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NASA's WISE to launch Dec 9
Wise :: VA :: USA | 4 days ago
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Delta II rocket is scheduled to occur between 9:09 a.m. and 9:23 a.m.
Tags: Wise, Infrared telescopes, Technology Internet, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Starburst galaxy, Near-Earth object, Infrared, Space exploration, Jupiter, Asteroid, Astronomy, Comet
Infrared telescope to detect dim, dusty objects (Reuters)
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility The spacecraft, to be carried into orbit by a Delta 2 rocket, will roll out to its launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Friday for a liftoff slated for as early as December 9, managers of the $320 million project said at a news briefing...
Tags: Los Angeles, Galaxy, Brown dwarf, The Universe, Celestia, Near-Earth object, Infrared telescopes, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Infrared, Technology Internet
The Best Inventions of 2009
The Telescope for Invisible Stars It's no secret that space is cold. But in some places, it's so frigid that light can't radiate in the visible spectrum, which makes celestial bodies invisible. Now the Herschel Space Observatory is exposing them....
Tags: New York City, spaceflight, Infrared, Lagrangian point, Sun, William Herschel, Environment, Technology Internet, Infrared telescopes, Space exploration, Herschel Space Observatory, Telescope
Isle-linked mission alters view of Earth's celestial neighbor
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility It's still very dry by terrestrial standards. "But that kind of water vapor could be used as a resource," he said. "It's getting to a level where they could think about using this soil and heating it up and driving off water vapor." It could be cooled...
Tags: moon, LCROSS, NASA Infrared Telescope, Honolulu, Exploration of the Moon, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, Mauna Kea Observatory, Mauna Kea, Infrared, Telescopes, Cabeus, Technology Internet
New Ring Found Orbiting Saturn
NASA has discovered a new ring orbiting the 6th planet from the sun, Saturn. This ring is an elliptical montrosity that goes around the planet at a range from 3.7 million to 7.4 million miles. NASA reported that the Spitzer Space Telescope...
Tags: planet, Saturn, new ring, rings of Saturn, ring, debris, meteorite, infrared, telescope, Spitzer, moon, Phoebe, orbit
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