NASA’s Flying Observatory Seeks to Find Out CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018 By: Nicholas A. Veronico To have a full picture of the lives of massive stars, researchers need to study them in all stages – from when they’re a mass of unformed gas and dust, to their often dynamic end-of-life explosions.[Read More…]
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Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star (Video)
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Felicia Chou and Alison Hawkes Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light-years from Earth. The planet was discovered in data from NASA’s Kepler[Read More…]
LIGO Announces Detection of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Neutron Stars
UChicago physicists calculate expansion rate of universe using breakthrough research CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: Louise Lerner About 130 million years ago, two incredibly heavy, dense neutron stars spiraled around each other. Their dance brought them closer to one another and made them spin faster, until they were circling more than[Read More…]
At Last, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to be Launched Spring 2019
Greenbelt, MD-(ENEWSPF)- At long last, NASA is planning to launch the James Webb Space Telescope between March and June 2019 from the northeastern tip of South America, French Guiana. First, there will be an assessment of the remaining integration and test activities, according to NASA. A launch window for the Webb (commonly[Read More…]
NASA Measures Hurricane Maria’s Torrential Rainfall, Sees Eye Re-open
Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 21, 2017. Hurricane Maria has caused catastrophic flooding in Puerto Rico and left a wake of heavy rainfall that NASA measured using a fleet of satellites in space. NASA satellite imagery also saw Maria’s eye close up as it tracked across Puerto Rico and re-open after its exit. Calculating[Read More…]
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2017. A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year tour of the ringed planet. “This is the final chapter of an amazing mission, but it’s[Read More…]
Watch Cassini Spacecraft’s Grand Finale Friday Morning, September 15
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2017. After two decades in space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is nearing the end of its remarkable journey of exploration. Having expended almost every bit of the rocket propellant it carried to Saturn, operators are deliberately plunging Cassini into the planet to ensure Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for[Read More…]
NASA Watching Harvey from Satellites and the International Space Station, August 29, 2017
MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. NASA has a lot of resources providing information on Tropical Storm Harvey as it continues to drop tremendous, flooding rainfall on Texas and Louisiana. Satellites like NASA’s Aqua satellite and platforms like aircraft and the International Space Station continue to provide various kinds of data on the[Read More…]
Stunning: ISS Silhouette Over Sun During Solar Eclipse
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- NASA released a stunning shot of the silhouette of the International Space Station over the sun during Monday’s Great American Eclipse of 2017.
Eclipse Day Totality Timeline From Coast To Coast: When will you see the total solar eclipse?
By Brian Lada, Meteorologist for AccuWeather AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports the biggest celestial event of 2017 will take place on Monday, Aug. 21, but you may miss the Great American Eclipse if you do not know precisely when to look. The moon’s shadow will travel from the West Coast to the[Read More…]
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