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NASA Schedules Hubble Repair Mission for Oct. 8 Launch
2008-05-23 16:58:00 NASA has announced the new target launch date for the fifth (although it's called Servicing Mission 4) and final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis will launch for STS-125 on October 8 of this year, if all goes well. The mission was previously delayed due to NASA's need to build fuel tanks and for Endeavour to get ready. Endeavour is necessary as a back-up if a problem happens with Atlantis, as the shuttles trajectory to Hubble will make it impossible to make an emergency trip to the ISS. If everything goes well and Endeavour is not needed for a rescue mission, then that shuttle will fly on November 10, 2008, to deliver a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) to the ISS. When Servicing Mission 4 is complete, not only will Hubble's useful life be extended, but the quality of science it can achieve will be enhanced. These enhancements include new batteries to replace the batteries that have been in use since 1990 and replacement of some of the gyroscopes ...
Hubble Mission Delayed
2008-05-02 04:32:00 On Thursday, NASA said that the date of the shuttle mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope will be pushed back four to five weeks. Hubble telescope revolutionized the modern astronomy after it's launch in 1990. Now, it needs some repairing."Right now Hubble's mission is scheduled for August 28; we really cannot make that date with the external tank processing," shuttle program manager John Shannon explained at a press conference on Thursday.Hubble is orbiting at 600 kilometers and the shuttle's mission to Hubble is highly unusual. In case of a major problem with the Hubble mission the shuttle and its crew of seven cannot head to dock at the International Space Station (ISS). So a second shuttle needs to be at the ready, to be launched in case of emergency. To do that two external tanks have to be prepared at the same time, which makes production a bigger challenge and takes longer time.
Hubble-rescue mission delayed
2008-05-01 19:57:00 Delays in producing space shuttle fuel tanks, which were substantially redesigned after the 2003 Columbia disaster, will postpone NASA's final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope by a month or longer, officials at the U.S. space agency said on Thursday.
NASA has Published an Awesome Set of Pictures of Colliding Galaxies
2008-04-30 16:48:00 Did you know that Hubble space telescope has been operating already 18 years? To celebrate this anniversary NASA has published 59 new pictures of colliding galaxies. This is the biggest single set of Hubble pictures ever published. Collisions of galaxies is just normal evolution, but it all happens in such a long time period and within ...
Hubble Telescope Photos and more
2008-04-25 07:18:00 Check out this amazing site http://hubblesite.org/gallery/a-lbum/Download free photos to print, make a large wall mural, much more!
Galassie in collisione per il 18° compleanno di Hubble
2008-04-24 21:52:00 Se Hubble fosse il Cyborg di Blade Runner la frase: “Ho visto cose che voi umani non potete neppure immaginare” ci starebbe tutta, sfortunatamente per lui gli hanno montato una “fotocamera” addosso e quindi ce le immaginiamo eccome. Per il 18° compleanno di Hubble, la NASA ha rilasciato 59 foto in alta definizione il cui soggetto: ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Galassie in collisione per il 18° compleanno di Hubble", url: "http://www.mytechnology.eu/200-8/04/24/galassie-in-collisione--per-il-18%c2%b0-compleanno-di-h-ubble/" });
By: myTechnology
La NASA celebra los 18 años del Hubble
2008-04-24 16:58:00 Hace 18 años, el telescopio Hubble fue lanzado al espacio por el Discovery… la NASA para celebrar este evento ha publicao 59 fotos de alta definición de galaxias que se están chocando en el universo… eso si, a una distancia de más de 400 millones años luz de la tierra. Compártelo
Hubble maps the changing constellation of Internet 'black holes'
2008-04-13 23:59:00 You're trying to log on to a Web site and it's not working. You try again and again. But persistence doesn't pay off. The site you want is inexplicably, frustratingly, out of reach.The other computer might just be turned off, but the causes could be more mysterious. At any given moment, a proportion of computer traffic ends up being routed into information black holes. These are situations where a path between two computers does exist, but messages ? a request to visit a Web site, an outgoing e-mail ? get lost along the way.A University of Washington system named Hubble looks for these black holes and maps them on a Web site, providing an ever-changing constellation of the Internet's weak points. The Hubble map is posted at hubble.cs.washington.edu/, where visitors can view a map of problems worldwide or type in a specific Web page or network address to check its status. The work is being presented next week in San Francisco at the Usenix Symposium on Networked Systems Design an...
How many already and how many more? The great Hubble at it again.
