NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found a rare class of oddball stars called blue stragglers in the hub of our Milky Way, the first detected within our galaxy’s bulge. Blue stragglers are so named because they seemingly lag behind in the aging process, appearing younger than the population from which… Read more“Hubble Space Telescope Finds Rare ‘Blue Straggler’ Stars in Milky Way’s Hub”
Day: May 29, 2011
Endeavour To Undock From Station Tonight
The STS-134 crew will leave their temporary home at 11:55 p.m. EDT tonight, after delivering the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and performing four spacewalks during Endeavour’s final mission.