Hubble Shows More To North Star Than Meets The Eye
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jan 10, 2006
By stretching the capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to the limit, astronomers have photographed the close companion to Polaris, known also as the North Star, for the first time.
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Chris Van Allsburg Talks About Sci-Fi, Art And Education
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 21, 2005
NASA is part of a partnership that provides educational materials based on the book and movie "Zathura" to help teachers get students excited about space and learning.
Sunset Planets
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 29, 2005
Something nice is happening in the sunset sky. Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets, are converging, and they're going to be beautifully close together for the next two weeks.
Watch The Two Brightest Planets Kiss In Twilight
Cambridge MA (SPX) Aug 22, 2005
Anyone who looks low in the west early on a clear evening for the next couple weeks will witness an unusual sight. Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets, will draw closer and closer together from day to day, will then have an eye-catching conjunction (close pairing) on the evenings of August 31 to September 2, 2005, and then will begin to move apart.
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Mars Joins The Perseid Meteor Shower For A Beautiful Display On August 12th.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 25, 2005
Got a calendar? Circle this date: Friday, August 12th. Next to the circle write "before sunrise" and "Meteors!" Attach all of the above to your refrigerator in plain view so you won't miss the 2005 Perseid meteor shower.
Spectacular Planetary Conjunction Appearing Now At Sunset
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 23, 2005
Stick up your thumb and hold it at arm's length. It doesn't seem very big, does it? But it is, big enough to hide three planets.
LSU Researcher Solves Ancient Astronomy Mystery
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Jan 19, 2005
An ancient mystery may have been solved by LSU Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Bradley E. Schaefer.
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Spellbinding Planets
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 03, 2004
Two bright planets on opposite sides of the sky - that's nice. Two bright planets together in the same constellation - even better. Two bright planets less than one degree apart - that's spellbinding.
Starburst Eye Of A Galaxy Produces A Cosmic Shower
Madison (SPX) Jul 12, 2004
Combining images from orbiting and ground-based telescopes, an international team of astronomers has located the eye of a cosmic hurricane: the source of the 1 million mile-per-hour winds that shower intergalactic space from the galaxy M82.
The Remarkable Red Rectangle: A Stairway To Heaven?
Paris (ESA) May 11, 2004
11-May-2004 Astronomers may not have observed the fabled "Stairway to Heaven," but they have photographed something almost as intriguing: ladder-like structures surrounding a dying star.
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Two Comets To Glow In The Spring Sky
Los Angeles - Apr 28, 2004
Seven years have passed since Comet Hale-Bopp graced the evening sky in the spring of 1997. Now not just one but two new comets are heading into springtime view -- though they won't come near Hale-Bopp for brightness and grandeur.
An Immersive Planetarium
Houston - Apr 27, 2004
Researchers from the Rice Space Institute, in partnership the Houston Museum of Natural Science, are leading a NASA-funded project to develop portable technology that will allow exciting new "fully immersive" planetarium programs to be shown across the country inside inflatable, classroom-sized domes.
Venus And The Pleiades
Huntsville - Apr 02, 2004
This weekend, the planet Venus will have a rare close encounter with the Pleiades star cluster. The Pleiades are elusive. You rarely find them on purpose. They're best seen out of the corner of your eye, a pretty little surprise that pops out of the night sky when you're staring elsewhere.
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