Observatories
New Instrument Finds its First Supernova
The Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS), a new instrument designed to examine exploding stars, has observed its first target: supernova…
Gemini Goes Silver
The 8-metre Gemini South telescope has been coated with pure silver to give it more resolution when viewing objects in…
Europeans Agree to Build Instrument for Webb Telescope
The European Space Agency has decided on how it will contribute to the construction of the next generation James Webb…
Arecibo Gets an Upgrade
The giant Arecibo radio observatory in Puerto Rico - already the largest and most sensitive single dish in the world…
New Planet Hunter Gets to Work
Astronomers will have a powerful new tool for finding extrasolar planets on Friday, when SuperWASP, a new observatory in the…
8.4 Metre Mirror Installed on Huge Binoculars
The first of two 8.4 metre mirrors has been installed into the Large Binocular Telescope, which will become one of…
New Instruments for Fast Changing Objects
Many of the sky's most interesting objects, like gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, change within days or even hours. It's very…
New Dark Matter Detectors
Image credit: Fermilab Astronomers don't know what Dark Matter is, but they can see the effect of its gravity on…
Construction on Alma Radio Telescope Begins
Image credit: ESO Workers in Chile broke ground today in the construction of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) -…
Giant Mirror Arrives at New Observatory
Image credit: UA The construction of the world's most powerful optical telescope took a significant step forward this week when…