Observatories
Caltech Observatory Dismantled So Others Can Rise
Caltech has announced it will begin decommissioning the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) in Hawaii starting in 2016. Caltech says the…
Herschel and Planck Set to Launch on May 14
[/caption] The European Space Agency announced today that the Herschel and Planck spacecraft will now launch on May 14. Liftoff…
Next-Generation Telescope Gets Team
[/caption] Astronomy organizations in the United States, Australia and Korea have signed on to build the largest ground-based telescope in the…
Astronomers ‘Time Travel’ to 16th Century Supernova
[/caption] On November 11, 1572 Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and other skywatchers observed what they thought was a new star.…
Holiday Glitter With Omega Centauri
[/caption] A new image of Omega Centauri shows the globular cluster glittering away as one of the finest jewels of…
Sources of Earth-Bombarding Cosmic Rays May Have Been Located
[/caption] Last week's announcement of a puzzling and unknown source of high energy cosmic rays bombarding the Earth is now…
Asteroseismology: Observing Stars Vibrate with CoRoT
[/caption]Observing a stars brightness pulsate may reveal its internal structure say researchers using the Convection Rotation and Planetary Transits (CoRoT)…
Feeding Time at the Stellar Zoo: Infant Stars Generate Lots of Gas
[/caption] Understanding how stars form is critical to astronomers. If we can gain a better understanding of how intermediate-size infant…
Astrophysicist’s South Pole Death Remains a Mystery After Eight Years
[/caption]In May 2000, Australian astrophysicist Dr Rodney David Marks died from acute methanol poisoning whilst stationed at the US Amundsen-Scott…
The Cepheids Aren’t Falling
Cepheid variable stars have been used for years as a way to determine distance to other galaxies. The correlation between…