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Herschel Telescope Runs Out of Coolant, Ends Mission

Herschel Telescope Runs Out of Coolant, Ends Mission

By Sean Patterson April 29, 2013

The European Space Agency (ESA) today announced that the Herschel space observatory has run out of liquid helium coolant. The coolant is necessary to cool the telescope’s instruments to near absolute zero. Herschel’s ground station in Western Australia this afternoon …

Meteorite Falls in Russia, Lights Up the Sky [VIDEO] Meteorite Falls in Russia, Lights Up the Sky [VIDEO]
By · February 15, 2013 · 2 Comments

A meteorite only a few meters long fell to Earth above Chelyabinsk, Russia early this morning. The shockwave caused by the object shattered windows and caused hundreds of injuries. A video of the event has quickly become one of the …

Life
Arctic Sea Ice Declining, Shows Satellite Data Arctic Sea Ice Declining, Shows Satellite Data
By · February 13, 2013 · 1 Comment

A new European Space Agency (ESA) study has shown that Arctic sea ice has declined significantly since 2003. The study, published recently in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, has confirmed that Arctic ice volume is declining, rather than just sea …

Science
Space Laser Could Detect Counterfeit Foods Space Laser Could Detect Counterfeit Foods
By · February 11, 2013

The European Space Agency (ESA) today revealed that a laser developed to measure carbon on Mars could soon be used to detect counterfeit food. The device, called a laser isotope ratio-meter, was developed from bulkier laser techniques that needed samples …

Science
Antarctic Ozone Could be Returning, Shows New Images Antarctic Ozone Could be Returning, Shows New Images
By · February 11, 2013 · 1 Comment

New satellite imagery has shown that the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is shrinking. In 2012, the hole was the smallest it has been in the past ten years. The images were taken by the European Space Agency’s …

Science
Space Life Weakens Immune Systems, Shows Study Space Life Weakens Immune Systems, Shows Study
By · February 4, 2013

A new study performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has shown that being in space weakens astronauts’ immune systems. Researchers hope the findings can help prevent disease for those of us still on the planet. European Space Agency (ESA) …

Science
First Moon Base May Be Constructed With 3D Printers First Moon Base May Be Constructed With 3D Printers
By · February 1, 2013 · 2 Comments

A moon base has always been the pipe dream of space agencies around the world, but the prohibitive cost always ensured that such a move would never happen anytime soon. That all may be changing sooner than later as the …

Technology
Noteworthy Videos
Late Planet-Forming Star Spotted by Herschel Late Planet-Forming Star Spotted by Herschel
By · January 30, 2013

NASA and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Herschel Space Telescope has spotted a planet-forming star that wasn’t thought to be possible. The star, named TW Hydrae, is estimated to be 10 million years old – older than the age at …

Science
Comet-Like Ionosphere Seen on Venus Comet-Like Ionosphere Seen on Venus
By · January 29, 2013

New observations of Venus have shown that the planet’s ionosphere on its night side resembles a comet’s tail. The observations were made by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Venus Express satellite. The ionosphere is the region of electrically charged gas …

Science
In The Newsletter
NASA Joins Euclid Dark Universe Mission NASA Joins Euclid Dark Universe Mission
By · January 25, 2013

NASA announced this week that it has joined the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid mission. The mission will investigate dark matter and dark energy throughout the universe. In 2020, the mission will launch the Euclid space telescope, which will spend …

New Satellite Search and Rescue System Turned On New Satellite Search and Rescue System Turned On
By · January 23, 2013

The European Space Agency (ESA) today announced that it has switched-on a search and rescue (SAR) package on its Galileo navigation satellites. The milestone is a “major” expansion of the Cospas-Sarsat (Space System for the Search of Vessels in Distress …

Fake Mars Mission Revealed Sleep Difficulties Fake Mars Mission Revealed Sleep Difficulties
By · January 16, 2013 · 1

A little over one year ago, six fake astronauts returned to the real world after spending 520 days in isolation. They were part of the Mars500 experiment, created to simulate a manned mission to the planet Mars. During their stay …

Doomsday Asteroid Deflection Mission Tests Concepts Doomsday Asteroid Deflection Mission Tests Concepts
By · January 15, 2013

The European Space Agency (ESA) today announced that it is appealing for research ideas that could help develop a future mission to deflect life-threatening asteroids. It is asking for both ground and space-based ideas to improve scientist’s understanding of high-speed …

“Doomsday” Asteroid Won’t Hit Earth in 2036 “Doomsday” Asteroid Won’t Hit Earth in 2036
By · January 11, 2013 · 2

Earlier this week, astronomers with the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that they were collecting data on the asteroid Apophis as it made its most recent approach to Earth. The data was, among other things, meant to narrow the prediction …

Vega Asteroid Belt Suggests Multiple Planets Vega Asteroid Belt Suggests Multiple Planets
By · January 10, 2013

Astronomers this week announced that they have discovered what could be an asteroid belt around the star Vega. NASA‘s Spitzer space telescope and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory were used to observe the star, which is the …

Asteroid Apophis Approaches Earth Asteroid Apophis Approaches Earth
By · January 10, 2013 · 2

Over the past weekend, astronomers used the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory to image an asteroid that will be giving the Earth a near-miss in 2029. The asteroid, named Apophis, was thought to have a 2.7% chance of …

Cassini Spots “Mini Nile River” on Saturn’s Titan Cassini Spots “Mini Nile River” on Saturn’s Titan
By · December 12, 2012

The Cassini probe orbiting Saturn and its moons has photographed what the European Space Agency (ESA) is calling a “miniature extraterrestrial version of the Nile river” on Saturn’s moon Titan. The formation is a river valley on the the moon’s …

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