Spitzer Telescope pinpoints supernova shockwave: related news

Spitzer Telescope pinpoints supernova shockwave

Cassiopeia A is among the best-studied supernova remnants. This image blends data from NASA's Spitzer (red), Hubble (yellow), and Chandra (green and blue) observatories. NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/CXC/SAO [View Larger Image]

Supernova SN 1996cr

This composite image shows the central regions of the nearby Circinus galaxy, located about 12 million light years away. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in blue and data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space telescope is shown in yellow ("I-band"), red (hydrogen emission), cyan ("V-band") and light blue (oxygen emission). The blue source near the lower right hand corner of the image is the supernova SN 1996cr, that has finally been identified over a decade after it exploded. The supernova was first singled out in 2001 as a bright, variable object in a Chandra image, but it was not confirmed as a supernova until years later, when clues from a spectrum obtained with ESO's Very Large Telescope led the team to start the real detective work of searching through data from 18 different telescopes, both ground- and space-based, nearl

Hubble telescope working, taking photos again

This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147. The Hubble Space Telescope is working again, taking stunning cosmic photos after a one-month breakdown. The Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore said the $10 billion telescope is as good as it was before a shutdown in late September. That glitch scotched plans for spacewalking astronauts to upgrade the telescope this month. (AP Photo/NASA)

6.7 Meter Telescope To Capture 30 Terabytes Per Night

Lumenary7204 writes "The Register has a story about the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a project to build a 6.7 meter effective-diameter ground-based telescope that will be used to map some of the faintest objects in the night sky. Jeff Kantor, the LSST Project Data Manager, indicates that the telescope should be in operation by 2016, will generate around 30 terabytes of data per night, and will 'open a movie-like window on objects that change or move on rapid timescales: exploding supernovae, potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids, and distant Kuiper Belt Objects.' The end result will be a 150 petabyte database containing one of the most detailed surveys of the universe ever undertaken by a ground-based telescope. The telescope's 8.4 meter mirror blank was recently unveiled at the University of Arizona's Mirror Lab in Tucson.

DPS Meeting Day 0: James Webb Space Telescope Workshop

Friday, October 10th, was "day zero" of the conference, when many formal and informal workshops are held. I attended a workshop titled "Observing Planets (wherever they may be) with James Webb Space Telescope." The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the planned successor to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). It was conceived as the next-generation space telescope after Hubble (in fact, it used to be called the NGST) and is an upgrade to HST in many ways. At the workshop, we heard updates on its capabilities and also had the chance to voice some suggestions we have about making the telescope more useful for planetary observations.

New Worlds: Exoplanet Discoveries from the Spitzer Space Telescope

New discoveries streaming back from the Spitzer Space Telescope continue to surprise and amaze everyone. No one could have predicted some of the amazing things we're finding, not even the mission scientists themselves! Spitzer has proved itself to be a true pioneer in the characterization of extrasolar planets, providing the first real, if crude, weather map of a world around another star over 250 light years away. We're also finding evidence of planet formation in the oddest places, from the cool, dark space around brown dwarfs to the hard-radiation baked environment near neutron stars. Come watch sunrise and sunset around a massive Jupiter-like planet, or trace high-velocity winds on an alien world where we've found water vapor in the cloud-tops.

NASA runs into more trouble with Hubble Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope is backdropped against black space as the Space Shuttle Columbia, with a crew of seven astronauts on board approached in this March 3, 2002 file photo. NASA engineers said they know how to fix the broken Hubble Space Telescope: They have to wake up a backup data-handling system that hasn't been turned on since the telescope launched in 1990. On Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008 NASA will start a complicated remote-control fix of a major glitch that stopped the telescope from capturing and beaming down pictures. Hubble should be able to send stunning astronomy photos back to Earth by Friday, officials said. (AP Photo/NASA, FILE)

NASA sees no quick fix for broken Hubble telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope is backdropped against black space as the Space Shuttle Columbia, with a crew of seven astronauts on board approached in this March 3, 2002 file photo. NASA engineers said they know how to fix the broken Hubble Space Telescope: They have to wake up a backup data-handling system that hasn't been turned on since the telescope launched in 1990. On Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008 NASA will start a complicated remote-control fix of a major glitch that stopped the telescope from capturing and beaming down pictures. Hubble should be able to send stunning astronomy photos back to Earth by Friday, officials said. (AP Photo/NASA, FILE)

Infrared Echoes Give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova Flashback

Hot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments, say scientists using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Sunshield created for the Webb telescope

A full scale model of NASA's planned James Webb Space Telescope is on display on the National Mall in Washington on May 10, 2007. Scheduled for launch in 2013, the telescope will be 10 to 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

Major Failure On the Hubble Space Telescope; Repair Mission Options Being Weighed

A major failure on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down science operations, as the spacecraft is unable to send any data to Earth, according to an article on NASA Spaceflight.com. The failure is on the “Side A� control system. There is also a back-up system, Side B which has never been used. Attempts will be made to switch to Side B later this week. This switch has never been attempted during the lifetime of the telescope, but it is hoped that the switch will work, allowing the HST to return to functionality. This may have an impact on the STS-125’s mission to repair the Hubble, delaying it to 2009, if managers decide to send up a replacement unit, or if a mitigation plan fails to restore the Telescope’s functionality.

