Tag: Education Point of Interest
NASA Now: EPOXI Flyby Spacecraft: Close Encounters of the Comet Kind
Youngest Ever Nearby Black Hole Discovered
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence of the youngest black hole known to exist in our cosmic neighborhood. The 30-year-old object provides a unique opportunity to watch a black hole develop from infancy.
The black hole is a remnant of SN 1979C, a supernova in the galaxy M100 approximately 50 million light years from Earth. Data from Chandra, NASA’s Swift satellite, the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and the German ROSAT observatory revealed a bright source of X-rays that has remained steady during observation from 1995 to 2007. This suggests the object is a black hole being fed either by material falling into it from the supernova or a binary companion.
Excerpt from NASA Science News
For more information and images, visit the Chandra page.
Link to the Dec 14, 2010 NES chat with Black Holes expert, Dr. Sten Odenwald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Link to NES module, Black Holes Math. (Must be logged into the NES Virtual Campus as a participant of the NES project)
Link to the NES Virtual Campus home page.
DLiNFocus: NASA Careers ‘What’s in Your Future?’ Special Event Series
Students and teachers have an opportunity to learn about the wide variety of career choices at NASA — astronauts aren’t the only folks who work at NASA! NASA employees representing various projects and missions will be in the Digital Learning Network studios for a series of webcasts focusing on careers. They will share their academic experiences from elementary school through college and talk about what motivated them to pursue their careers.
Operation IceBridge Web Chat with Project Scientists
Link to the IceBridge Mission page.
Want to Go to Mars? Here's Your Chance.
LCROSS Results — Back-to-School Special
There are two scheduled opportunities on Wednesday, Nov. 3 —
10 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. EDT and 1 p.m. PDT / 4 p.m. EDT
Link to the NES Virtual Campus website.
Expedition 27 and 28 Downlink Opportunity
Forest Lake Elementary Technology Magnet School featured on NBC Nightly News
NASA Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project: K-12 Educator Fellowships