Posts Tagged ‘telescopes’
Super-Earth planets snug ‘in the zone’
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Astronomers have discovered perhaps the most Earth-like planet yet found outside our solar system. Continue…
Monday, April 22, 2013 11:05 - 4 Comments
Top Stories - Apr 16, 2013 11:59 - 3 Comments
Sensor for asteroid camera passes critical test
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Scientists are testing a new sensor designed to be the eyes of a future asteroid-tracking mission. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 13, 2013 10:47 - 1 Comment
Star system is closest found in a century
PENN STATE (US) — A newly discovered star system is the closest discovered since 1916—and the third-closest star system to the sun. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 25, 2013 18:26 - 0 Comments
Smallest space telescope will look for ‘starquakes’
U. TORONTO (CAN) — The smallest astronomical satellite ever built, weighing less than 7 kilograms (15.5 pounds), launched Monday, February 25. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 17, 2013 14:54 - 1 Comment
Telescope built to capture big bang light
COLUMBIA U. (US) — A new telescope will record relics from the universe’s moment of creation in an effort to learn more about the big bang. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 14, 2013 17:50 - 0 Comments
Why ‘weird’ cloud doesn’t crank out stars
CALTECH (US) — A puzzling cloud of gas near the galaxy’s center may hold clues to how stars are born. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 14, 2013 11:13 - 1 Comment
Search for alien life moves to ‘exomoons’
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Scientists have started to consider moons orbiting planets outside the solar system in the search for habitable worlds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 10, 2013 14:29 - 2 Comments
Vega’s asteroid belt hints at hidden planets
U. ARIZONA (US) — The bright star Vega has an asteroid belt, much like our sun, a finding that hints at the possibility of orbiting planets. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 20, 2012 6:42 - 8 Comments
Most distant galaxy shines light on early universe
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Astronomers have spotted what could be the most distant galaxy ever seen. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 5, 2012 14:30 - 0 Comments
Birth of bright galaxies lit up early universe
UC BERKELEY / U. CHICAGO (US) — The birth of the first massive galaxies was an explosive event in the early universe, according to new data. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 15, 2012 13:24 - 1 Comment
Massive galaxy cluster smashes cosmic records
MCGILL (CAN) — The discovery of a giant galaxy cluster—one of the largest objects in the universe—may force astronomers to rethink how these colossal structures, and the galaxies that inhabit them, evolve. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 26, 2012 16:29 - 0 Comments
Far, far away galaxy cluster is a ‘whopper’
U. FLORIDA (US) — A galaxy cluster 10 billion light-years from Earth is the most massive one ever seen at such a distance, researchers report. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 15, 2012 12:22 - 1 Comment
Tiny telescope discovers two weird planets
VANDERBILT (US) — A telescope in Arizona with a lens that’s no more powerful than a high-end digital camera has discovered two strange, distant planets. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 17, 2011 12:26 - 0 Comments
Black hole with mass of 6.6 billion suns
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — The enormous mass of the black hole at the center of galaxy M87 makes it a prime candidate for future studies to “see” a black hole for the first time. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 9, 2010 10:57 - 0 Comments
Pictures reveal binary star’s dark companion
U. MICHIGAN (US)—For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the mysterious dark companion in a binary star system that has puzzled skywatchers since the 19th century. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 2, 2009 23:27 - 0 Comments
Starburst galaxy emits intense gamma rays
IOWA STATE (US)—A galaxy quickly creating new stars is also a source of high energy gamma rays, according to a recent discovery. Gamma rays are high energy electromagnetic radiation. The rays discovered have a trillion times the energy of visible light. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 11:55 - 1 Comment
Seeing blue in search for Earth-like planets
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Using instruments aboard NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft, a team of astronomers and astrobiologists has devised a technique to tell whether Earth-like exoplanets harbor liquid water, which in turn could tell whether they might support life. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 26, 2009 16:02 - 0 Comments
Zeroing in on supernova distance
YALE (US)—A new technique for accurately measuring the distances to supernovae may help scientists test predictions about the history of dark energy and its behavior in the early universe. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 26, 2009 11:06 - 0 Comments
Nature caught ‘recycling’ a star
MCGILL (Canada)—For the first time, researchers have observed the rare rebirth of an ordinary, slow-rotating pulsar into a superfast millisecond pulsar with an almost infinite lifespan. (more…)
