Archive for the ‘Telescopes’ Category
2010 RF12 and its pal show improvements in asteroid detection - Christian Science Monitor
 msnbc.com | 2010 RF12 and its pal show improvements in asteroid detection Christian Science Monitor In addition, the NRC recently placed a top priority on a new ground-based telescope, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, designed to image the entire night ... Close-Shave Asteroid Caught on Camera Two Objects to Zip Close to Earth Today; Visible Through Telescope Two Asteroids Zip Past Today; Meanwhile, NASA Plans Killer Asteroid Defenses |
Guiding Light: The Canadian Space Agency “Eyes” Hubble’s Successor - Marketwire (press release)
Guiding Light: The Canadian Space Agency "Eyes" Hubble's Successor Marketwire (press release) 8, 2010) - The Canadian Space Agency has delivered a test unit of its contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope, successor of the Hubble Space ... |
Two Objects to Zip Close to Earth Today; Visible Through Telescope - TopNews United Kingdom (blog)
 The Hindu | Two Objects to Zip Close to Earth Today; Visible Through Telescope TopNews United Kingdom (blog) Accompanying this, it has been said that even though people with an appropriate sized amateur telescope can spot these objects that are situated a few ... Two Asteroids Zip Past Today; Meanwhile, NASA Plans Killer Asteroid Defenses Telescope will pick up Wednesday asteroids Close Encounters: Is the Sky Falling ... Again? |
Celestial spiral: Incredible image of nebula swirling around a star - Daily Mail
 Daily Mail | Celestial spiral: Incredible image of nebula swirling around a star Daily Mail The picture was taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. The striking picture shows what appears to be a thin spiral winding ... Hubble Spots Ghostly Space Spiral Astro Bob blog: This can't be real, but it is Nebula creates perfect spiral around its star |
Extreme X-rays may be signature of lame black hole - Ars Technica
 PhysOrg.com | Extreme X-rays may be signature of lame black hole Ars Technica With new observations made using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, the researchers were able to obtain an optical spectrum ... Extreme X-ray source supports new class of black hole |
To Find Alien Volcanic Eruptions, Look for Foul Gas - LiveScience.com
 Eureka! Science News | To Find Alien Volcanic Eruptions, Look for Foul Gas LiveScience.com "Using the James Webb Space Telescope, we could spot an eruption 10 to 100 times the size of Pinatubo for the closest stars." The 1991 eruption of Mount ... Astronomers: Alien world volcanoes likely detectable Detecting Alien Volcanic Eruptions Is Possible We can detect volcanoes on alien worlds, say scientists |
Reopened observatory twinkles at South Florida Science Museum’s monthly event - Palm Beach Post
Reopened observatory twinkles at South Florida Science Museum's monthly event Palm Beach Post The domed room that houses the telescope reopened in late August for the debut of Nights at the Museum, which includes movies and planetarium shows along ... |
James Webb telescope could detect extrasolar volcanoes - Wired.co.uk
James Webb telescope could detect extrasolar volcanoes Wired.co.uk Astronomers believe that telescopic tech is getting so good, that we'll soon be able to detect ... Guiding Light: The Canadian Space Agency "Eyes" Hubble's Successor Extrasolar Volcanoes May Soon be Detectable |
Two Asteroids to Pass Near Earth Today - TIME
The Hindu | Two Asteroids to Pass Near Earth Today TIME Amateur astronomers, take heart — the asteroids can be seen with moderate-sized telescopes. CNN reports that through a telescope, they will look like tiny ... Two Asteroids Zip Past Today; Meanwhile, NASA Plans Killer Asteroid Defenses Two Objects to Zip Close to Earth Today; Visible Through Telescope Duck, everybody: two asteroids to zip close by Earth today |
Astronomers Hope to Launch Telescope Projects - Bright Side of News*
 Bright Side of News* | Astronomers Hope to Launch Telescope Projects Bright Side of News* Astronomers ranked future projects hoping for government and private funding to launch several telescopes. The projects range from those planted securely on ... |