2008-03-20 21:00:00 Does anybody know how many of these discoveries have been made on the back of a Hubble image or reading? I am absolutely gob-smacked by the intense rate these discoveries seem to come in lately and more than not, Hubble seems to have at least contributed, if not done all of the reading or
Hubble Discovers 67 more "lensed" galaxies.
2008-03-20 05:33:00 We gotta keep this telescope operational: Hubble discovers 67 new gravitationally lensed galaxies What is gravitational lensing? Gravitational lensing occurs when light travelling toward us from a distant galaxy is magnified and distorted as it encounters a massive object between the galaxy and us. These gravitational lenses often allow astronomers to peer much farther back into the early universe than they would normally be able to do. Here is a cool video of an Einstein Ring. An Einstein ring is a complete circle image of a background galaxy, which is formed when the background galaxy, a massive, foreground galaxy, and the Hubble Space Telescope are all aligned perfectly. Therein creating a complete circle lense effect. > > So pretty pictures are nice, but what impact do these discoveries have on astro-physics? Well read on dear surfer, read on. ...they can be used to create a census of galaxy masses in the universe to test the predictions of cosmological mo...
By: techRivet
Het beste van ruimtetelescoop Hubble
2008-03-18 00:00:00 http://i244.photobucket.com/alb-ums/gg5/Popkov_2007/AntNebula.j-pg Mooie foto niet? Geloof het of niet, maar de foto is gemaakt door ruimtetelescoop Hubble. De kenner herkent direct The Ant Nebula (Mz3) op zo'n 3000 tot 6000 lichtjaren van de aarde. Klik hier voor nog veel meer bijna psychedelische foto's en tevens een paar filmpjes.
By: Hoempa
Microsoft WorldWide Telescope in Hubble @ your Desktop
2008-02-28 17:04:00 How about Hubble Telescope at the convince of your laptop. Microsoft recently unveiled the fully operational Microsoft WorldWide Telescope, they demonstrated there long-awaited software to an audience at the exclusive Technology Entertainment and Design conference in Monterey, California, that started Wednesday. WorldWide Telescope is quite similar to the sky feature in Google Earth but much ...
Hubble Found A Galaxy Far, Far Away
2008-02-14 17:58:00 From Neatorama: The Hubble Space Telescope just snapped a photo of what may be the farthest galaxy we've ever seen: it's almost 13 billion light-years away. Since the galaxy is so far away, its light took ages to reach us, so what we see now is a snapshot of how this galaxy looked
Encuentra el Hubble una de las primeras galaxias del universo
2008-02-14 07:03:00 El Telescopio Espacial ?Hubble? ha detectado con la ayuda de una lupa natural una de las galaxias más antiguas del universo, según informó hoy el Centro Europeo Hubble en la ciudad alemana de Garching. Originada apenas 700 millones de años tras el Bi […] Ver nota completa en Enchílame: publicadas Innet Tags: Telescopio, Espacial, ?Hubble?, detectado, ayuda, ...
Hubble and the Space Program
2008-02-04 02:56:00 I was reading this article at Universe Today and felt it necessary to comment on the state of the space program in this country. I have concerns, you see, and they are legit concerns. Or so I think.The article talks about the repairs that will be done on Hubble in a way that sounds as if the astronauts have better things to do. I'll admit that they probably do, but it's also not Hubble's fault that they have other crap to do. Needless to say, Hubble is getting an upgrade and will be 90 times more sensitive and be capable of picking up over 900 galaxies as its field of vision is being increased. Also, its lifespan is being extended to 2013, with a scheduled decommission date in 2020 (which is part of what I want to discuss). Firstly, I'm glad to hear that they'll be fixing this amazing satellite. It apparently suffered a power failure in January of last year and is in need of some fixing. Thanks to NASA for fitting it into their schedule.Here is my concern, though. What...
The Hubble Space Telescope Part 4 1.0
2008-01-27 00:00:00 Un salvapantallas gratuito que muestra 21 imágenes de alta calidad tomadas por el telescopio espacial Hubble. El telescopio espacial Hubble (HST) es...
