Contact: Henry A. (Chip) Kobulnicky chip@astro.wisc.edu 608-265-6768 University of Wisconsin-Madison NOTE TO PHOTO EDITORS: High-resolution images to accompany this story may be downloaded at: http://www.news.wisc.edu/newsphotos/aas.html ATLANTA – Peering deep into […]
A Cosmic Radiation Field Unveiled
University of California-Los Angeles Contact: Stuart Wolpert, stuartw@college.ucla.edu, (310) 206-0511 Harlan Lebo, hlebo@college.ucla.edu, (310) 206-0510 For Immediate Use: Jan. 12, 2000 AAS Paper #14.02 A COSMIC RADIATION FIELD UNVEILED Astronomers […]
Astronomy Team Identifies First Globular Cluster in Formation
University of California-Los Angeles Contact: Harlan Lebo, hlebo@college.ucla.edu, (310) 206-0510 Stuart Wolpert, stuartw@college.ucla.edu, (310) 206-0511 Embargoed for release until 9:20 EST, Jan. 12, 2000 ASTRONOMY TEAM IDENTIFIES FIRST GLOBULAR CLUSTER […]
Weldon Welcomes Florida Leaders to Space Coast for Summit on Space Issues
January 12, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Craig Stevens (202) 225-3671 www.house.gov/weldon Weldon Welcomes Florida Leaders to Space Coast for Summit on Space Issues Gov. Bush, Sens. Graham and Mack, […]
Little Giants Create A Big Cosmic Controversy
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts Contact Information: Krzysztof Stanek Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA Telephone: 617-495-7042, E-mail: kstanek@cfa.harvard.edu Peter Garnavich University of Notre Dame South Bend, IN Telephone: […]
Yale Researcher Identifies Stars That Give Clues to the Milky Way
YALE News Release CONTACT: Jacqueline Weaver 203-432-8555 #152 New Haven, Conn. — A Yale researcher has found up to 70 new and very distant RR Lyrae stars in the Milky […]
Civil Lawsuit Filed Involving NASA Contractors
Roberta L. Gross Inspector General (Phone: 202-358-1220) Samuel A. Maxey Assistant Inspector General for Investigations (Phone: 202-358-1233) RELEASE: 2000-023 Civil Lawsuit Filed Involving NASA Contractors The Department of Justice filed […]
Hubble Observations Indicate Massive Planets May Form Quickly Out In The Cold
Don Savage Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (Phone: 202-358-1547) Bill Steigerwald Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (Phone: 301-286-5017) RELEASE: 00-03 HUBBLE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE MASSIVE PLANETS MAY FORM QUICKLY OUT IN THE […]
Possible Astronomical Implications for the Origin of Life-chemical synthesis in the circumstellar environment
Ever since the Miller-Urey experiment in 1953, most scientists have held the view that life arose on the early Earth from simple inorganic molecules. With a suitable energy source (e.g. […]
Astronomers End Year with a Bang: NASA Uses Teamwork to Learn about One of the Most Powerful Explosions in the Universe
Steve Roy Media Relations Department (256) 544-0034 steve.roy@msfc.nasa.gov http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/news RELEASE: 00-008 Astronomers End Year with a Bang: NASA Uses Teamwork to Learn about One of the Most Powerful Explosions in […]