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7 Feb 2012
- 20:30 UTC NASA: GALEX News NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer in Standby Mode NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer was placed in standby mode today as engineers prepare to end mission operations, nearly nine years after the telescope's launch.
- 20:02 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin for Camera Checkup At least one object in photos NASA's Curiosity rover will transmit from Mars later this year will look familiar to all Americans: a Lincoln penny sent as a camera reference.
- 17:11 UTC Science and Technol... Hints of the Higgs - papers are submitted Back in December 2011, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN presented some exciting results that provided tantalising hints of the Higgs boson. Today, these results are being submitted for ...
- 07:51 UTC ESA Top News Astronauts seen and heard: satcoms for the Space Station Seeing ESA astronaut André Kuipers on the International Space Station is a regular occurrence these days. You turn on your TV or check Twitter and there he is. Since there ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Calls for New Commercial Crew Proposals As part of NASA's ongoing efforts to foster development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability to and from low Earth orbit and the International Space Station, NASA has ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Officials Participate in 2nd Annual White House Scie... NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other senior agency officials joined President Obama at the second annual White House Science Fair today.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Spinoff 2011 Unveils Benefits of NASA Technologies o... NASA's Spinoff 2011 publication, now available online, reveals how the space agency's ingenuity and partnerships have saved thousands of lives, generated billions of dollars, and created thousands of American jobs
6 Feb 2012
- 14:00 UTC ESA Space Science ESA's Mars Express radar gives strong evidence for former... ESA's Mars Express has returned strong evidence for an ocean once covering part of Mars. Using radar, it has detected sediments reminiscent of an ocean floor within the boundaries of ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News Astronaut Don Pettit Shares Passion for Science from Spac... NASA and the American Physical Society (APS) have begun a partnership to share videos from the International Space Station with students, educators and science fans around the world.
- 04:25 UTC ESA Top News Augmented reality promises astronauts instant medical kno... A new augmented reality unit developed by ESA can provide just-in-time medical expertise to astronauts. All they need to do is put on a head-mounted display for 3D guidance in ...
3 Feb 2012
- 16:48 UTC Science and Technol... STFC go to Astrofest On the 10 - 11 February STFC are attending the two-day, three floored, BIGGEST astronomy event in the UK:European Astrofest 2012.
- 16:23 UTC Science and Technol... Science Board sub-group to consider astronomy facilities ... STFC's Science Board has set up a sub-group to consider proposals for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), UK Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) and Isaac Newton Group (ING) of Telescopes
- 14:59 UTC NASA's MESSENGER Mi... Software Enables Efficient Planning of MESSENGER Observat... SciBox, a scientific planning software package, has proven critical to the success of the MESSENGER mission to Mercury. With completion of the design of all primary-mission observations -- including more ...
- 14:12 UTC ESA Human Spaceflig... European training for Russian cosmonauts In the spirit of the international nature of the International Space Station, ESA’s Astronaut Training Division not only welcomes European astronauts: four Russian cosmonauts are also working hard at the ...
- 13:00 UTC ESA Space Science Mars Express reveals wind-blown deposits on Mars New images from ESA’s Mars Express show the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Once thought to be a sea of water, the region is now known to be a volcanic ...
- 10:23 UTC ESA Human Spaceflig... Mission X: are you fit for space? “We are fun, we are strong and we are enthusiastic, we are going to win Mission X!” claimed one school at the Mission X launch. They will have their work ...
- 09:07 UTC Max Planck Institut... The Art of Recycling Pulsars
- 09:00 UTC ESA Top News Watch ‘Shanghai waters’ on the Earth from Space programme Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. ...
- 09:00 UTC Hubble Space Telesc... Photo Release: Classic Portrait of a Barred Spiral Galaxy Hubble image of NGC 1073The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, which is found in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea ...
- 06:28 UTC ESA Top News Vega set for its inaugural flight PR 2 2012 - On 13 February, the European Space Agency will perform the first qualification flight of its brand new Vega launch vehicle.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Receives Second Highest Number Of Astronaut Applicat... More than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 15, 2011 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun On Jan. 27, 2012 a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb.
- 00:00 UTC International Centr... Australian federal science minister drops in to ICRAR This morning Senator Chris Evans, Australia's Minister for science, visited The University of Western Australia node of ICRAR along with UWA's new Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Johnson.
