Sentences with phrase «for space observation»

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Only with the dawn of the space age in the 20th century has it been possible for humans to travel far enough into space to verify by direct observation that the earth is a globe.

The start of time (and space) creates a barrier for our observations.

Funny how star gazing gives one awe and a sense of eternity and in my case it removes the hope of heaven... i.e. there is no heaven, just space with gazeous substance... a place where it is childish and absurd to think we are going when we die... Our solar system / galaxy seem empty of organic life altogether... actually inorganic seems to be the norm... so my faith struggle of the week is how can I possibly believe in after life... when reality shows me decomposition of all that we are, scientific observation does not allow room for a «spirit body» to rise and go in some nebulae... So why do I still need to believe despite this raw evidence... I drive me crazy sometimes...

In the section on tape - measure shots, for example, we have this observation by former Yankees pitching great Lefty Gomez: «When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object.

Like the observations about the potential for Christian and Dele to exploit the space left by Baines in particular.

However, there is no space for a parent's sleep cot in the constant observation room.

Look for toys that do less for the child and that allow the space for you as a parent to ask questions, tell a story, sing a song, make an animal noise, and make observations.

Using observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, the research team has for the first time found young populations of stars within globular clusters that have apparently developed courtesy of star - forming gas flowing in from outside of the clusters themselves.

Plasma propulsion is an important and efficient technology used to control spacecraft for Earth observation, communications and fundamental exploration of outer space.

These Chandra observations showed that expanding debris from a supernova can accelerate subatomic particles faster than previously thought, and in fact can account for the highest - energy protons that come from outer space and are seen hitting the Earth's upper atmosphere.

«There's a lot of invoking of Population III sources for various observations that people make,» says astronomer Michael Hauser of the Space Telescope Science Institute.

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John Baker of NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland told New Scientist: «These help us to build expectations for the observations and to begin planning data analysis strategies for the detectors as well as to help us design future improved simulations.»

The research teams plan more in - depth observations with space telescopes to strengthen the case for the dark births of black holes.

The work can potentially be applied to miniaturizing MAVs useful for remote observation and dispersion in a range of applications, from agriculture to space exploration, especially in conditions hazardous to humans.

Says Zeitlin, «This is the first study using observations from space to confirm what has been thought for some time — that plastics and other lightweight materials are pound - for - pound more effective for shielding against cosmic radiation than aluminum.

Subsequent observations, such as those planned for the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2013, may tell a different story.

Data from WISE may generate proposals for telescope time on Herschel for more detailed follow - up observations, says Paul Goldsmith, project scientist for Herschel at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. (Goldsmith's JPL colleagues will manage ground operations for WISE; Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory in North Logan, Utah, designed and built its instrumentation, and Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colo., built the spacecraft itself.)

«Applications based on frequency combs are quite important for future space - based optical clocks, precision metrology and earth observation techniques,» said Lezius.

Other observations, made with the Hubble Space Telescope and published yesterday in Nature Astronomy, found no signs of hydrogen in the atmospheres of planets d, e, and f, but were inconclusive for TRAPPIST - 1g.

The Deep Space Network, managed by JPL, is an international network of antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe.

The people who are doing space - related observations are very happy that there could be a connection from space to Earth because it makes a good argumentation for understanding processes out there.

The much - anticipated James Webb Space Telescope — often referred to as Hubble's successor — for example, will likely only study worlds that hug their host stars, making observations of planets with wider orbits like Mars or even Earth out of the question.

Observations show that this unique object was traveling through space for millions of years before its chance encounter with our star system.

«Our observation that within these crystals, two side - by - side layers can slip or slide across to create space for guests suggests that these MOFs are actually smarter than we thought because they can respond to external stimuli without losing their crystallinity,» says Hor.

A new study based on observations with the Hubble Space Telescope has shown that the most massive galaxies in the universe, which are found in clusters like this, have been aligned with the distribution of neighboring galaxies for at least 10 billion years.

