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Monthly Archives: April 2011
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer’s Final Endeavour (Updated)
Update 2: Shuttle Endeavour and the AMS is to launch no earlier than May 16 2011 at 08:56 AM, EDT. See the link below for more information. Update: NASA have delayed the Shuttle Endeavour launch to May 8 at the … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Astronomy, Particle Physics, Space & Earth, Technology
Tagged AMS, cosmology, intermediate, ISS, NASA, particles, shuttle
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Birth of the James Webb Space Telescope; Hubble’s Death
In this article, Carl discusses the James Webb Space Telescope, its ability and why it’s launch will mean the beginning of the end for the Hubble Space Telescope after nearly two and a half decades… The most famous and well … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Astronomy, Space & Earth, Technology
Tagged astronomy, beginner, hubble, infrared, james webb, jwst, NASA, telescope
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The Rise of the Extremely Large Telescopes
In this article, Carl talks about the next generation of ground-based optical telescopes that will put current space-based telescopes to shame and see further into the universe than ever before… Near the end of the next decade, a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Astronomy, Space & Earth, Technology
Tagged astronomy, beginner, ELT, hubble, james webb, telescope
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Update: UK Space Conference 2011 Pricing Announced
Just a quick update to let you know that the 2011 UK Space Conference, previously reported on here, has announced the prices for the events during the course of the conference. Student prices are quite reasonable, with a roundup below (all … Continue reading
News: A young star’s anti-symmetric mystery
Young stars, or protostars, are often observed with jets of material extending from their magnetic poles for hundreds or even thousands of lightyears. The processes that create these jets, while not fully understood, should create jets that are symmetric. One … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, News, Space & Earth, Theoretical
Tagged HH, hubble, jets, protostar, spitzer
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