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Hubble@25 Exhibit at the Intrepid Museum with Mike Massimino

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If you’re planning on being in New York City anytime soon, the coolest place to visit for Hubble Huggers is the #Hubble @25 exhibit currently on display at the +Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the launch of the +Hubble Space Telescope, this exhibition showcases the history of this project and reveals its unparalleled scientific achievements through original artifacts, stellar photographs, Hubble produced images and immersive environments.

Please join +Tony Darnell Dr +Carol Christian and +Scott Lewis, as we talk with co-curators +Eric Boehm  and former astronaut +Mike Massimino and members of the Intrepid STEM team to discuss the exhibit and the #STEM efforts being produced.

Bring your questions and comments and we’ll read them on air throughout the hangout!

Learn more here:
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/hubble@25.aspx
#Space   #Astronomy   #Hubble   #STEM #intrepidmuseum

Hubble And Dawn Collaborate To See Ceres

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As the Dawn Spacecraft approaches the dwarf planet Ceres in a matter of months, it’s difficult to forget the amount of teamwork and collaboration that took place in order for amazing feats like this to be accomplished. 

As of right now, the +Hubble Space Telescope has the highest resolution image of Ceres, but that’s all about to change as Dawn arrives and gives us all a completely new perspective of the largest object in the asteroid belt. In fact, the images taken by Hubble have been highly instrumental in the planning phases of getting Dawn to Ceres, as well as Vesta.

To continue in the spirit of collaboration, this week’s #HubbleHangout  will be with those involved in imaging Ceres with Hubble as well as members of the +Dawn Mission Education and Communications (E/C) team!

Please join +Tony Darnell Dr +Carol Christian and +Scott Lewis, who will be on location at +NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory with +Keri Bean as we discuss the long journey Dawn has made to get to Ceres. Joining them as well is +Max Mutchler and +Jianyang Li who worked on getting the gorgeous view from Hubble. 

Bring your questions and comments and we’ll read them on air throughout the hangout!

Read more here:
_Hubble Images of Asteroids Help Astronomers Prepare for Spacecraft Visit_
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/27/

_Dawn Snaps Its Best-Yet Image of Dwarf Planet Ceres_
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-414

*Special Note*

Our own Dr. +Jason Kalirai has been nominated for a Listener Choice Award for an audio segment on Exploring Exoplanets released last July.

Please show your support for the #JWST mission by listening to his segment here

Jason Kalirai, Johns Hopkins University – Exploring Exoplanets

and voting here:
 http://academicminute.org/2014/11/listener_choice_award/

#Space   #Astronomy   #Hubble   #Ceres   #Dawn

Don’t Boil Your iPhone 6 in Coca-Cola!

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I decided to drop a brand new iPhone 6 in some boiling Coca-Cola. The results made my house smell like smoke for 2 hours. I would NOT recommend trying this at home! Enjoy the test!
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Hubble Surveys Debris Disks Around Stars

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Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have completed the largest and most sensitive visible-light imaging survey of dusty debris disks around other stars. These dusty disks, likely created by collisions between leftover objects from planet formation, were imaged around stars as young as 10 million years old and as mature as more than 1 billion years old.

Once thought to be simply pancake-like structures, the unexpected diversity and complexity of these dusty debris structures strongly suggest they are being gravitationally affected by unseen planets orbiting the star. Alternatively, these effects could result from the stars’ passing through interstellar space.

Please join +Tony Darnell Dr +Carol Christian  and +Scott Lewis as we talk with the Principal Investigators of this exciting discovery.

Bring your questions and comments and we’ll read them on air throughout the hangout!

Read more here:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/44/

*Special Note*

Our own Dr. +Jason Kalirai has been nominated for a Listener Choice Award for an audio segment on Exploring Exoplanets released last July.

Please show your support for the #JWST mission by listening to his segment here

Jason Kalirai, Johns Hopkins University – Exploring Exoplanets

and voting here:
 http://academicminute.org/2014/11/listener_choice_award/

Tonight’s Sky: December 2014

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Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” In December, get great views of Venus, Mars and Jupiter.

“Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes — and other astronomy videos — at HubbleSite.org.

Visit Tonight’s Sky on HubbleSite.
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky

Hubble Finds Extremely Distant Galaxy in Gravitational Lens

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Peering through a giant cosmic magnifying glass, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted one of the farthest, faintest, and smallest galaxies ever seen. The diminutive object is estimated to be over 13 billion light-years away.
This new detection is considered one of the most reliable distance measurements of a galaxy that existed in the early universe, said the Hubble researchers. They used two independent methods to estimate its distance.

The galaxy was detected as part of the Frontier Fields program, an ambitious three-year effort, begun in 2013, that teams Hubble with NASA’s other Great Observatories — the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory — to probe the early universe by studying large galaxy clusters. These clusters are so massive that their gravity deflects light passing through them, magnifying, brightening, and distorting background objects in a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. These powerful lenses allow astronomers to find many dim, distant structures that otherwise might be too faint to see.
Please join +Tony Darnell Dr +Carol Christian  and +Scott Lewis as we talk with the Principal Investigators of this exciting discovery.

Bring your questions and comments and we’ll read them on air throughout the hangout!

Read more here:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/39/

*Special Note*

Our own Dr. +Jason Kalirai has been nominated for a Listener Choice Award for an audio segment on Exploring Exoplanets released last July.

Please show your support for the #JWST mission by listening to his segment here

Jason Kalirai, Johns Hopkins University – Exploring Exoplanets

and voting here:
 http://academicminute.org/2014/11/listener_choice_award/