The team analyzed space - based observations of the sun taken every 45 seconds for several years.

But mostly he is making space for my observations, my innate way of experiencing the landscape.

«By mixing [the data from] these instruments, we'll get information about the current star formation rate, but we'll also get information about the star formation history,» explained Hans Ulrik Nørgaard - Nielsen, an astronomer at the Danish Space Research Institute in Denmark and the principal investigator for the proposed observations.

Lava lakes directly exposed to space without an atmosphere would create local hot spots of high temperatures, so they are not the best explanation for the Spitzer observations, scientists said.

Using a web interface, interested scientists can, for example, select objects from the raw simulation data, process it, and even create virtual observations mimicing existing or future space telescopes.

Malcolm Fridlund, European Space Agency project scientist for the mission, says there are «hundreds of other interesting candidate signals» in the COROT data waiting for painstaking follow - up observations with ground - based telescopes.

Work on astrophysical theory to interpret space - based observations receives little support from NASA, for instance, because it's not related to a particular mission, while NSF managers focus on ground - based data.

His firm, Quantametrics, developed technology for high - powered space lasers, working for clients like the «Star Wars» missile defense program and NASA, which relies on lasers for certain types of astronomical observations.

This is the first detection of the roughly half of the normal matter in our universe — protons, neutrons and electrons — unaccounted for by previous observations of stars, galaxies and other bright objects in space.

The loss — the latest in an embarrassing string of failures for the US space programme — could leave the US without any means of collecting observations for civilian purposes.

William Borucki, of the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, has captured the astronomy prize for two achievements: conceiving the observational technique of transit photometry that raised the tantalizing prospect of sighting Earth - like planets orbiting other stars, and leading the 25 - year - long development of the Kepler mission, which in 2009 placed a telescope in space to make those observations.

Multiple observations indicate that the flowing water responsible for shaping and moving the rounded pebbles encountered in the vicinity of the rover landing area has long since been lost to space, though some of it may still exist deep below the surface of the planet at equatorial locations (water ice is known to exist near the surface at the poles).

Starbase features local message areas called Astronomy Chat, BAA Discovery News (with postings of observation schedules for current astronomical events), Space Exploration, JAS News & Chat, CCD Cameras and Astronomical Societies.

Today, it develops and launches satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications and astronomy, sends probes to the far reaches of the Solar System and cooperates in the human exploration of space.

We thank Matt Mountain and his staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute for working with us to confirm the discoveries of S / 2005 P 1 and S / 2005 P 2, and for granting Director's Discretionary time for follow up detection observations this coming February.

«We couldn't be more thrilled with the quality of the images from the new Wide Field Camera 3 and repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys, and the spectra from the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph,» said Keith Noll, leader of a team at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which planned the early release observations.

Although we are some time off from probing a distant potentially habitable world's atmosphere for the presence of liquid water or chemical traces of life, Kepler - along with supporting observations by other space - and ground - based instrumentation - is giving us a tantalizing hint of the preponderance of small rocky worlds in the Milky Way.

Further observations with the VLT, ALMA, and the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope are planned to confirm beyond doubt that what has been observed are Population III stars, and to search for and identify further examples.

Such observations are right at the limit of current capabilities, requiring the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the $ 8 billion successor to Hubble scheduled for launch in 2020.

«Previous observations made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Swift Gamma - Ray Burst Mission and Deep Impact spacecraft gave us only upper limits for any gas emission from ISON.

The offered lectures will cover existing and planned space missions, space mission design, and the principles of instrumentation for the required observations, including in - situ measurements.

A 2008 study presented evidence for an intermediate - mass black hole at the center of Omega Centauri, based on observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope and Gemini Observatory on Cerro Pachon in Chile.

Preferred Qualifications (Evaluation Criteria): - Experience in working with satellite space observation data and optical data in situ in marine environment for validation.

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