Multi-Spectral, Composite View Reveals the Pinwheel Galaxy

Source: Softpedia

Using data from a multitude of observatories, researchers have recently been able to collect an amazing image of the famous Pinwheel Galaxy, which is also known to astronomers as M101. Four NASA telescopes ...
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Brentwood Gazette published News from Nowhere exhibition at firstsite, Colchester

Source: This is Essex

News From Nowhere is the new exhibition at firstsite in Colchester which takes a look at the impact of developments in science and technology on the artistic imagination. Named after a futuristic novel by the artist and writer William ...
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Lit Motors' C-1: A 2-wheel car? Or untippable motorcycle?

Source: Los Angeles Times

Lit Motors calls it the C-1, but the San Francisco start-up's untippable motorcycle seems nothing short of magic. It uses gyroscopes to stay balanced in a straight line and in turns in which drivers can, in theory, roll down their wind ...
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Golden Gate birthday 'candles' you can light on you

Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel

For the next three months, people will be able to program the Golden Gate Bridge to brightly blink right at them for a few moments. If all goes well, a pair of Internet-connected, remote-controlled solar beacons on Sunday will ...
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Astromony Research Paper

Source: PaperCamp.com

Since the Age of Man and Woman, We have been staring up into the sky, wondering clearly what is out there. The stars and planets have always been our close neighbors, from navigation, to philosophy and even religi ...
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A Spiral Within a Spiral, Galaxy ESO 498-G5

Source: SciTech Daily

This new image of spiral galaxy ESO 498-G5 was captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and shows the disc-type bulges, or pseudobulges, that this type of galaxy is known for. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured t ...
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When a Dragon mated the space station | Bad Astronomy

Source: Discover Magazine

At 17:02 UTC, Friday, May 25, 2012, the SpaceX Dragon officially became the first privately-owned commercial spacecraft to be captured by and berthed at the International Space Station. It is (if I’ve done the math correctly) the 114th spacecraft to dock ...
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Photo of the Day: May 25, 2012 – Nasa’s view of the Pinwheel Galaxy

Source: Montreal Gazette

This NASA image obtained May 25, 2012, of the Pinwheel Galaxy, or M101, combines data in the infrared, visible, ultraviolet and X-rays from four of NASA's space telescopes. The view shows that both young and old stars are evenly distr ...
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NASA Schedules Hubble Science Update For May 31

Source: NASA

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a Science Update Thursday, May 31, at 1:30 p.m. EDT to discuss new Hubble Space Telescope observations that allow astronomers to predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our entire ga ...
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