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At the start of the Cederberg Observatory I spent one working weekend with Cliff Turk and Steve Kleyn.

This image brings back great memories of the hard beginnings.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:02:00 PM

Building a Buckyball Particle in Space

Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered buckyballs in a solid form in space.



Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:02:00 PM

This image of clouds over the southern Indian Ocean was acquired on July 23, 2007

A new university study using data from NASA's Terra spacecraft finds Earth's clouds got about one percent lower on average during the first decade of the 2000s.



Friday, February 17, 2012 10:02:00 PM

Global map of forest height produced from NASA's ICESAT/GLAS, MODIS and TRMM sensors.

A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the height of Earth's forests.



Friday, February 17, 2012 10:02:00 PM

Artist's concept of NuSTAR on orbit. NuSTAR has a 10-m (30') mast that deploys after launch to separate the optics modules (right) from the detectors in the focal plane (left).

Mating of NASA's NuSTAR observatory to its Pegasus rocket is underway.



Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:02:00 PM

CubeSat Artist Rendering and NASA's M-Cubed/COVE

NASA selects 33 small satellites - including two from JPL in partnership with Caltech - to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2013 and 2014.