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Universe News Summary

 

NASA to Discuss Supernova and Dark Energy Research at Feb. 17 Teleconference

NASA will hold a teleconference with reporters at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 17, to discuss the latest Chandra X-ray Observatory findings that advance our understanding of certain supernovae.

 

NASA’s Chandra Reveals Origin of Key Cosmic Explosions

New findings from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova critical for studying the dark energy that astronomers think pervades the universe.

 

NASA’s WISE Mission Releases Medley of First Images

A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.

 

NASA’s Wise Eye Spies First Glimpse of the Starry Sky; Infrared All-Sky Surveying Telescope Sends Back First Images from Space

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky that it will soon begin surveying in infrared light.

 

NASA’s New Museum Grant Allies Will Make the Universe Accessible to Families From Alaska to Florida

Interactive museum exhibits about climate change, Earth science, and missions beyond Earth are among the projects NASA has selected to receive agency funding.

 

NASA to Hold Briefing on Advanced Mission to Study Our Sun

NASA is scheduled to host a briefing at 1 p.m. EST, on Thursday, Jan. 21, to discuss the upcoming launch and science of an unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior.

 

Newborn Black Holes May Add Power to Many Exploding Stars

Astronomers studying two exploding stars, or supernovae, have found evidence the blasts received an extra boost from newborn black holes.

 

Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Trailing Debris

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids.

 

Pluto’s White, Dark-Orange and Charcoal-Black Terrain Captured by NASA’s Hubble

 

Nature’s Most Precise Clocks May Make “Galactic GPS” Possible; Pulsing Pulsars Help in Search for Gravitational Waves

Radio astronomers have uncovered 17 millisecond pulsars in our galaxy by studying unknown high-energy sources detected by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.