Month: June 2013
Kepler Data Reveal First Transiting Planets in a Star Cluster
Astronomers have found two planets smaller than three times the size of Earth orbiting sun-like stars…
Kepler Data Reveal First Transiting Planets in a Star Cluster
Astronomers have found two planets smaller than three times the size of Earth orbiting sun-like stars…
NASA Launches Satellite to Study How Sun's Atmosphere is Energized
NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Wednesday at 7:27 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air…
Stargazer Aircraft Carrying IRIS Takes Off
The Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft takes off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:30…
Nighttime Image of Texas Cities
One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station, some 240 miles above…
NASA Launches Satellite to Study How Sun's Atmosphere Is Energized
NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Wednesday at 7:27 p.m. PDT (10:27 p.m. EDT)…
NASA Launches Satellite to Study How Sun’s Atmosphere is Energized
NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Wednesday at 7:27 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air…
Stargazer Aircraft Carrying IRIS Takes Off
The Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft takes off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:30…