U.S. Team Experiment Will Fly On A Future Space Station Mission
Two U.S. teenagers are among the winners of the YouTube Space Lab Contest. YouTube and Lenovo, in cooperation with Space Adventures and space agencies including the NASA, the ESA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and other partners around the world, developed the initiative that challenged 14-18 year-old students to design a science experiment that can be performed in space.
Study Of Type Ia Events Critical In Understanding The Stellar Explosions
Studies using X-ray and ultraviolet observations from NASA's Swift satellite provide new insights into the elusive origins of an important class of exploding star called Type Ia supernovae. These explosions, which can outshine their galaxy for weeks, release large and consistent amounts of energy at visible wavelengths.
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