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Every single image I've seen that was released by the awesome team behind the Very Large Telescope (VLT) has been amazing, and their latest one isn't any different. In fact, it's the most complex, detailed and precise photo taken of the Carina Nebula in infrared wavelengths.
The European Southern Obs... |
9 February 2012
10:48 GMT |
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A new infrared image taken with one of the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) most advanced telescope recently revealed the Helix Nebula in a new light. The photo is indeed unlike anything we've seen before, and the ESO astronomy group is extremely happy with the way it turned out.
There's no doubt... |
19 January 2012
09:54 GMT |
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Before the Sun had planets and space rocks surrounding it on all sides, it formed inside a stellar cocoon that existed in a very chaotic stellar nursery. A similar scene was recently imaged with the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, and the image shows an area that may soon spawn a Sun-like star.
The observations were ... |
11 January 2012
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Launched on October 28, the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite carries the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. NASA now releases the first global image of our planet produced with this amazing instrument.
VIIRS is able to compile a global map of how Earth looks like every 24 hours. ... |
16 December 2011
09:43 GMT |
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Observing the Milky Way from the outside may take a long time to become possible, astronomers say, so this is why they are conducting studies on galaxies that they say may give a clue as to our own's outwardly appearance. The latest such object to be imaged was the Pinwheel Galaxy.
In order to see the object in... |
24 November 2011
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Researchers at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) announce the development of a new method of triggering the release of encapsulated drugs right inside the human body. The method could reduce side-effects associated with techniques currently in use.
UCSD experts say that this applies only to drugs tha... |
23 November 2011
09:37 GMT |
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NASA officials announce that the main infrared instrument on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite has recently been brought online, and that it has already conducted its first measurements.
NPP is one of the most advanced Earth-observing... |
23 November 2011
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The American space agency has selected two of its California-based research centers to conduct a new series of investigations into two potentially game-changing technologies related to space exploration.
The work could lead to the development of new methods for detecting and analyzing extrasolar planets, as well as ... |
18 November 2011
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A re-opened teardown analysis reveals one of the reasons why Apple won’t have Siri on devices that are older than the iPhone 4S. As it turns out, the phone has a special little piece of hardware that the assistant requires to know when you’re addressing it.Matt over at iFixit explains that during their or... |
10 November 2011
09:53 GMT |
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When the next NASA Landsat satellites will launch to space, it will also carry the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument, one of the most important components of its scientific suite. The sensor has now just finished its first round on thermal testing.
The assessment ended on Tuesday, October 4, inside a specia... |
1 November 2011
20:01 GMT |
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A large stellar nursery known as the Pacman Nebula is revealing new aspects of itself to astronomers in this infrared image captured by the NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The teeth-like structures visible in Pacman's mouth are not visible in visible-light wavelengths.
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27 October 2011
03:10 GMT |
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When viewed in visible-light wavelengths, the North American Nebula looks somewhat like that famous continent. However, in this new image from the Spitzer Space Telescope, the shape disappears due to the fact that the observations were made in infrared wavelengths. The shape resembling North America is caused by mass... |
19 October 2011
03:57 GMT |
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In this recently-published composite image, the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope reveals the amazing beauty of the Messier 78 star forming region in the constellation of Orion. The object looks as if depicting two blazing eyes, set on a distant target.
Data included in this image were snapped in infrared wavelengths,... |
12 October 2011
03:39 GMT |
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The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has been surveying the galactic core in infrared wavelengths for a rather long time. Recently, astronomers were able to put all those data into a comprehensive mosaic view of the central Milky Way. Experts in charge of this survey say that this represents the most complex investigation... |
8 October 2011
02:49 GMT |
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An international collaboration of experts, featuring scientists from the American space agency, recently managed to shed new light on the intricate phenomena taking place in the atmosphere high above the surface of Venus. Researchers were apparently wrong to think of the planet as being really boring.
Thus far, p... |
28 September 2011
04:36 GMT |
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Scientists managing the construction efforts for the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) announce that another important milestone has just been achieved. All the massive mirrors that will go aboard the observatory have now been covered with a special coating.
The process took place at the Moorestown, New Jers... |
14 September 2011
04:47 GMT |
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In a remarkable advancement, investigators in the United States were able to produce a new type of coating material based on semiconductor nanocrystals. According to the team, this innovation could be used to control heat coming from the Sun, while allowing surfaces to remain transparent.
