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Tonight’s Sky: October 2014

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Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” October boasts an intriguing variety of eclipse, planets and stars. And that faint smudge in the sky is our nearest large galactic companion, Andromeda.

“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

James Webb Space Telescope Update: Sunshield Deployment Test

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In August 2014, at their +Northrop Grumman facilities in Redondo Beach, California engineers successfully stacked and unfurled the five layers of the largest part of the observatory: the massive sunshield.

The successful unfurling was the first time this had been done and everything worked perfectly.

The Sunshield is about the length of a tennis court, and will be folded up like an umbrella around the Webb telescope’s mirrors and instruments during launch. Once it reaches its orbit, the Webb telescope will receive a command from Earth to unfold, and separate the Sunshield’s five layers into their precisely stacked arrangement with its kite-like shape.

Please join +Tony Darnell Dr +Alberto Conti and +Scott Lewis as they discuss the test conducted last Summer with engineers and scientists at Northrup Grumman and +NASA Goddard as well as the details of the deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope.

As always, we look forward to your questions and comments as well, see you then!

For more information:
http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasas-webb-sunshield-stacks-up-to-test/#.VCWjJ-ecbJM

iPhone 6 Plus Extreme Bend Test

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It seems as if the newly released iPhone 6 Plus does in fact bend. I managed to prove this in my extreme version. Please do not try at home.
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3D Astronomy: Modelling the Universe with 3D Printers

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3D printing technology offers huge benefits in astronomy education and research.  The 3D Astronomy Project at the Space Telescope Science Institute and +NASA Goddard have created innovative education materials and 3D models of astronomical objects using #Hubble data.

Please join +Tony Darnell Dr +Carol Christian and +Scott Lewis as they discuss how 3D printing is being used in both education and research as well as helping the visually impaired.

As always, we look forward to your questions and comments as well, see you then!

For more information:
http://www.nasa.gov/3Dprinting
http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/

iPhone 6 Boiling Hot Water Test – Will it Survive?

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The iPhone 5S survived approx. 17 seconds while the 5C lasted 29-31 seconds and the Samsung Galaxy S5 a couple minutes. How long will the new iPhone 6 hold up against boiling hot temperature water?
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