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High School Science Stuff
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Feature: The Power of Light
The National Ignition Facility will do what has never before been accomplished: to create a self-sustained nuclear fusion reaction in a safe, controlled setting. Creating a star on Earth at the National Ignition Facility will usher in a new age for science.
NASA scientists have interrupted the checkout and calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope to aim the recently refurbished observatory at a new expanding spot on the giant planet Jupiter. The spot, caused by the impact of a comet or an asteroid, is changing day to day in the planet's cloud tops. The Hubble picture, taken on July 23, 2009, is the sharpest visible-light picture taken of the impact feature.
The timeline links and images in the Cassiopeia A Timeline provide interdisciplinary connections to the lives of the stars. See more information at Cassiopeia A, The Death of a Star . . .
