From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Jul 22 2004 - 12:04:28 PDT
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From: Alan Smale<mailto:Alan.P.Smale_at_nasa.gov>
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Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 2:52 PM
Subject: Space Science News from NASA HQ
Wow. I have some catching up to do, due partly to the ongoing
reorganization of the Agency. You'll have to excuse me for being a
leetle selective this time around....
Cassini has reached Saturn!
Well, OK, so this may be old news now for CNN, but the excellent
If we could see ourselves as others see us .... the Spitzer Space
Chandra has been busy too. It's been performing observations of
Also, check out this cosmic four-leaf clover - actually the product
Was the supernova remnant W49B created by a gamma-ray burst, close by
Astronomers have measured the mass of a single star - the first time
A neat HST picture of the Trifid Nebula that may become a classic:
So what happens if you turn the power of all three of NASA's Great
Massive black holes are surrounded by a doughnut-shaped gas cloud,
Here's a cool new view of the Orion Nebula, from the ESO/MPG 2.2m
Looking back: it's 35 years and 2 days since Armstrong and Aldrin
Looking ahead: NASA will send a Messenger to Mercury in early August
That's all for now! I'll try not to leave it so long next time....
- Alan @ NASA HQ
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: Thu Jul 22 2004 - 12:12:59 PDT
pictures just keep coming; for a brand-new-today spectacular
natural-color view of Saturn's rings, along with recent pictures of
moons Tethys, Rhea, Dione, Iapetus ("The Two-Face Moon"), you'll want
to spend some time at
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.nasa.gov/cassini
http://saturn.astrobio.net/
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/09jul_hailstorm.htm?list1032190
Telescope has snapped a picture of a spiral galaxy called NGC 7331,
which is a virtual twin of our Milky Way galaxy.
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2004-12/release.shtml
extremely hot gas in the center of the real Milky Way:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/04_releases/press_062104.html
of a pretty sophisticated piece of gravitational lensing, providing
an effective magnification that allows us to see the region around a
supermassive black hole in unprecedented detail:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/04_releases/press_070604.html
in our own galaxy?
http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/04_releases/press_060204.html
such a feat has been accomplished for any lone star besides the Sun.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/4/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/17/
Observatories - HST, Chandra, and Spitxer - on a single topic? That
would be the GOODS Project:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/04_releases/press_060104.html
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/19/
which at certain orientations can block our view of the central
regions of the system. Take a look at new data from the European
XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL observatories at
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2004/0720donutcloud.html
telescope at La Silla, Chile:
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2004/phot-20-04.html
left the first footprints on the Moon. Where were you on that
historic day? (If you weren't born yet, please don't Email me to tell
me so ...!)
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/apollo11_35th.html
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/apollo35_aniversary.html
http://history.nasa.gov/ap11-35ann/index.htm
to take our closest look yet at the innermost planet of the solar
system. The mission will collect detailed information on the
composition and structure of Mercury's crust, its geologic history,
the nature of its thin atmosphere and active magnetosphere, and the
makeup of its core and polar materials. Check out all the hot details
at
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
http://www.astrobio.net/news/article916.html
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