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Astro Image in the News:
Happy 15th Birthday Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its birthday with two new magnificent views of classic astronomical scenes.
Senate Approves NASA's New Administrator
After being unanimously approved for the post by the US Senate Commerce Committee, Michael Griffin was appointed as the 11th NASA administrator on April 13th. He spoke to NASA employees the next day.Courtesy NASA / Renee Bouchard. On April 13th, just one month after President Bush nominated Michael Griffin as…
Astro News Briefs: March 28–April 3
Exoplanet Image Update April 1, 2005 | The purported planet around GQ Lupi may not be a planet at all. The newly released paper by Neuhauser and his colleagues suggest that the object in question could be as much as 42 Jupiter masses. Brown dwarfs are, by definition, between 13…
Moon to Take a Bite Out of the Sun on April 8th
April 1, 2005 Contacts: Alan M. MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy L. McCreary, VP Marketing & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality graphics and broadcast-quality videos; see details below. Solar eclipses are grand cosmic events that no nature-watcher wants…
Spring Begins with Equinox on March 20th
March 15, 2005 Contacts: Alan M. MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy L. McCreary, VP Marketing & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality illustrations and broadcast-quality animations; see details below. The long, cold, snow-laden winter of 2004-05 officially comes to…
Moon to Uncover a Bright Star
On Thursday morning, March 3rd, early risers across much of North America have a chance to see the last-quarter Moon pass in front of the bright orange-red star Antares.
Astro News Briefs: January 10–16
Spacecraft Sets Out to Strike a Comet January 12, 2005 | NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:47 p.m. Eastern time today and began its six-month journey to strike a comet. If all goes as planned, Deep Impact will reach 9P/Tempel 1 in July and release…
Fly Me to the Moons
NASA's Cassini orbiter continues to take stunning images of Saturn's moons.
A Winter Comet Glows in the Evening Sky
January 3, 2005 Contact: Alan MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, VP Mktg. & Bus. Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by high-quality graphics; see details below. It won't knock your eyes out — in fact you'll probably need binoculars to see…
Chi Cygni Rises Toward Maximum
Catch a orange-red variable star in Cygnus, the Swan, as its brightness peaks in early July.
The 2003 Perseids in Moonlight
This year the light from the full Moon will wash out the faint meteors belonging to this favorite shower.
Perseid Meteors to Peak Late on the Night of August 11th
Circumstances will be nearly ideal for watching the annual Perseid meteor shower at its predicted maximum late on the night of August 11–12.
Perseid Meteors to Peak on August 12th
The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks in a moonless sky on Monday, August 12th, with European and North American observers positioned for the best show.
Get a "Ringside Seat" for Saturn Spectacular
January 6, 2005 Contact: J. Kelly Beatty, Editor, Night Sky 855-638-5388 x148, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, VP Mktg. & Bus. Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by high-quality graphics and a video clip; see details below. Taking a peek at Saturn through a telescope is…
Astro News Briefs: January 5–11
Mars Express Fails to Hear Beagle 2 January 7, 2004 | The first attempt for the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter to hear from the Beagle 2 lander was unsuccessful. The spacecraft passed over Beagle 2's landing site at about 12:15 Universal Time today (7:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time)…
Astro News Briefs: January 3-9
First light for Swift instruments and a new solar telescope.
Astro Image in the News:
Iapetus Encountered
Cassini, the craft, was about 72,000 kilometers (44,700 miles) away from Iapetus when it snapped this up-close image of the pockmarked moon.
