Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
16 May 2012, 20:09 UTC
Neutrinos may be even stranger than they seem, if indeed they are the only fermions (particles of matter) that are their own antiparticles. Proof would be a rare form of radioactive decay called neutrinoless double-beta decay, which could only be seen if there’s virtually no background interference. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR now under construction at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in the Black Hills of South Dakota aims to prove these near-perfect conditions can be met.
MAJORANA, the Search for the Most Elusive Neutrino of All
16 May 2012, 20:09 UTC
Neutrinos may be even stranger than they seem, if indeed they are the only fermions (particles of matter) that are their own antiparticles. Proof would be a rare form of radioactive decay called neutrinoless double-beta decay, which could only be seen if there’s virtually no background interference. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR now under construction at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in the Black Hills of South Dakota aims to prove these near-perfect conditions can be met.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
16 May 2012, 19:05 UTC
NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, where the spacecraft will continue its exploration of the cosmos.
NASA Lends Galaxy Evolution Explorer to Caltech
16 May 2012, 19:05 UTC
NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer to the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, where the spacecraft will continue its exploration of the cosmos.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
15 May 2012, 22:00 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open House
15 May 2012, 22:00 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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The Daily Galaxy
17 May 2012, 00:30 UTC
The case for highly evoloved advanced technological civilizations billions of years older than Earth-based humans just grew stronger according to new research from the Niels Bohr Institute. All objects in the image are distant galaxies - not stars. Early galaxies...
Cosmic HyperEvolution --"Early Galaxies of Universe Harbored Potential for Planets & Life"
17 May 2012, 00:30 UTC
The case for highly evoloved advanced technological civilizations billions of years older than Earth-based humans just grew stronger according to new research from the Niels Bohr Institute. All objects in the image are distant galaxies - not stars. Early galaxies...
Universe Today
16 May 2012, 23:03 UTC
All right, it may look just like any other picture you’ve ever seen of the Big Dipper. Maybe even a little less impressive, in fact. But, unlike any other picture, this one was taken from 290 million km away by NASA’s Juno spacecraft en route to Jupiter, part of a test of its Junocam instrument! [...] Junocam image of the stars that make up the "Big Dipper" (aka the Plough) asterism. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SWRI/MSSS)All right, it may look just like any other picture you’ve ever seen of the Big Dipper. Maybe even a little less impressive, in fact. But, unlike any other picture, this one was taken from 290 million km away by NASA’s Juno spacecraft en route to Jupiter, part of a test of its Junocam instrument! Now that’s something new concerning a very old lineup of stars!(...)Read the rest of The Big Dipper Like You’ve Never Seen It Before! (393 words)© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: asterism, Big Dipper, juno, Junocam, Jupiter, Malin, MSSS, NASA, plough, sky, Solar System, stars Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
The Big Dipper Like You’ve Never Seen It Before!
16 May 2012, 23:03 UTC
All right, it may look just like any other picture you’ve ever seen of the Big Dipper. Maybe even a little less impressive, in fact. But, unlike any other picture, this one was taken from 290 million km away by NASA’s Juno spacecraft en route to Jupiter, part of a test of its Junocam instrument! [...] Junocam image of the stars that make up the "Big Dipper" (aka the Plough) asterism. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SWRI/MSSS)All right, it may look just like any other picture you’ve ever seen of the Big Dipper. Maybe even a little less impressive, in fact. But, unlike any other picture, this one was taken from 290 million km away by NASA’s Juno spacecraft en route to Jupiter, part of a test of its Junocam instrument! Now that’s something new concerning a very old lineup of stars!(...)Read the rest of The Big Dipper Like You’ve Never Seen It Before! (393 words)© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: asterism, Big Dipper, juno, Junocam, Jupiter, Malin, MSSS, NASA, plough, sky, Solar System, stars Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
Universe Today
16 May 2012, 21:38 UTC
There are now 4,700 asteroids out there — plus or minus 1,500 – that are considered Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). This is the latest and best assessment yet of our solar system’s population of Near Earth Objects that have the potential to make close Earth approaches. The new results come from data obtained from the [...] New results from NASA's NEOWISE survey find that more potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are closely aligned with the plane of our solar system than previous models suggested. Image credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechThere are now 4,700 asteroids out there — plus or minus 1,500 – that are considered Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). This is the latest and best assessment yet of our solar system’s population of Near Earth Objects that have the potential to make close Earth approaches. The new results come from data obtained from the asteroid-hunting portion of the now-hibernating WISE mission, called NEOWISE.And no, these asteroids don’t really want to harm you, but they might. “Potentially Hazardous” does not mean an asteroid will impact the Earth; it only means there is a possibility for such a threat. But only by monitoring these PHAs and updating their orbits with new observations can astronomers better ...
