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China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2009 
The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has joined the Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT). As an Observer, China will participate in planning the development of what will be the world's most advanced and capable astronomical observatory. "The TMT is delighted to take this exciting new step forward in our relationship with the National ... read moreHubble Image Showcases Star Birth In Spiral Galaxy M83 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 09, 2009The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of the nearby spiral galaxy M83. Nicknamed the Southern Pinwheel, M83 is undergoing more rapid star formation than our own Milky Way galaxy, especially in its nucleus. The sharp "eye" of the Wide Field ... more
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Spitzer Observes A Chaotic Planetary System
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2009Before our planets found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today, they wiggled and jostled about like unsettled children. Now, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a young star with evidence for the same kind of orbital hyperactivity. Young planets circling the star are thought to be disturbing smaller comet-like bodies, causing them to collide and kick up a huge halo of dust. ... more University Celebrates Telescope's 'First Light' 
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Nov 05, 2009The University of Utah will celebrate the initial observations or "first light" of its new $860,000 research telescope in southwest Utah during a Wednesday, Nov. 11, symposium and reception on the Salt Lake City campus. The new Willard L. Eccles Observatory's 32-inch reflecting telescope took its first pictures the night of Oct. 15. The "first light" photo is an edge-on view of the spiral ... more Eye Of JWST Marks Major Milestone As Mission Moves Forward 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2009The telescope element of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC - News), has successfully passed a critical design review verifying it will perform as designed, and now moves forward to final manufacturing steps and integration of all subsystems. The Optical Telescope Element (OTE), which is the eye of the Observatory, includes a giant ... more Mexico University Creates First Network Of Telescopes In Latin American 
Mexico City, Mexico (XNA) Oct 26, 2009Experts from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have created the first network of radio-telescopes in Latin America to promote the research of the activities of the sun, the moon and the planets. The network aimed to promote the scientific research and facilitate the intercommunication between radio-telescopes, the UNAM, one of the major universities in Latin America, said ... more |
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Report Calls Arecibo Observatory Uniquely Powerful For Detecting NEOs
Ithaca NY (SPX) Oct 01, 2009The Arecibo Observatory provides "unmatched precision and accuracy" in detecting asteroids or comets that could hit the Earth, says a report by the National Academy of Sciences. That statement could help secure the observatory's future. The world-famous, Cornell-run radio telescope's unsurpassed capabilities for taking precise, clear pictures of these near-earth objects (NEOs) are laid out ... more ALMA Telescope Reaches New Heights 
Swindon, UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2009The ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) astronomical observatory has taken another step forward - and upwards. One of its state-of-the-art antennas was carried for the first time to the 5,000-meter plateau of Chajnantor, in the Chilean Andes, on the back of a custom-built giant transporter. The antenna, which weighs about 100 tons and has a diameter of 12 meters, was ... more Keck: Twin 10-meter Telescopes Spot Double Dust Cloud 
Kamuela HI (SPX) Sep 25, 2009Linking the twin, 10-meter telescopes in Hawaii, astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory discovered an extended, double-layered dust disk orbiting 51 Ophiuchi, a star that is 410 light-years from Earth. It is the first time the Keck Interferometer Nuller instrument has identified such a compact cloud around a star so far away. The new data suggest that 51 Ophiuchi is a protoplanetary ... more LOFAR Takes The Long View Across Borders 
Effelsberg. Germany (SPX) Sep 24, 2009An international group of astronomers have succeeded in the first joint observations between the LOFAR stations in Exloo (The Netherlands) and Effelsberg (Germany). This constitutes the "first light" of the LOFAR telescope as an international array. The bright quasar 3C 196, located almost ten billion light years away from Earth, was detected successfully on 2009 August 20 providing first "inter ... more |
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