2 stories tagged ‘Lori Allen’

Space telescope captures cosmic ‘Mountains of Creation’

November 9, 2005

Captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared eyes, a new majestic image resembles the iconic “Pillars of Creation” picture taken of the Eagle Nebula in visible light by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 1995. Both views feature star-forming clouds of cool gas and dust that have been sculpted into pillars by radiation and winds from [...]

Tags: Astronomy/Astrophysics/Cosmology/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Harvard College Observatory (HCO)/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/Joseph L. Hora/Lori Allen
Categories: Environments & Sustainability, HarvardScience

Light detected from alien planets

By William J. CromieMarch 24, 2005

Light from two worlds far from our solar system has been detected for the first time. The planets that emit it are too hot to be inhabited, at least by intelligent beings, but an Earthly satellite has gotten the best views yet of planets orbiting other stars like the sun. “It’s an awesome experience to [...]

Tags: Astrophysics/David Charbonneau/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/Lori Allen/S. Thomas Megeath
Categories: Environments & Sustainability, HarvardScience