2 Feb 2012
- 22:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA's Juno Spacecraft Refines its Path to Jupiter NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the mission's first trajectory correction maneuver.
- 20:27 UTC Science@NASA Mission to Land on a Comet Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet– and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko and land a probe on it for ...
- 18:59 UTC Keck Observatory Super-Earth Detected in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star SANTA CRUZ, CA—An international team of scientists has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. With an orbital period of about 28 days and a minimum mass 4.5 ...
- 18:00 UTC HubbleSite NewsCent... Hubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy Get larger image formats A team of astronomers aimed Hubble at one of the most striking examples of gravitational lensing, a nearly 90-degree arc of light in the galaxy cluster ...
- 11:55 UTC Royal Astronomical ... Do black holes help stars form? The centre of just about every galaxy is thought to host a black hole, some with masses of thousands of millions of Suns and consequently strong gravitational pulls that disrupt ...
- 11:00 UTC ESA Top News Watch online: ‘Shanghai waters’ on the Earth from Space p... Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. ...
- 10:07 UTC ESA Top News Eight more Galileo navsats agreed ESA today signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time.
- 05:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA Seeks Proposals for Small Satellite Demonstrations NASA is seeking proposals for flight demonstrations of small satellite technologies to increase the capabilities and range of uses for this category of spacecraft.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News Colbert Advocates NASA Space Station Research Stephen Colbert, host of the nightly 'The Colbert Report,' said in a new NASA public service announcement released today that he's always been a huge fan of space.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA to Host Media Telecon on Space Station Status NASA will host a media telecon at 2 p.m. CST today to discuss the status of the International Space Station and the progress toward an updated launch schedule, including international ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Administrator Leads Action Session of President's Co... NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will lead a discussion with business leaders and higher education professionals at a Listening and Action Session of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness from ...
- 00:00 UTC Surrey Satellite Te... SSTL-OHB System consortium to build a further eight Galil... European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani today announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites ...
1 Feb 2012
- 22:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Mission Returns First Video From Moon's Far Side A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon.
- 19:00 UTC Johns Hopkins Unive... Applied Physics Lab Named One of Baltimores Best Places t... For the third year in a row, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., has been named to Baltimore magazine's "Best Places to Work" list.
- 19:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... Remnant of an Explosion With a Powerful Kick? A supernova remnant located about 14,700 light years from Earth toward the center of the Milky Way
- 18:00 UTC Universe Awareness ... The Star Kicker
- 15:00 UTC ESA Top News Call for Media: briefing on new results from ESA Planck m... Media representatives are invited to a briefing on new observations of the Milky Way and other galaxies by ESA's Planck mission.
- 14:37 UTC Royal Astronomical ... GJI Author Workshop 2012 European Geosciences Union General Assembly (http://www.egu2012.eu/), which will be held at the ACV conference centre in Vienna, Austria. The workshop, which will be held on Friday 27th April 2012 ...
- 13:58 UTC Universe Awareness ... A Ghostly Face in Space
- 09:47 UTC Indiana University ... STAR TRAK As evening twilight fades during February, the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will highlight the sky as they come into view in the southwest. The best time to observe ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News East Coast Students to Speak Live With Space Station Comm... Students participating in a U.S. Coast Guard Academy mentoring program will speak with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank aboard the International Space Station at 11:15 EST on Thursday, Feb. 2.
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadma... NASA has received the National Research Council (NRC) report "NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities," which provides the agency with findings and recommendations on where best to invest in technologies ...
- 05:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Glenn To Host Tweetup Celebrating 50th Anniversary O... NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland will host a special event on March 2 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's first orbital flight by an American.
31 Jan 2012
- 22:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA Releases Sector 33 Air Traffic Control Educational G... NASA has released a new educational game with an air traffic control theme for Apple iPhone and iPad devices.
- 18:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... The Interstellar Material Beyond our Solar System It's an alien environment out there: the material in the galactic wind doesn't look like the same stuff our solar system is made of.
- 16:00 UTC ESA Top News Toulouse Space Show: call for papers ESA is a partner in the Toulouse Space Show being held 25–28 June. Experts from all over the world will gather for conferences on space applications, space and law, knowledge ...
- 15:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA Announces Awards for Space Frontier Business Plan Co... NASA is continuing its support for the Space Frontier Foundation’s annual Business Plan Competition by funding this year’s awards totaling $110,000.