Access WALL-E's Universe via Microsoft WorldWide Telescope

Microsoft is bringing the small robot designed as a waste allocation load lifter - Earth class to its virtual telescope, made available to computers worldwide. The Redmond company has introduced a new tour of the WorldWide Telescope, featuring the popular robot from Disney-Pixar’s animated motion picture, and is inviting users to explore the universe along with WALL-E. Narrating the new tour added to the WorldWide Telescope is none other than the director of WALL-E.

Keck Telescope and "Cosmic Lens" Team-up to Demonstrate Eventual Power of Thirty Meter Telescope

Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues used a rare cosmic alignment and modern adaptive optics to image a distant galaxy with similar exquisite resolution promised by the future Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). This achievement provided detailed insight into the nature of a young star-forming galaxy as it appeared only two billion years after the Big Bang, and determined how that galaxy may eventually evolve to become a system like our own Milky Way.

NASA to try remote-control Hubble fix

The Hubble space telescope should be able to send stunning astronomy photos back to Earth by Friday. NASA on Wednesday will start a complicated remote-control fix of a major glitch that stopped the telescope from capturing and beaming down pictures.The Hubble space telescope should be able to send stunning astronomy photos back to Earth by Friday. NASA on Wednesday will start a complicated remote-control fix of a major glitch that stopped the telescope from capturing and beaming down pictures.

Hubble Telescope Back In Business

The Hubble Space Telescope will continue science operations on Saturday, say NASA officials, after a three week period of inactivity. The collapse of a command unit made it essential that the telescope be positioned into a "safe mode".

Hubble telescope works, repair mission delayed

WASHINGTON – The Hubble Space Telescope is working again, taking stunning cosmic photos after a breakdown a month ago. But NASA offered some bad news Thursday about longer-term repairs for the 18-year-old telescope.

Hubble Space Telescope: Working Again

The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which operates Hubble for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said NASA engineers succeeded in restoring the telescope's main camera to working order.

Hubble Space Telescope: Working again

The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which operates Hubble for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said NASA engineers succeeded in restoring the telescope's main camera to working order.

Hubble telescope encounters further problems, delays: NASA

New technical problems on the Hubble Space Telescope, which is currently undergoing repairs, will further delay the resumption of the telescope's regular duties, according to NASA officials. Skip related content

Hubble telescope works, but repair mission delayed

This photo, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147. The Hubble Space Telescope is working again, taking stunning cosmic photos after a one-month breakdown.

Hubble telescope encounters further problems

Washington - New technical problems on the Hubble Space Telescope, which is currently undergoing repairs, will further delay the resumption of the telescope's regular duties, Nasa officials said on Friday.

Fermi Telescope Makes First Big Discovery: Gamma Ray Pulsar

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered the first pulsar that beams only in gamma rays. A pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star, the crushed core left behind when a massive sun explodes. Astronomers have cataloged nearly 1,800 pulsars. Although most were found through their pulses at radio wavelengths, some of these objects also beam energy in other forms, including visible light and X-rays. However, this new object only pulses at gamma-ray energies. "This is the first example of a new class of pulsars that will give us fundamental insights into how these collapsed stars work," said Stanford University's Peter Michelson, principal investigator for Fermi's Large Area Telescope.

Hubble telescope encounters further problems, delays: NASA

Washington, Oct 18: New technical problems on the Hubble Space Telescope, which is currently undergoing repairs, will further delay the resumption of the telescope's regular duties, according to NASA officials.

Hubble telescope fails; NASA to delay shuttle

"NASA said Monday that it is delaying its mission to the Hubble Space Telescope until next year because of a serious breakdown of the observatory in orbit. The Atlantis team was scheduled to blast off October 14 to make other repairs and upgrades on the Hubble. Space shuttle Atlantis had been scheduled to blast off in just two weeks, but an unexpected problem with the Hubble appeared Saturday night, when the telescope stopped sending science data. That potentially means a new repair issue for the astronauts to confront, one they haven't trained for and never anticipated."

WorldWide Telescope

I just got the winter 08 vista mag. There is a piece on the WorldWide telescope. I have had it for quite some time now and I really like it. On my dual screen set up, I would open the WWT. On my 22" widescreen and browse on the 32". I find at times, the shifting cosmic-scapes are relaxing. I also learn some things as a bonus. I would like to hear other views on the WorldWide Telescope. Microsoft pulled off a good one here.

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