Week of October 17 – October 21, 2022
NASA’s Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape – the iconic Pillars of Creation – where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust that appear, at times, semi-transparent in near-infrared light.
NASA’S IXPE Helps Unlock the Secrets of Famous Exploded Star
For the first time, astronomers have measured and mapped polarized X-rays from the remains of an exploded star, using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The findings, which come from observations of a stellar remnant called Cassiopeia A, shed new light on the nature of young supernova remnants, which accelerate particles close to the speed of light.
NASA’s Swift, Fermi Missions Detect Exceptional Cosmic Blast
Astronomers around the world are captivated by an unusually bright and long-lasting pulse of high-energy radiation that swept over Earth on Oct. 9. The emission came from a gamma-ray burst – the most powerful class of explosions in the universe – that ranks among the most luminous events known.
Resupply Mission for NASA Carries Scientific Experiments to Space Station
The 18th Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission for NASA to the International Space Station is scheduled to launch no earlier than Nov. 6 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Learn more about the scientific investigations traveling to the space station.
From Student to Employee: How NASA’s Rocket Competition Launches New Careers
NASA’s Student Launch rocket competition can provide participants with the knowledge and connections necessary to pursue careers in the aerospace industry. This rings true for John Inness, former student turned NASA engineer. Inness applied his six years of experience competing in Student Launch toward becoming a full-time employee at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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