Astrophysics - Stars Topics
BATSE Scientists and Data Top 1996 Citations
1996 — April 6, 2011
BATSE Discovers Unique Gamma-Ray Bursts
1996 — April 6, 2011
Unique telescope to open the X(-ray) Files
1996 — April 6, 2011
MSFC Earth-Sun Studies Featured at AGU
1996 — April 6, 2011
BATSE Pins Down Space Oddity
sgr — April 6, 2011
The Incredible Journey of the JWST
2008 — April 6, 2011
From humble beginnings in a Utah beryllium mine to the most advanced laboratories in the world, the mirrors of NASA's next great observatory are taking an incredible journey to space.
Exploring the Cosmos in Braille
2008 — April 6, 2011
Images from NASA telescopes are jewels of the space program, marvelous to behold. But how do you behold them when you can't see? The answer lies between the covers of a new NASA-funded book written in Braille, Touch the Invisible Sky.
Galactic Hunt Bags Missing Supernova
2008 — April 6, 2011
At long last, astronomers have found one of the Milky Way's mysteriously missing supernovas.
A Telescope Made of Moondust
2008 — Sept. 20, 2011
Mix moondust with epoxy, add a dash of carbon nanotubes, and spin. The result? A parabolic mirror perfectly suited for a lunar observatory. A NASA scientist has discovered this new recipe for making telescopes out of moondust, and to prove it works he has spun a "moondust mirror" here on Earth.
Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon
2008 — April 6, 2011
A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make 'unbelievably large' telescopes on the Moon.