What this implies is tha... |
7 September 2011
07:48 GMT |
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Experts in the United Kingdom announce the successful completion of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI). The device, which will go on the James Webb Space Telescope, is the first of the observatory's complex suite to be finished.It also represents the key European contribution to the NASA-led project. At this poi... |
18 August 2011
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Officials at Lockheed Martin announce the the first of its Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite series has beamed down its first infrared images. The spacecraft, called GEO-1, was launched on May 7.At this point, the orbital instrument is being put through its paces in a series of early orbita... |
8 July 2011
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Experts with the American space agency announce that the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has just produced a new set if images depicting a double nebula located relatively close to Earth. The murky area of stellar formation is thus brought back into the spotlight.From afar, the cosmic structure looks like a pair of weir... |
30 June 2011
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The University of California in Berkeley (UCB) Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) has recently posted a new image of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula on its website. The photograph was taken with the NASA Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite. The spacecraft, which launched on December 14, 2009, has been ... |
13 June 2011
03:47 GMT |
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The collaboration of experts handling the scientific return of the NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission released a mix containing images of 9 galaxies today. The release heralds the publishing of the full WISE galactic catalog. During its stay in Earth's orbit, the spacecraft conducted one and... |
26 May 2011
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Researchers monitoring the Earth's atmosphere propose that it may be possible to determine where and approximately when a massive earthquake will strike. They explain that, before the March 11 tremor that devastated Japan, the air above the epicenter exhibited some peculiar changes.The team explains that that sp... |
18 May 2011
10:21 GMT |
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A group of experts from NASA has released data collected by the WISE telescope to the international astronomical community. Members of the team say that this will undoubtedly result in numerous discoveries, considering that that observatory was able to image hundreds of millions of objects. The Wide-field Infrared Su... |
15 April 2011
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A group of investigators in the United States believes it may have discovered a new approach towards creating more advanced cochlear implants for the deaf and artificial eyes for restoring sight.Their discovery may also be used to develop new treatments for movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, as we... |
28 March 2011
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Officials at the American space agency announce that their Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has taken its last image on February 1, 2011. From now on, the telescope will be retired, after spending just 13 months in space. The instrument served a dual purpose for NASA. It carried out a complete survey of the... |
12 February 2011
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A team of astronomers using a NASA telescope was recently able to see a very interesting bow shock in space, produced by a runaway star that was most likely ejected from a binary system. The celestial fireball is traveling at great speeds through cosmic dust, creating the astounding effect. According to the latest me... |
25 January 2011
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Astronomers operating the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope announce the discovery of a suspected dwarf galaxy in orbit around the Milky Way. The object cannot be readily made out in visible wavelengths, due to the fact that its light is obscured by our galaxy's.In fact, it is estimated that the Milky Way is responsi... |
20 January 2011
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Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announce that they managed to snap one of the most interesting images of the Lagoon Nebula to date, as part of a larger survey that seeks to monitor our galaxy for the next five years. For the work, the researchers are using the Paranal Observatory's VISTA (... |
5 January 2011
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The ZigBee Alliance has just announced, at CES 2011, that it is currently developing a new standard which will create more flexible and efficient 3D connections between 3D HDTVs and 3D glasses, called ZigBee 3D Sync.
