Kennedy Space Center, FL-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M), the third and final in a next generation communications satellite, has successfully been placed into orbit following separation from an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. TDRS-M launched Friday at 8:03 a.m. EDT from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station[Read More…]
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Marian Catholic Students Will View Great American Eclipse With NASA at SIU
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic High School will send about 250 students to Carbondale Monday, August 21, to view the Great American Eclipse. The students will experience the solar eclipse at NASA’s viewing site at Southern Illinois University’s Saluki Stadium. Coordinated by Ms. Jennifer Clifford, Dean of Women and Marian Catholic[Read More…]
From Mars Rover: Panorama Above ‘Perseverance Valley’
Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view of Perseverance Valley before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner slope of a large crater’s rim. The scene includes a broad notch in the crest of the crater’s rim, which may have been[Read More…]
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot July 10
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)-July 10, 2017. Just days after celebrating its first anniversary in Jupiter orbit, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the gas giant’s iconic, 10,000-mile-wide (16,000-kilometer-wide) storm. This will be humanity’s first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature — a storm monitored since 1830[Read More…]
Hubble Pushed Beyond Limits to Spot Clumps of New Stars in Distant Galaxy
An illustration portrays what distant star-formation regions might look like up close. According to new research, the regions are clumpy and span about 200 to 300 light-years, contradicting earlier theories. Courtesy of: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 6, 2017. When it comes to the distant universe, even the[Read More…]
The ‘Face’ of Jupiter
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. JunoCam images aren’t just for art and science – sometimes they are processed to bring a chuckle. This image, processed by citizen scientist Jason Major, is titled “Jovey McJupiterface.” By rotating the image 180 degrees and orienting it from south up, two white oval storms turn[Read More…]
Hubble’s Tale of Two Exoplanets: Nature vs. Nurture
STScI-(ENEWSPF)- Is it a case of nature versus nurture when it comes to two “cousin” exoplanets? In a unique experiment, scientists used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to study two “hot Jupiter” exoplanets. Because these planets are virtually the same size and temperature, and orbit around nearly identical stars at the[Read More…]
NASA Names Solar Mission After University of Chicago Physicist (Videos)
Parker Solar Probe honors Prof. Eugene Parker for his solar wind discovery Illustration courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2017 By: Steve Koppes NASA has named the first mission to fly a spacecraft directly into the sun’s atmosphere in honor of Prof. Eugene Parker, a pioneering physicist[Read More…]
Two NASA Astronauts Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Two veteran NASA astronauts joined the ranks of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Friday. Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel to space and current director of the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Michael Foale, the only U.S. astronaut to serve on both the[Read More…]
Discovery In The Early Universe Poses Black Hole Growth Puzzle
Heidelberg, Germany-(ENEWSPF)- Quasars are luminous objects with supermassive black holes at their centers, visible over vast cosmic distances. Infalling matter increases the black hole mass and is also responsible for a quasar’s brightness. Now, using the W.M. Keck observatory in Hawaii, astronomers led by Christina Eilers have discovered extremely young[Read More…]
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