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| AKARI produces two new infrared all-sky catalogues |
| Two new infrared catalogues, containing more than 1.3 million celestial sources, are made public today. The AKARI All-Sky Catalogues, based on the first all-sky infrared survey in more than a quarter of a century, will provide important new data for a wide range of studies that cover topics ranging from the properties of nearby stars, to the formation of planetary systems, and the star formation history of the distant Universe. |
| Date: 31 Mar 2010 |
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| New portal for suppliers: esa-p |
| ESA-P, the new Supplier Portal that replaces EFIS, is now open to suppliers for submitting invoices. The new esa-p system can be accessed via the following link: |
| Date: 30 Mar 2010 |
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| Hubble confirms cosmic acceleration with weak lensing [heic1005] |
| A new study led by European scientists presents the most comprehensive analysis of data from the most ambitious survey ever undertaken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. These researchers have, for the first time ever, used Hubble data to probe the effects of the natural gravitational "weak lenses" in space and characterise the expansion of the Universe. |
| Date: 25 Mar 2010 |
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| Newly discovered planet could hold water |
| The Corot satellite strikes again with another fascinating planet discovery. This time, the newly discovered gas giant planet may have an interior that closely resembles those of Jupiter and Saturn in our own Solar System.
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| Date: 18 Mar 2010 |
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| New Planck images trace cold dust and reveal large-scale structure in the Milky Way |
| New images from ESA's Planck mission reveal details of the structure of the coldest regions in our Galaxy. Filamentary clouds predominate, connecting the largest to the smallest scales in the Milky Way. These images are a scientific by-product of a mission which will ultimately provide the sharpest picture ever of the early Universe. |
| Date: 17 Mar 2010 |
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| INTEGRAL Announcement of Opportunity for AO-8 Cycle Observations Proposals |
| Dear Colleague,
I am very pleased to invite you to respond to the 8th "Announcement of Opportunity" by submitting proposals for observations to be performed with the International Gamma-ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) satellite. |
| Date: 15 Mar 2010 |
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| Phobos flyby images |
| Images from the recent flyby of Phobos, on 7 March 2010, are released today. The images show Mars' rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution of just 4.4 metres per pixel. They show the proposed landing sites for the forthcoming Phobos-Grunt mission. |
| Date: 15 Mar 2010 |
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| Shocking recipe for 'killer electrons' |
| Interplanetary shocks can create "killer electrons" in the near-Earth space environment within 15 minutes of the shock reaching the Earth's protective magnetic bubble. The underlying mechanism for this process has now been revealed as a result of a rare configuration of satellites, including Cluster, SOHO and Double Star. |
| Date: 11 Mar 2010 |
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| Bully galaxy rules the neighbourhood [heic1004] |
| In general, galaxies can be thought of as "social" - hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how some galaxies appear to be hungry loners. These cosmic oddities have set astronomers on the "case of the missing neighbour galaxies". |
| Date: 04 Mar 2010 |
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| Herschel-HIFI unveils precursors of life-enabling molecules in Orion Nebula |
| ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has revealed the chemical fingerprints of potential life-enabling organic molecules in the Orion Nebula, a nearby stellar nursery in our Milky Way galaxy. This detailed spectrum, obtained with the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) - one of Herschel's three innovative instruments - demonstrates the gold mine of information that Herschel-HIFI will provide on how organic molecules form in space. |
| Date: 04 Mar 2010 |
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| James Webb Space Telescope sunshield passes critical design review |
| The James Webb Space Telescope sunshield has passed its critical design review, marking the successful completion of another mission milestone. The review certified that the sunshield design is complete and meets all the mission requirements; this clears the way for the start of manufacturing of the flight model sunshield. |
| Date: 03 Mar 2010 |
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