Hubble maps 3D Ejected material around star eruption
(Source NASA) – A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova. Astronomers used NASA’s…
Study Suggests Black Holes Abundant in Earliest Stars
(Source NASA) – By comparing infrared and X-ray background signals across the same stretch of sky, an international team of astronomers has discovered evidence of a significant number of black…
How to get a job at NASA – Series Part 3 – The Interview
If you manage to get this far it means that you are a serious candidate for a job, so take it serious. I never cease to be amazed at just…
NASA Partners with LEGO to build Satellite out of LEGOs (Sort of)
Some cool space related things have been done with LEGOs in the past including the LEGO man in space. Now NASA and LEGO are getting together to sponsoring a contest…
JWST has its Eyes to the Universe Installed
Much like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes…
Hubble Captures Comet ISON, Possibly Comet of the Century
(Source NASA and STScI) – Comet ISON is potentially the “comet of the century” because around the time the comet makes its closest approach to the Sun, on November 28, it…
Curiosity finds Ancient Streambed on Mars
(Source NASA/JPL) – NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at a few sites, including the rock outcrop pictured here, which the science team has…
Radar Image Shows Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a Moon
As reported here the 1.7 mile wide (2.7km) Asteroid 1998 QE2 will fly by Earth at 20:59 p.m. UTC (4:59pm est), Friday, May 31. The asteroid will pass by Earth…
