Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
European astronomers have found at least 32 new planets, bringing the number of known planets outside our solar system to more than 400. Six of the new planets discovered by the European Southern Observatory are less than 20 times the mass of Earth. The discovery increased the number of known super-Earths by 30 per cent. At the extremes, two of the new planets are about five times the size of Earth, and one is up to five times larger than Jupiter. None of the new planets is in the habitable zone of a star. Astronomer Stéphane Udry of the University of Geneva announced the discovery at a conference Monday in Porto, Portugal. He said it supports the idea that planets are a common feature in the universe. “I’m pretty confident that there are Earth-like planets everywhere,” Udry said in a web-based news conference. “Nature doesn’t like a vacuum. If there is space to put a planet there, there will be a planet there.” The discoveries came from an instrument known as HARPS (High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher), a spectrograph for the ESO 3.6-metre telescope in La Silla, Chile. The instrument detects planets indirectly by looking for tiny wobbles in a star’s movements. HARPS has found more than 75 planets outside the solar system, or exoplanets, including 24 of the 28 known super-Earths. Most of the super-Earths were found in systems with multiple planets, up to five planets per system. As well, the survey found gas giant planets orbiting low-mass stars called M dwarfs …
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Ted Simons interviews a shining star in the universe of astrophysics, Neil degrasse Tyson. The author and host of PBS NOVA sciencenow talks about what sparked his interest in the cosmos. Ted also asks what Tyson has against Pluto, the celestial body that was discovered at Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. Ripped this video from AZPBS to make it more public. The video was by no means easy to access so it would only be appropriate to make it more accessible.
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Ted Simons interviews a shining star in the universe of astrophysics, Neil degrasse Tyson. The author and host of PBS NOVA sciencenow talks about what sparked his interest in the cosmos. Ted also asks what Tyson has against Pluto, the celestial body that was discovered at Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. Ripped this video from AZPBS to make it more public. The video was by no means easy to access so it would only be appropriate to make it more accessible.
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Ted Simons interviews a shining star in the universe of astrophysics, Neil degrasse Tyson. The author and host of PBS NOVA sciencenow talks about what sparked his interest in the cosmos. Ted also asks what Tyson has against Pluto, the celestial body that was discovered at Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. Ripped this video from AZPBS to make it more public. The video was by no means easy to access so it would only be appropriate to make it more accessible.
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Want more? Subscribe to NASA on itunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Island chain, and it is located on the northwestern end of Matua Island. For more info: earthobservatory.nasa.gov eol.jsc.nasa.gov earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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STS-125 Atlantis Launch – my movie – on 2009 may 11th last service mission to hubble space telescope
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The Hubble Space Telescope: a conduit to the cosmos from which we spring. On September 9, NASA released the first calibrated images from the Hubble Space Telescope after the Servicing Mission 4. This video shows the impressive improvements on the telescope’s optics.
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The Hubble Space Telescope Is Back – Better Than Ever! The Final Servicing Mission. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — “The Hubble Space Telescope – Rebirth of an Icon (Hubblecast 30)” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] “When Hubble Opened its New Eyes” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] [3 links removed after receiving threatening PM from TD] — The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that …
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The Hubble Space Telescope Is Back – Better Than Ever! The Final Servicing Mission. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — “The Hubble Space Telescope – Rebirth of an Icon (Hubblecast 30)” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] “When Hubble Opened its New Eyes” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] “Improved Hubble Space Telescope Shows Evidence of Dark Matter” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] — The Hubble …
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The Hubble Space Telescope: a conduit to the cosmos from which we spring. On September 9, NASA released the first calibrated images from the Hubble Space Telescope after the Servicing Mission 4. This video shows the impressive improvements on the telescope’s optics.
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