Nightly Ramble: Hubble, Pocast,Hunter for Huck,Tape,Uptime,more
2008-01-24 00:20:00 I note by way of LGF that Hubble’s getting an overhaul. Jawa Report trying the Podcast thing? It appears so. Michelle points up where Duncan Hunter has endorsed Huckabee. I dunno as that’s really much of a shock, that Hunter endorses a less than appealing candidate. It’s not like he had a whole bunch of choice in the matter. I’m still dealing with the result of an intestinal ailment. Hell of a way to lose weight, but it seems to work. Got the new tape drive working… a 40/80 DLT. More than enough to back the machines I have here, though it’s going to be a week before I get the schedules worked out so I can get everything onto tape. I suppose I’ll have to look for some tape. Joel, this is why I never… and I mean NEVER allow ‘autonegotiate’ on my networks. 100 full or 1gb full…and maybe 10 full for the test networks. One hiccup can spoil your whole week. All it takes is one flaky patch cable. Trust me, I know. And ...
By: BitsBlog
Hubble Finds Double Einstein Ring
2008-01-14 16:56:00 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other like a bull's-eye pattern. The double-ring pattern is caused by the complex bending of light from two distant galaxies strung directly behind a foreground massive galaxy, like three beads on a string.More than just a novelty, this very rare phenomenon can offer insight into dark matter, dark energy, the nature of distant galaxies, and even the curvature of the universe.The ring was found by an international team of astronomers led by Raphael Gavazzi and Tommaso Treu of the University of California, Santa Barbara. The discovery is part of the ongoing Sloan Lens Advanced Camera for Surveys (SLACS) program. The team is reporting its results at the 211th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas. A paper has been submitted to The Astrophysical Journal.The phenomenon, called gravitational lensing, occurs when a massive gala...
By: science life
Hubble to get an upgrade!
2008-01-14 16:32:00 Source : NewScientistSpace Space shuttle astronauts will attempt an unprecedented in-orbit repair of key Hubble Space Telescope (HST) instruments during the servicing mission scheduled for August 2008. The repairs, along with the addition of two new instruments, will make Hubble 90 times as powerful as it was after its flawed optics were corrected in 1993. In October 2006, NASA announced plans to carry out a fourth and final servicing mission for Hubble, in which it would install two new scientific instruments and replace the observatory’s batteries and gyroscopes. But previously the agency has not said whether it would attempt a difficult repair of two key instruments that have broken down in recent years. The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), which died in January 2007, was Hubble’s highest resolution camera and its most-used instrument. And the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), which failed in 2004, measured light spectra in the ultraviolet, allowing it to...
The Top Ten Hubble Images of All Time - The Very Best Hubble Images
2008-01-14 14:18:00 As the title says, this article lists the top ten Hubble space satellite images ever taken. Hubble has been in operation since 1990, and now after serving almost for 20 years it is time to list the very best images taken by Hubble. Please notice that this is my personal opinion based on beauty of ...
The Hubble Space Telescope Part 3
2008-01-06 00:00:00 The free space screensaver, The Hubble Space Telescope Part 3, contains 21 of the top 100 images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble.
By: Shareware
The Hubble Space Telescope Part 2
2008-01-05 00:00:00 The free space screensaver, The Hubble Space Telescope Part 2, contains 21 of the top 100 images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. Its position outside the Earthapos;s atmosphere provides significant advantages over ground-based telescopes.
By: Shareware
Cosmic bird
2007-12-22 14:29:00 Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed ‘The Bird’ - albeit it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell - is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy. The ...
Hubble's triumph!
2007-12-21 21:06:00 I found out a few days ago, from my Sky at Night magazine, that they reversed the decision to decommission The Hubble Space Telescope and give it one last tour of glory. I cannot tell you guys how much that pleases me as it would be ridiculous in my mind to throw that magnificent piece of mac
+41 242 Skateboards Hubble Series
2007-12-17 21:44:00 Based on the images from the Hubble telescope, the graphics seen on the tees and decks all feature the galaxy above us. Switzerland’s +41 worked with their countrymen 242 Skateboards on this t-shirt and skate deck collection that is available now through +41. ImageInfo: Hypebeast Tags: 41, 242, Skateboards, Hubble, Series
By: Individual Sole
Hubble's Law and Newton
2007-12-17 06:00:00 I often wondered what Isaac Newton's reaction would have been if someone discovered Hubble's law and the the expanding universe in his time. My guess is that he would have worked it out as follows. Consider identical galaxies homogeneously and isotropically spread throughout a large piece of
Hubble telescope to get one more refurbishment
2007-12-04 11:12:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size GREENBELT, Maryland: It's the last roundup for the people's telescope.
