WISE--NASA's infrared survey of the universe
NASA has yet another remarkable satellite mission–the WISE mission is launched on December 14. The $300 million venture, WISE is an infrared …
Continue ReadingNASA has yet another remarkable satellite mission–the WISE mission is launched on December 14. The $300 million venture, WISE is an infrared …
Continue ReadingWould you like to share your enthusiasm for studying the cosmos with others? Star gazing parties are happening all over the world and they’re a …
Continue ReadingThe idea of hunting for asteroids inspires images of a massive boulder hurtling on a destructive path towards Earth, ready to display its terrifying …
Continue ReadingThe largest single-aperture optical telescope telescope designed to study black holes and early big bang cosmology. Built with funds from Spain, …
Continue ReadingThere are large telescopes, and then there are extremely large telescopes. The ELT promises to be larger than any other terrestrial telescope in …
Continue ReadingRadio astronomy has its star telescopes, just as astronomy in visible wavelengths has the Keck Observatory, the Large Binocular Telescope, or the …
Continue ReadingThe United States Naval Observatory traces its beginnings back to President John Quincy Adams, who signed the legislative act establishing such an …
Continue ReadingBig Bear Solar Observatory in the San Bernardino Mountains houses what is now the largest solar telescope in the world with a primary mirror of 1.6 …
Continue ReadingThe Greenwich Royal Observatory, which founded in 1675 is the site of the Prime Meridian, Universal Time, and a 28-inch refracting telescope. Read …
Continue ReadingWhile scientists are busily making their discoveries, everyday people often end up feeling like there’s nothing they can do to participate. …
Continue ReadingThe Kepler satellite has taken and sent back the first images of its prodigious mission; and it has done so with its huge photometer.
Continue ReadingAlthough most of the information and observations we obtain from space are disseminated into the mass media in the form of visual images, there is …
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