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... portion of one of the largest known star-birth regions in the galaxy, the Carina Nebula. Three light-year-tall towers of cool hydrogen laced with dust rise from the wall of the nebula. The scene is reminiscent of Hubble's classic Pillars of Creation photo from 1995, but ... 's guide. An anniversary poster containing Hubble's "hall-of-fame images, including the Eagle Nebula and Saturn, also is being offered with downloadable classroom activity information. Visit the website at ...

... of this article is an example of such structure. It is called the dumb-bell nebula, from the shape it presents through a telescope of small power; but when viewed with ... to a mind of superior grasp may appear as only single particles of which the nebula is the mass, are in constant movement in the galaxy to which they belong. But where are we to stop? Are we to assume that the firmament or resolvable nebula is the last step? or, are we to look for some higher unity, under which ...

... findings during scientific sessions that are open to registered media. '''What Spawned the Jellyfish Nebula?''' The Jellyfish Nebula, also known by its official name IC 443, is the remnant of a supernova ... light years from Earth. New Chandra observations show that the explosion that created the Jellyfish Nebula may have also formed a peculiar object located on the southern edge of the remnant ...

... that, like other planetary systems, our solar system was born out of the original protoplanetary nebula and gas-dust disk around the forming star. The disk compressed, its density increased, and ... the solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago. The number 1 shows the protoplanetary nebula collapse; 2 shows gas-dust disk formation around the proto Sun; 3 and 4 show ... helium lived, then died by blowing off their outer shells adding heavy elements to nearby nebula that creates the environment with the right materials to make solar system planets and smaller ...

... properly, satisfactory results were obtained. ''(NASA Rpt. SRL)'' Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC had awarded Univ. of Wisconsin a $679,101 contract to develop sensors for galactic x-ray ... launch vehicle in 1968. Sensors would explore x-ray sources other than sun and Crab Nebula. ''( Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC Release 66-258)'' Potential for application of biomedical knowledge ...

... Wampler and Dr. Joseph S. Miller reported-they had photographed winking of pulsar in Crab Nebula-first of pulsars to be unequivocally associated with observable star-by spinning disc before star ... yrs ago. Cambridge team had discovered pulsars. ''(UPI, W Post, 2/7/69, A20)'' NASA awarded Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. $3,438,400 supplemental agreement for changes in Apollo lunar module ...

... to 99.6-mi (160-km) altitude to study polarization of x-rays from Crab Nebula in 10- to 25-key energy region, using x-ray polarimeter with lithium scattering blocks ... Space Flight Center MSFC Release 69-72)'' Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC announced it had awarded $1,954,999 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to IBM Federal Systems Div; for designing ...

... behalf of Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong , Edwin E. Aldrin , Jr., and Michael Collins . Award had been established by Mme. Anna Emile Guzman in 1889 for first persons "to ... Univ. scientists had observed sudden speedup in fastest and youngest pulsar, in heart of Crab Nebula, Walter Sullivan reported in New York Times. With second discovery of periodic phenomenon, astronomers had ...

... . CPB would reimburse NASA for costs of experiment. ''(NASA Release 70-22)'' NASA announced award of $3 300 000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Boeing Co. Aerospace Systems ... observations to begin in autumn 1972. Telescope would be used for extragalactic exploration; study of nebulae and stars, particularly faint stars; and planetary research. '' (Bengelsdorf, LA Times, 2/170)'' February ...

... -ray source that differed in many respects from previously known x-ray pulsar in Crab Nebula. ''(NASA Proj Off)'' Nike-Cajun sounding rocket was launched by NASA from White Sands Missile ... of Dynalectron Corp. Land-Air Div. to receive $1 805 000, one-year, cost-plus-award-fee contract for support services at White Sands Test Facility, N. Mex. ''(MSC Release 71 ...

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