By: Get rich
Fotos del Hubble
2007-11-29 04:45:00 Impresionante galería de fotos tomadas por el telescopio Hubble. Tags: fotos, galería, gallery, Hubble, imágenes, Photo
By: unblogged
Mapping the Cosmos: Images from the Hubble Space Telescope
2007-11-20 18:31:00 Mapping the Cosmos: Images from the Hubble Space Telescope February 2-July 27, 2008 Scheduled to coincide with Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, this focus show will present images of the universe taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble images have been instrumental in discovering new facts about the cosmos and in tracking its evolutionary history ...
700 mb picture taken by Hubble Space Telescope!!
2007-11-19 19:38:00 The sharpest image ever taken of the large "grand design" spiral galaxy M81 was released 9. June 2007 at the American Astronomical Society Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.A spiral-shaped system of stars, dust, and gas clouds, the galaxy's arms wind all the way down into the nucleus. Though the galaxy is located 11.6 million light-years away, the Hubble Space Telescope's view is so sharp that it can resolve individual stars, along with open star clusters, globular star clusters, and even glowing regions of fluorescent gas. The Hubble data was taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys in 2004 through 2006. This colour composite was assembled from images taken in blue, visible, and infrared light.Full Size ImageWarning! Massive file! 22620x15200p (706mb!) Click here to downloadSmaller picture for people without hightech performance machines:Reduced Size4000x2688p (6,2mb) Click here to downlaod Love happen's once and the rest is just life!!!!
A Conversation with Kenny Hubble aka Ken Hudson about Second Life
2007-11-18 07:18:00 Latest episode of my Light On Light Through podcast: I converse with digital artist Ken Hudson aka Kenny Hubble of and about Second Life. At 10,000 accounts and growing, the vibrant virtual community of Second Life is becoming a way of life for many. Ken interviewed me in his Media Ecology Second Life series a few weeks ago - see the 60-minute video here - and I'm still enjoying it. Ken and I talk about life in Second Life - how to do it, how to live it, and its relationship to real or "first" life in everything ranging from art and music to (of course) sex. Whether you're an old hand at Second Life, a newbie, or just want to learn more about this fascinating place, you won't want to miss this special 40-minute interview (and, actually, there is no way that you can, because it will always be available here - and likely somewhere in Second Life, too).my 40-minute interview of Ken HudsonFor more of my work about the differences between realspace and cyberspace...listen to Light...
By: Infinite Regress
New Hubble photos reveal unknown facts about quasars
2007-10-26 11:51:00 Recent photos taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed previously unknown facts about an elliptical galaxy. Previous studies of this galaxy ...
By: B4U India
Hubble Space Telescope Papercraft
2007-10-21 22:13:00 The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. Its position outside the Earth's atmosphere provides significant advantages over ground-based telescopes — images are not blurred by the atmosphere, there is no background from light scattered by air, and the Hubble can observe ultra-violet light that is normally absorbed by the ozone layer in observations made from Earth. Since its launch in 1990, it has become one of the most important instruments in the history of astronomy.Make your very own hand-held Hubble telescope model. There are three levels of difficulties. The easiest is the PVC model which will require PVC pipes. The second is a paper model with 3o pieces of parts. Last but not the least is an expert papermodel with 300 pieces of parts that will require 30 hours to build. You have the option of also assembling the internal structure of the telescope, including the mirror and the instrument bay, which fits i...
Lazy Sunday - Hubble Images
2007-10-14 12:00:00 It is Sunday and we all should take it relaxed. It would be nice to watch something interesting in YouTube. I made a quick search and found this one. Let’s sit back and enjoy these magnificient pictures of Hubble telescope. Share This
Breathtaking Collection of Hubble Space Telescope Images Selected to Appear
2007-10-13 14:44:00 ITHACA, NY — 10/12/07 — Delicate tendrils of interstellar dust in the Carina Nebula point toward regions of new star formation. A barred spiral galaxy, 60 million light-years away, reveals its gently arcing luminous arms. Surrounded by an expanding cocoon of nebulosity, a dying white dwarf star presages the death of our own Sun five ...
Lucky, l?objectif terrestre plus fort que Hubble
2007-09-04 16:52:00 Hubble, Hirise, Stereo, autant de noms prestigieux en rapport avec la NASA qui font rêver les passionnés d?astronomie. Oui mais voilà, les étudiants de Cambridge et de Caltech ont mis au point une méthode pour ranger au bac ces gentils appareils vétustes en orbite et leurs miroirs vieillots grâce au post traitement de données recueillies à ...
