Worldwide possible visibility for gamma Delphinid shower, 6/10-11/13 (Geert Barentsen, International Meteor Organization)
Bright green areas – best visibility, highest radiant elevation
Unshaded areas – no view
JOIN WEB CHAT
11 p.m.— 3 a.m EDT, June 10-11, 2013
Dr. Bill Cooke of
NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office
will take your questions via live web chat.
Highest Resolution Ever ~ Maps of Nearest Galaxies
Light masked our view of some galaxies. Now it’s all clear, thanks to Penn State, NASA and ultraviolet light mapping.
Astronomers created the
MOST super-high-resolution ultraviolet light surveys EVER
of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds,
two major galaxies closest to our own Milky Way.
With the surveys, “we can study how stars are born and evolve across each galaxy in a single view, something that’s very difficult to accomplish for our own galaxy because of our location inside it.”
Project lead from NASA, Stefan Immler
“…this project fills in a major missing piece of the scientific puzzle.”
Penn State astronomer, Michael Siegel, lead scientist
for the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) on
NASA’s Swift observatory –– a satellite, with three telescopes in Earth orbit, controlled by Penn State from Mission Operations Center on the University Park campus
Tour nearby galaxies in this YouTube
NASA Swift provides best-ever UV view of nearest galaxies
Using NASA’s Swift satellite, astronomers at Penn State and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center created the most detailed surveys of the Large and Small Magellanic clouds, the two closest major galaxies, in ultraviolet light. Tour these galaxies with them in this video.
All visible-light imagery provided by Axel Mellinger, Central Michigan University.
News from Microscopy and Cytometry
Life Sciences - Penn State
Improving health care by studying neurotransmitters, using electron microscopes and sharing amazing new equipment with world-class expert scientist researchers –– after you earn your bachelor’s degree, these are the kinds of special activities or studies that could await you as a grad student.
Are you a grad student? No? Imagine yourself as one and what problem would you solve that could change the world?
Baby rex by Spike Ekins:
“My rendition of Jun Huang´s Baby T. rex sculpt won both Best of Show and 1st place at two of Denmark´s biggest and best competitions for modelmakers a couple of years ago.
I would now add an insulatory coat of down if I could work out how best to do it”
I want it.
My favorite math joke, illustrated by Sandra Boynton.
My dad has this on a coffee cup, which pretty much explains why I am how I am (by which I mean “awesome”).
Love this.
Peeking into a
Microscopy Laboratory
in the Life Sciences Building
at Penn State.
Can you see yourself as a scientist or learning from one?
