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MargaritaMc
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by MargaritaMc » Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:54 am
NASA will host a news teleconference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST)* Wednesday, Feb. 19, to announce new observations from its high-energy X-ray mission, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR).
The findings reveal new information about supernovas, the tremendous explosions that mark the ends of massive stars' lives.
Read more at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/news.php ... e=2014-048
*I make that to be 18:00 UT.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179 "In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
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MargaritaMc
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by MargaritaMc » Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:31 am
Information about what was announced at this teleconference is posted at
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32971 "In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
