Supernovae provide some spectacular images that anyone can appreciate, but they also provide valuable data to scientists. On the one hand, an image shot by NASA's NuSTAR space telescope and recently published makes for a great wallpaper on your phone. On the other, one of the most distant Type Ia supernovae eve... |
10 January 2013
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NASA's shiny new NuSTAR X-ray space telescope is not wasting any time. It's only been in orbit since June, but it's already churning out interesting results and data.
In fact, it didn't even need four months to do it, barely a month after it was put into orbit, the telescope captured a very rare... |
24 October 2012
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The NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) telescope successfully completed its 100th day in Earth's orbit today, September 21, after launching into space on June 13, 2012.
The spacecraft was delivered to orbit by a Pegasus-XL rocket, at 1600 GMT. The delivery system itself did not take off from a... |
21 September 2012
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Millions of previously-unknown dusty black holes and hot dust-obscured galaxies (DOG) were discovered by the NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite, its team announces.
The supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies were revealed in millions of images the telescope took between 2009 and 2011. D... |
30 August 2012
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Last week, the NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) telescope passed a critical post-launch review, allowing experts to move ahead with the spacecraft's science mission. The observatory reached its position in Earth's orbit on June 14.
The spacecraft was launched aboard a Pegasus XL deliver... |
31 July 2012
10:35 GMT |
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Using its unique ability to focus high-energy X-rays, the NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission has just begun snapping images of the high-energy Universe. The instrument is already starting to produce science data, just a couple of weeks after launch.
The OSC Pegasus XL rocket that carried th... |
29 June 2012
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Officials with the American space agency announce that their latest X-ray telescope was successfully deployed on its intended orbit yesterday, after taking off underneath the belly of a special airplane.
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission is the first observatory of its kind that can be focu... |
14 June 2012
03:47 GMT |
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All members of the international astrophysical community are understandably very excited about the upcoming launch of the world's first X-ray telescope that is able to focus on a specific target. The mission is scheduled to takeoff tomorrow, June 13th. The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) spacecr... |
12 June 2012
11:04 GMT |
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NASA officials announce that their new X-ray space telescope has been successfully delivered to the US Army's Reagan test site, on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The tiny island is located halfway between Hawaii and Australia.
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) will be launched to sp... |
8 June 2012
04:33 GMT |
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The Orbital Science Corporation (OSC) L-1011 Stargazer aircraft has just been outfitted with the Pegasus XL rocket that will deliver the NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) spacecraft to Earth's orbit.
The aircraft is located at the Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), in California, where it is c... |
5 June 2012
04:55 GMT |
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NASA officials have recently announced that the American space agency's latest mission to study high-energy phenomena in the Universe will launch no earlier than June 13. The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) will study neutron stars, black holes, the first galaxies and the Sun.
These are just som... |
1 June 2012
07:47 GMT |
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Engineers at the Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), in California, are currently working around the clock to install the NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) inside its nose cone fairing, the topmost segment of a carrier rocket.
The mission is scheduled to be launched to space aboard a Pegasus rocket ... |
23 May 2012
03:59 GMT |
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When NASA launches its Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission, this June, the international scientific community will gain access to the first space-based X-ray observatory that can be focused. Experts expect to get images at least 10 times clearer than possible with current spacecraft.
Managed by sc... |
9 May 2012
07:43 GMT |
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At a launch status meeting held on March 15, officials at NASA decided to postpone the launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission, a member of the Small Explorer class.
An issue was detected with the flight computer on the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket that is supposed to launch the s... |
17 March 2012
06:07 GMT |
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This image was taken at the Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), and shows technicians tucking the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) inside the nose cone fairing of the Pegasus XL delivery system that will take it to orbit.
Current plans call for the spacecraft to be launched from underneath the L-1011 St... |
3 March 2012
04:35 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that NASA's new X-ray space observatory, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), was shipped to the California-based Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) on Tuesday, ahead of its upcoming launch.
The vehicle was shipped out on Tuesday, January 24, and will rea... |
26 January 2012
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