4,700 Asteroids Want to Kill You
16 May 2012, 21:38 UTC
There are now 4,700 asteroids out there — plus or minus 1,500 – that are considered Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). This is the latest and best assessment yet of our solar system’s population of Near Earth Objects that have the potential to make close Earth approaches. The new results come from data obtained from the [...] New results from NASA's NEOWISE survey find that more potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are closely aligned with the plane of our solar system than previous models suggested. Image credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechThere are now 4,700 asteroids out there — plus or minus 1,500 – that are considered Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). This is the latest and best assessment yet of our solar system’s population of Near Earth Objects that have the potential to make close Earth approaches. The new results come from data obtained from the asteroid-hunting portion of the now-hibernating WISE mission, called NEOWISE.And no, these asteroids don’t really want to harm you, but they might. “Potentially Hazardous” does not mean an asteroid will impact the Earth; it only means there is a possibility for such a threat. But only by monitoring these PHAs and updating their orbits with new observations can astronomers better ...
Lunar Networks
16 May 2012, 20:38 UTC
Western slope of Fabbroni crater cavity; field of view width 1200 meters (view the original 1200 px LROC Featured Image released May 16, 2012 HERE), downslope is to the east. Unreleased LROC Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) observation M188050156R, orbit 12776, April 2, 2012; 1 meter resolution [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Hiroyuki Sato LROC News System Young fresh lunar craters always present sharp and spectacular features. Today's Featured Image highlights the western slope of the Fabbroni crater located at the north edge of Mare Tranquillitatis, near the Apollo 17 landing site. Slope failures have created many narrow channels of granular material flowing down toward the center of the crater. The reflectance of a material changes depending on various factors, such as the composition, grain size, and maturity. The crater cavity slope is composed of multiple layers and their debris. The mixtures of these materials exhibit various reflectances, which bring the flow features into sharp contrast. Fabbroni crater and immediate vicinity, near the confluence of Mare Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis. Image cropped from LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) monochrome (604nm) mosaic swept up during three sequential orbital passes December 2, 2011; resolution 51 meters from 36.2 kilometers, centered on 18.65°N, 29.27°E, southwest of the ...
LROC: Meandering
16 May 2012, 20:38 UTC
Western slope of Fabbroni crater cavity; field of view width 1200 meters (view the original 1200 px LROC Featured Image released May 16, 2012 HERE), downslope is to the east. Unreleased LROC Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) observation M188050156R, orbit 12776, April 2, 2012; 1 meter resolution [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Hiroyuki Sato LROC News System Young fresh lunar craters always present sharp and spectacular features. Today's Featured Image highlights the western slope of the Fabbroni crater located at the north edge of Mare Tranquillitatis, near the Apollo 17 landing site. Slope failures have created many narrow channels of granular material flowing down toward the center of the crater. The reflectance of a material changes depending on various factors, such as the composition, grain size, and maturity. The crater cavity slope is composed of multiple layers and their debris. The mixtures of these materials exhibit various reflectances, which bring the flow features into sharp contrast. Fabbroni crater and immediate vicinity, near the confluence of Mare Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis. Image cropped from LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) monochrome (604nm) mosaic swept up during three sequential orbital passes December 2, 2011; resolution 51 meters from 36.2 kilometers, centered on 18.65°N, 29.27°E, southwest of the ...
Astro Bob
16 May 2012, 19:57 UTC
As the solar eclipse approaches, we watch with anticipation as the moon slims to a thin crescent in the morning sky. Each day it slips a fist eastward toward the sun as if drawn by a tractor beam toward Sunday … Continue reading → The sky facing east tomorrow morning about an hour before sunrise. The moon will appear as a beautiful crescent. Created with Stellarium As the solar eclipse approaches, we watch with anticipation as the moon slims to a thin crescent in the morning sky. Each day it slips a fist eastward toward the sun as if drawn by a tractor beam toward Sunday evening’s eclipse. Tomorrow the moon will be appear in the rosy glow of dawn in the east below the familiar Great Square of Pegasus, a baseball-diamond shaped constellation prominent during fall evenings. Watch for it if you’re up with the birds. The May 5 full moon occurred when the moon was closest to the Earth or perigee; new moon happens 2 weeks later at apogee, when the moon is farthest away. Illustration: Bob King A reader asked about why the moon is now so far from Earth (at apogee) when we just had a ...
Morning crescent moon anticipates weekend solar eclipse
16 May 2012, 19:57 UTC
As the solar eclipse approaches, we watch with anticipation as the moon slims to a thin crescent in the morning sky. Each day it slips a fist eastward toward the sun as if drawn by a tractor beam toward Sunday … Continue reading → The sky facing east tomorrow morning about an hour before sunrise. The moon will appear as a beautiful crescent. Created with Stellarium As the solar eclipse approaches, we watch with anticipation as the moon slims to a thin crescent in the morning sky. Each day it slips a fist eastward toward the sun as if drawn by a tractor beam toward Sunday evening’s eclipse. Tomorrow the moon will be appear in the rosy glow of dawn in the east below the familiar Great Square of Pegasus, a baseball-diamond shaped constellation prominent during fall evenings. Watch for it if you’re up with the birds. The May 5 full moon occurred when the moon was closest to the Earth or perigee; new moon happens 2 weeks later at apogee, when the moon is farthest away. Illustration: Bob King A reader asked about why the moon is now so far from Earth (at apogee) when we just had a ...
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