Observatories
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…
Australian Telescope Leads the World In Astronomy Research
[/caption] While the Anglo-Australian Telescope is far from being the world's largest, or even located in the world's best observing…