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  The center section of the backplane structure that will fly on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been completed, marking an important milestone in the telescope’s hardware development. The backplane will support the telescope’s beryllium mirrors, instruments, thermal control systems and other hardware throughout its mission. “Completing the center… Read more“NASA’s Webb Telescope Flight Backplane Section Completed”

  PASADENA, Calif. — Images from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) reveal an old star in the throes of a fiery outburst, spraying the cosmos with dust. The findings offer a rare, real-time look at the process by which stars like our sun seed the universe with building blocks… Read more“NASA’s WISE Catches Aging Star Erupting With Dust”

Update: NASA’s 747 and Enterprise Have Taken off from Washington Dulles 04.27.12 WASHINGTON — NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Enterprise mounted atop is on its way to New York City. It will fly at a relatively low altitude over various parts of the New York City… Read more“Update: NASA’s 747 and Enterprise Have Taken off from Washington Dulles 04.27.12”

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MBARGOED until 1 p.m. EST on January 31, 2012 LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, January 31, 2012—Space scientists, including researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory, today described the first detailed analyses of captured interstellar neutral atoms—raw material for the formation of new stars, planets and even human beings. The information was… Read more“IBEX Probe Glimpses Interstellar Neighborhood”

Stars in hydrogen storage, carbon nanotube spectroscopy, space weather and weapons physics noted for 2011 achievements LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, January 30, 2012—Achievements in scientific research and leadership are being honored at Los Alamos National Laboratory this week. Laboratory Director Charles McMillan and the Laboratory’s Fellows organization have awarded the… Read more“Los Alamos honors four for science leadership, research”

Severe weather is expected to impact the southeastern U.S. today, and the GOES-13 satellite captured an image of a line of clouds associated with the strong cold front that looks like a giant white spike. This same frontal system brought heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes to Texas yesterday, January 25…. Read more“‘White Spike’ of Clouds Bringing U.S. Severe Weather”