IQS 101 : Space

Microsoft mystery unveiled: The official site is now up

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:56:15 GMT

Per Scobleizer, here is the scoop, or more correctly, scope, from Microsoft Research.

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Exciting words from NASA

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:12:16 GMT

"NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the U.S."

A few more words from NASA are below. Lots more fun stuff here.

NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is a powerful space observatory that will:
* Explore the most extreme environments in the Universe, where nature harnesses energies far beyond anything possible on Earth.
* Search for signs of new laws of physics and what composes the mysterious Dark Matter.
* Explain how black holes accelerate immense jets of material to nearly light speed.
* Help crack the mysteries of the stupendously powerful explosions known as gamma-ray bursts.
* Answer long-standing questions across a broad range of topics, including solar flares, pulsars and the origin of cosmic rays.

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Astronomers Eye Ultra-Young, Bright Galaxy in Early Universe

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:31:18 GMT

NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, with a boost from a natural "zoom lens," have uncovered what may be one of the youngest and brightest galaxies ever seen in the middle of the cosmic "dark ages," just 700 million years after the beginning of our universe. (click image for story)

"We certainly were surprised to find such a bright young galaxy 12.8 billion years in the past"

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