[Blog] Awesomeness Round-Up – 10/3/2011
There are gorgeous new shots of a full-scale test version of one layer of the James Webb Space Telescope’s tennis court-sized sunshield: Credit: NGAS Credit: NGAS There are two more on their Flickr....
View Article[Sara's blog] Hunting for Hints of Planets
Last week, about 120 exoplanet-hunters from as far away as Japan and the Netherlands descended upon NASA Goddard for the Signposts of Planets conference, an opportunity for scientists to discuss...
View Article[Blog] Awesomeness Round-Up – 1/31/2012
This is a doozy of a round-up, thanks to the American Astronomical Society meeting mid-month! Maggie already blogged about some of the interesting exoplanet news that came out at the meeting. Here,...
View Article[Blog] Awesomeness Round-Up – 3/5/2012
Credit: NASA, ESA, CFHT, CXO, M.J. Jee (University of California, Davis), and A. Mahdavi (San Francisco State University) Astronomers have observed what appears to be a clump of dark matter left...
View Article[Blog] Awesomeness Round-Up – 6/11/2012
On Tuesday, June 5, Venus passed in front of the Sun – an event that was visible on seven continents for those that were fortunate enough to have clear weather. These “transits” of Venus are very rare,...
View Article[Sara's blog] American Astronomical Society wrap-up
Each December, there’s a bit of a lull in astronomy news. Not only do the holidays slow things down, but astronomers are also getting ready for the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society...
View Article[Maggie's blog] Teaming Up with Hubble to Create Beauty
Capturing the beauty of this galaxy took a team of people – and to understand the galaxy takes a team of missions. This gorgeous image of galaxy M106 was created by renowned astro-photographer Robert...
View Article[Jason's blog] American Astronomical Society wrap-up
Well, it happened again, guys! The 222nd biannual meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) held at the Indiana Convention Center, that’s what. For those of you not in the loop, the American...
View Article[Maggie's Blog] Why infrared? (nebula edition)
As someone who fields a lot of questions about the James Webb Space Telescope, a giant infrared observatory being built right now, I see a lot of “Why infrared?” questions. There are a lot of answers...
View Article[Maggie's Blog] Happy birthday, Spitzer!
Seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the 5th birthday of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. As it turns out, there’s another space telescope celebrating a big anniversary – the Spitzer Space...
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