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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Ever wanted your say in the naming of a cosmic object such as a moon? Well, scientists are opening up that door by asking people to vote for the name of two of Pluto's small moons. Currently, the two moons getting a name change are "P4" and "P5." Astronomers have specified that these small moons are in need of names that coincides with Pluto's theme for names associated with the Greek god Hades, ruler of the underworld. Pluto's other...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Watching active volcanic eruptions should be done so from a safe distance. Observing active eruptions here on Earth can be easily accomplished from the comfort of your home with proper equipment. But observing an Earthen volcanic eruption from home is nothing when compared to what a group of California researchers have been privy to. Using an ingenious combination of ground-based telescopic surveys and archival data, the Golden...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is nearly seven years into its 9.5-year journey across the solar system to explore Pluto and its moons, but that journey is still far from over. As the spacecraft travels through space, its team has become aware of the possibility that dangerous debris may be orbiting in the Pluto system. "We've found more and more moons orbiting near Pluto -- the count is now up to five," Dr. Alan Stern, principal...

NEW YORK, October 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Three winners of the new Physics Frontiers Prize will be announced this December and become nominees for the 2013 US$ 3 million Fundamental Physics Prize The Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation announces the opening of online nominations for the next Fundamental Physics Prize and New Horizons in Physics Prize. The electronic nomination form is available at http://www.fundamentalphysicsprize.org and...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Pluto, the dwarf planet (ex-number-nine), and its larger companion Charon, recently posed for astronomers. Using the high-resolution Gemini North 8-meter telescope along with reconstructive speckle imaging, astronomers were able to capture the twin extrasolar planetary system, providing the sharpest ground-based images of the deep-space dwellers. The images prove that ground-based speckle imaging is a powerful tool for exoplanet...

New Horizons Worldwide, Inc. honors New Horizons of Detroit at recent International Conference. Livonia, MI (PRWEB) August 26, 2012 New Horizons Great Lakes is proud to announce New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Detroit received the Highest U.S. Revenue Location of the Year award and 2nd Highest Revenue Worldwide award from New Horizons Worldwide, Inc. during the company’s International Conference recently held in Las Vegas, NV. New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Detroit...

Global NGO Tackling Tough Medical Cases in Peru As Communities Still Rebuilding Lives Five Years After Devastating Earthquake Millwood, VA (PRWEB) July 16, 2012 Global NGO Project HOPE has assisted more than 11,000 patients in the first weeks of a medical humanitarian mission to Peru in its first collaboration with the U.S. military’s 12th Air Force out of Southern Command . The annual mission, known as New Horizons, takes place in Latin America and the Caribbean and is a unique...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists announced on Wednesday they have discovered the smallest moon yet, orbiting around the dwarf planet Pluto. The discovery was made by a team of scientists who used the Hubble Space Telescope to scout out Pluto's neighborhood ahead of a NASA spacecraft that is scheduled to arrive in 2015. The new moon, known as P5 currently, appeared as a small fleck in the Hubble images, and scientists believe it is about 6 to 15 miles...

A team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The moon is estimated to be irregular in shape and 6 to 15 miles across. It is in a 58,000-mile-diameter circular orbit around Pluto that is assumed to be co-planar with the other satellites in the system. “The moons form a series of neatly nested orbits, a bit like Russian dolls,” said team lead Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute in Mountain...

Why does NASA sometimes schedule a rocket launch for the middle of the night, or aim for a liftoff time when weather is notoriously unlikely to cooperate? The simplicity of the question belies the complexity of the answer. The best time to start a mission is based on a blend of factors: the flight's target and goals, the needs of the spacecraft, the type of rocket, and the desired trajectory, which refers to the path the vehicle and spacecraft must take to successfully start the mission....