Thursday, July 11, 2013

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


IBEX spacecraft images the heliotail, revealing an unexpected structure

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 11:19 AM PDT

NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft recently provided the first complete pictures of the solar system's downwind region, revealing a unique and unexpected structure.

Astronomers witness birth of Milky Way's most massive star

Posted: 10 Jul 2013 03:22 AM PDT

Scientists have observed in unprecedented detail the birth of a massive star within a dark cloud core about 10,000 light years from Earth.

Radar movies highlight asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT

Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have released a second, longer, more refined movie clip of asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon. The 55 individual images used in the movie were generated from data collected at Goldstone on June 1, 2013.

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