Unlike contemporary consumer-space 3D active glasses that rely on 30 year-old infrared technology ... |
5 January 2011
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A team of astronomers analyzing our neighboring irregular galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), were recently able to determine that a structure located within its farthest reaches contains a heat source that is several thousand times more luminous than our Sun.The star at the core of our solar system is not a sm... |
30 December 2010
09:59 GMT |
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Just two weeks after celebrating its one-year anniversary in orbit, a NASA telescope has just beamed back some amazing images of massive cosmic dust and hydrogen gas clouds called nebulae. A little bit of processing done by experts at the space agency really brings out the details in these structures. Nebulae are the... |
27 December 2010
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Astronomers in the United States focused a recent investigation on a very peculiar space body, that is not at all remarkable in the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, but which shines incredibly bright in the mid-infrared spectrum. This unusual star is located in the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), and i... |
20 December 2010
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In a new image meant to reveal the huge number of flavors galaxies come in throughout the Universe, scientists used data collected by the WISE telescope, which celebrated it's one year anniversary a couple of days ago.The NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft was launched on December 14, 2009, from... |
17 December 2010
03:18 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the United States announces the development of a new method for boosting the near-infrared fluorescence level of single-walled carbon nanotube, that only involves adding a little bit of ozone to the mix. Just tiny batches of the compound allow for entire groups of carbon nanotubes to be ... |
3 December 2010
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Iowa State University along with Ames Laboratory researchers, have successfully developed a process that produces a thin and uniform light-absorbing layer on textured surfaces, thus improving the performances of polymer solar cells in light absorption.Sumit Chaudhary, an Iowa State assistant professor of electrical a... |
3 December 2010
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Astronomers operating the Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture an impressive new image of a star that is currently dying in the constellation Cygnus. Experts estimate that it will turn into a planetary nebula once it draws its final breath.According to the new photographs, it would appear that the star, called I... |
24 November 2010
09:31 GMT |
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Scientists operating the Spitzer Space Telescope announce that they recently managed to capture an impressive new view of an area of intense stellar formation in the system II Zw 096, which is made up of two colliding galaxies. This type of mergers is known for producing spectacular vistas. As two galaxies cannibaliz... |
24 November 2010
06:32 GMT |
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Scientists at the American space agency are thrilled to announce that one of their telescopes managed to discover signs of the existence of an ultra-cold star, called a brown dwarf. These objects cannot be readily classified as either stars or enormous gas giants. NASA used the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WI... |
10 November 2010
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Experts at NASA carried out a series of tests and verifications aboard the SOFIA aircraft last month, in preparation of early astronomical science flights, which mission controllers plan to start soon. During the tests, the heavily-modified 747SP was taken out of its hangar, and its telescope made to look at the star... |
9 November 2010
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Using the NASA WISE telescope, a team of experts was able to obtain new and amazing views of the relatively near-by Sculptor Galaxy, which is also known under the astronomical designation NGC 253.This composite view of the galaxy shows it in different types of hues, each of which is obtained by one of the four infrar... |
14 October 2010
03:17 GMT |
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A team of investigators in Spain is currently developing a technology that could keep a virtual eye on pollution levels being generated by traffic jams. Whenever large numbers of vehicles amass in a traffic jam, a large portion of all drivers do not turn off their engines. This leads to the accumulation of toxic fume... |
7 September 2010
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A team of experts from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announces that the WISE telescope has recently snapped a new, impressively-detailed photo of the Rosette nebula.The beautiful cosmic structure is a stellar nursery located in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn), some 4,500... |
26 August 2010
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In a development that could see devices such as quantum computers and quantum cryptography circuits becoming more capable and efficient than eve, researchers developed a new type of optical antenna, that can easily make devices handling small amounts of photons better. The achievement was reached in Barcelona, Spain,... |
24 August 2010
05:29 GMT |
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The second segment of flight tests scheduled for the airborne SOFIA telescope have just concluded successfully, officials at the American space agency announce. NASA officials say that the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, which the agency developed with colleagues at the German Aerospace Center (DLR)... |
12 August 2010
10:19 GMT |
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Even the most inexpensive green lasers may be more harmful to the eyes and one's health than initially calculated, say experts who looked at how much infrared light the devices emit. Generally, a ball point pen-sized green laser device can be bought from anywhere in the United States for about $15. Manufacturers... |
12 August 2010
08:56 GMT |
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NASA announces the its WISE mission is currently getting warmer. The Wide-Field Infrared Explorer is being cooled to chilling temperatures via liquid hydrogen, but supplies are now running out, and there is no way to resupply the spacecraft.In order for infrared observatories to be sensitive to even the most remote h... |
11 August 2010
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Throughout the Universe, astronomers at the American space agency observed a very peculiar occurrence. Certain stars, regardless of their distance from Earth, tended to emit an interesting glow in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. For several decades, NASA has been hypothesizing that the glows come... |
3 August 2010
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A few days ago, the most advanced airborne telescope in the world conducted its first in-flight measurements of the sky. After years of planning and development, and numerous delays caused by various technical challenges and glitches, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is now finally operati... |
1 June 2010
06:11 GMT |
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In spite of having been launched only a few months ago, the WISE Space Telescope is already proving its worth in the eye of astronomers. Its goal is to survey the entire Universe one and a half times over, but in the meantime, it's providing some spectacular vistas of nebulae, stars, near-Earth objects (NEO), as... |
24 May 2010
11:43 GMT |
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