Fairy Watch

• NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape
  The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star reveal a new twist. […]
• Herschel Space Observatory Finds Mega Merger of Galaxies
  A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation. […]
• NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconference Today
  NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency's Kepler Space Telescope. […]
• NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts On Mars
  Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across. […]
• Media Accreditation Open For Launch Of NASA's Next Mission To Mars
  International and U.S. media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission. […]
• NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope Finds Dead Stars 'Polluted' With Planet Debris
  NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found the building blocks for Earth-sized planets in an unlikely place-- the atmospheres of a pair of burned-out stars called white dwarfs. […]
• NASA Astrophysicist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
  NASA astrophysicist Chryssa Kouveliotou, a senior scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has been selected for membership in the National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original scientific research. […]
• NASA Invites Public to Send Names and Messages to Mars
  NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. […]
• Herschel Completes Its 'Cool' Journey in Space
  The Herschel observatory, a European space telescope for which NASA helped build instruments and process data, has stopped making observations after running out of liquid coolant as expected. […]
• NASA's Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color
  Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new, infrared light to mark the 23rd anniversary of the famous observatory's launch aboard the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. […]