully completed its crowdfunding campaign yesterday to launch ARKYD – the world’s first public space telescope. Over the course of the 33-day campaign, the company generated support from more than 17,600 backers who pledged US$1,505,366 for the cause.

2 Jul 2013

Backplane Support Frame Added to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a fixture that will be used to connect all the pieces of the telescope together.

15 Jun 2013

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Shows Blooming Stars in Milky Way Galaxy

New views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show blooming stars in our Milky Way galaxy's more barren territories, far from its crowded core.

7 Jun 2013

Inexpensive Ground-Based Telescopes Aid Discovery of Hot Saturn-Like Planet

A four-university collaboration that includes Lehigh University astrophysicist Joshua Pepper has discovered a hot Saturn-like planet in another solar system 700 light years away.

5 Jun 2013

NASA's Swift Satellite Used to Create Detailed UV Light Surveys of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds

Astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University have used NASA's Swift satellite to create the most detailed ultraviolet light surveys ever of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the two closest major galaxies.

4 Jun 2013

Proxima Centauri's Trajectory Offers Hubble Interesting Opportunity to Hunt for Planets

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will have two opportunities in the next few years to hunt for Earth-sized planets around the red dwarf Proxima Centauri.

4 Jun 2013

Astronomers Directly Observe Least Massive Planet Outside the Solar System

A team of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope has imaged a faint object moving near a bright star. With an estimated mass of four to five times that of Jupiter, it would be the least massive planet to be directly observed outside the Solar System. The discovery is an important contribution to our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems.

3 Jun 2013