Jul 26, 2010
"A new study shows promise for Earthbound observatories in identifying molecules in planetary atmospheres outside the solar system"
Jul 22, 2010
"The University of Chicago has pledged $50 million to the construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) in Chile, which will be the one of the world's largest telescopes."
Jul 15, 2010
"Enhanced with new data from NASA, Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope lets users make their own astronomic discoveries."
Jul 14, 2010
"The first two accepted papers based on observations with the Near-Infrared Coronagraphic Imager (NICI) at Gemini South illustrate the instrument's potential diverse uses. The papers include discoveries of several previously unknown companions in binary star systems as well as the study of the age distributions of stars in the outer regions of the galaxy M83."
Jul 2, 2010
"The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) is a satellite that observes the fast-moving, high-energy worlds of black holes, neutron stars, X-ray pulsars and bursts of X-rays that light up the sky and then disappear forever."
Jun 25, 2010
"These days it's not unusual for professional observatories to become operational months, if not years, before their formal 'first light' ceremony. That's the situation with two new and very different facilities situated half a world apart."
Jun 17, 2010
"There's a new eye on the skies on the lookout for 'killer' asteroids and comets. The first Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System) telescope, PS1, is fully operational, ready to map large portions of the sky nightly."
Jun 16, 2010
"A telescope in Arizona has taken the sharpest pictures yet of deep space from Earth with a new system that provides a level of clarity never seen before."
Jun 16, 2010
The Webb telescope is much larger than Hubble and is better understood as a successor to and improvement on the Hubble telescope.
Jun 8, 2010
"A new robotic telescope has had first light at ESO's La Silla Observatory, in Chile. TRAPPIST (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope) is devoted to the study of planetary systems through two approaches: the detection and characterisation of planets located outside the Solar System (exoplanets) and the study of comets orbiting around the Sun. The 60-cm telescope is operated from a control room in Liège, Belgium, 12 000 km away."