By: Pause Cafe Blog
700 MB Picture Taken By Hubble Space Telescope
2007-07-16 16:29:00 Trust me I do not have any extra ordinary interest in galaxies and pictures taken through space telescopes but often one finds things that are worth mentioning to the masses. The thing to wonder is that what is so interesting about the galaxy picture you see above? The Sharpest Galaxy Image Ever Taken The picture you see ...
By: Sizlopedia
And we take this for granted: Hubble Pics
2007-06-20 21:37:00 In our modern world we take the fact that anyone can just go click-click-click and see any number of amazing pictures from the Hubble Space Tellescope. We don't even think about how unimaginably amazing this would be for someone from 1950-60-70 even the 1980s, not to mention earlier than that. NOBODY saw stuff like this. And now here it is served to you on your home LCD screen. Accelerating returns indeed. I now end your daily Kurzweil minute with this picture.
By: techRivet
Gigantic Ghostly Ring of Dark Matter Discovered by Hubble
2007-05-17 08:46:00 Hubble Space Telescope has just discovered a gigantic, ghostly ring of dark matter at a distance of 5 billion light-years from Earth. So far, it's the most compelling evidence of the existence of the elusive dark matter.Scientists have theorized on the existence of dark matter for some time, and they think it's a cosmic phenomenon that does not emit or reflect enough electromagnetic radiation to be observed directly, but who...read more....
By: blogtech
Web Telescope set to annoy rival Hubble
2007-05-15 18:43:00 A model of the new Web telescope The Web telescope ‘is intended to be a significant improvement on the aging Hubble Space Telescope’ Send this to a friend
La NASA presenta al sucesor del Hubble
2007-05-12 18:37:00 LA NASA ya está preparando el telescopio espacial James Webb, la próxima maravilla de la astronomía que supondrá además menos gastos que el Hubble, según han asegurado los expertos de la NASA.El observatorio "obtendrá imágenes desconocidas" sobre la formación de las galaxias y responderá muchos interrogantes sobre el origen del universo y la humanidad, según han indicado los técnicos, en una conferencia de prensa para presentar una maqueta del telescopio a escala real.El James Webb sustituirá al Hubble, el instrumento científico más productivo que se haya construido jamás y que ha ayudado a los astrónomos a perfeccionar sus conocimientos sobre el Universo.La recreación ha sido presentada a los periodistas en el National Mall de Washington.El observatorio, que pesa 6.500 kilos, será lanzado en 2013 y su misión consistirá en obtener imágenes de la formación, hace miles de millones de años, de las primeras estrellas y galaxias.¿Es rentable?Edward Weiler, administrador asociado de la NA...
Hubble Repair Crew Meets with Astronomers
2007-05-10 17:20:00 From CBC | Technology & Science News: The astronauts who will service the Hubble Space Telescope got a warm greeting from astron...
The View From The Hubble
2007-04-07 05:30:00 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent ...
By: ThingsHopedFor
Hubble Deep Field - A Imensidão do Universo
2007-04-03 14:33:00 Acabo de receber o link de um vídeo sobre as imagens do telescópio Hubble demonstrando o quão imenso é o Universo em que estamos inseridos. É um interessante vídeo para reflexão e perceber o que sentimos quando o assistimos.
Hubble Heritage Gallery
2007-03-30 18:51:00 Website: http://heritage.stsci.edu/galle-ry/gallery_category.html Grade: ACost: FreeThis is simply a gallery of the amazing photos taken by Hubble. The images are stunning and well organized. There is even a wallpaper section to download these amazing images for your desktop.
By: Ed Tech Review
O "Hubblesite" !
2007-03-22 20:13:00 Esta é a página oficial do telescópio Hubble que continua proporcionar imagens fantásticas de planetas, estrelas e galáxias longÃnquas.Para visita demorada...[Hubblesite - ligação]
Hubble Catches the Death of a Star!
2007-02-15 09:58:00 The Hubble Space Telescope is still proving helpful, they are capturing a new round of amazing pictures with its camera. NASA released new pictures of a dying star a white dwarf that is shown in the form of a bright dot at the center of nebula NGC 2440?that was once similar to the sun. Low- ...
Artifact in Hubble Image
2007-02-05 12:23:04 Can anyone experienced in astro imaging explain the curious object at the centre of the Hubble image of the Orion Nebula, Press Release number 57, on...
How Hubble Killed God?
2006-12-02 16:40:39 March 9, 2004: NASA releases a single image taken by the Hubble Space telescope that proves a fatal blow to the concept of God, but despite the compelling evidence, many simply don’t comprehend the significance of the image. (more…) |
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