Hardware that will help scientists better understand the effects of microgravity on avian development is set to fly into space later this week. Launch of the STS-108 mission on space […]
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New Iceberg Calves in the Amundsen Sea in Antarctica, National Ice Center Reports
Enlarge The National Ice Center in Suitland, Md., reports a new iceberg, 233 square miles in area, has calved, or splintered away, from the Pine Island Glacier in the Amundsen […]
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National Science Board Approves VLA Expansion
The National Science Board, the governing body for the National Science Foundation (NSF), has approved an expansion project for the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in New Mexico. The […]
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Listening to Leonids
On Nov. 18, 2001, millions of sky watchers saw a dazzling storm of Leonid meteors. Some observers heard them too! November 26, 2001: All at once there was a eye-squinting […]
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ENVISAT: ground control expects a wealth of data
“Just before launch we sit in the control room in the back row, completely quiet,” says Palle S¯rensen, “We have simulated everything, but when something went wrong we just rewound […]
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A new connection between supermassive black holes and the galaxies in which they reside
A fundamental connection between supermassive black holes — the most massive singular objects in our Universe — and the galaxies at whose centers these objects reside has been discovered by […]
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Carnegie Institution of Washington – Our Expanding Universe: Celebrating a Century of Carnegie Science
Contact: Tina McDowell of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 202-939-1120 or Email: tmcdowell@pst.ciw.edu What do hybrid corn, the Richter scale, the discovery that the universe is expanding, and the real […]
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Analyses show water stayed on Mars longer than previously thought
An analysis of high-resolution topographic maps and photographs, as well as recent studies of Martian meteorites suggest the presence of water on the Red Planet for a longer time scale […]
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Arianespace flight 146 DIRECTV-4S rides to a perfect orbit aboard Ariane 4
Arianespace successfully placed the DIRECTV-4S TV broadcast satellite into an accurate geostationary transfer orbit tonight, marking the 65th successful Ariane 4 launch in a row. The Ariane 4 lifted off […]
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Arianespace Flight 146: Successful launch for DIRECTV
Kourou, November 26, 2001 — Arianespace today successfully orbited the DIRECTV-4S direct broadcast satellite for American operator DIRECTV, Inc. Flight 146 is Arianespace’s third launch for DIRECTV, Inc., the leading […]
