NASA's Deep Impact Adds Color To Unfolding Comet Picture
College Park MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2005
Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from atoms in our bodies to asteroids and comets in our solar system. Researchers involved in NASA's Deep Impact mission have been doing this kind of work since the mission's July 4th collision with comet Tempel 1.
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The Dog Days Of The Permian
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2005
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have created a computer simulation showing Earth's climate in unprecedented detail at the time of the greatest mass extinction in the planet's history.
A Comet's Only Cameraman
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2005
Digital effects artist Dan Maas has a vision that " small teams... create works of spectacular scope and great complexity", a dream that he has now shown the world both on Mars and a comet.
Deep Impact: During and After Impact
Palomar Mountain CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2005
Astronomers using the Palomar Observatory's 200-inch Hale Telescope have been amazed by comet Tempel 1's behavior during and after its collision with the Deep Impact space probe.
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NASA Announces Deep Impact Future Mission Status
Washington (SPX) Jul 21, 2005
As NASA's Deep Impact flyby spacecraft prepares to execute its sixth trajectory correction maneuver, program managers at agency headquarters in Washington are investigating future options.
Comet Tempel 1 Went Back To Sleep
Santiago, Chile (SPX) Jul 15, 2005
Ten days after part of the Deep Impact spacecraft plunged onto Comet Tempel 1 with the aim to create a crater and expose pristine material from beneath the surface, astronomers are back in the ESO Offices in Santiago, after more than a week of observing at the ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory.
NASA'S Deep Impact Tells A Tale Of The Comet
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2005
Data from Deep Impact's instruments indicate an immense cloud of fine powdery material was released when the probe slammed into the nucleus of comet Tempel 1 at 6.3 miles per second.
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Scientists Measure How Deep "Deep Impact" Was, With X-rays
Leicester UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2005
Here come the X-rays, on cue. Scientists studying the Deep Impact collision using NASA's Swift satellite report that comet Tempel 1 is getting brighter and brighter in X-ray light with each passing day.
Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision With A Comet
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 05, 2005
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured the dramatic effects of the collision early July 4 between a 370-kilogram projectile released by the Deep Impact spacecraft and comet 9P/Tempel 1.
XMM-Newton Detects Water On Tempel 1
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 05, 2005
Images taken by the Optical Monitor on board ESA's XMM-Newton observatory on 3 and 4 July 2005, show a comparison between the states of the comet before and just after impact.
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NASA Scientists Fete Bull's Eye Shot On Distant Comet
Pasadena CA (AFP) Jul 04, 2005
NASA scientists on Monday celebrated the success of the Deep Impact mission, which rammed a space probe into a comet tens of millions of miles from Earth to glean new clues about the nature of the universe.
Comet Impactor Hits Tempel 1
Pasadena CA (AFP) July 3, 2005
A US space projectile crashed head-on into a comet hurtling through the solar system Monday in an unprecedented feat of technology that scientists hope will help reveal the secrets of the Universe.
NASA's Comet Impactor On Course For Comet Tempel 1
Pasadena CA (AFP) July 3, 2005
The first-ever projectile shot at a passing comet was late Sunday just hours away from giving scientists a glimpse into the celestial body, a NASA official said.
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