Just minutes before this writing, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, also known as the SDO was launched and separated. This little space observatory will be examining our sun, especially its magnetic field to help understand how it affects our planet (and others in the solar system).
You can learn more about SDO and its mission at […]
Frequently, when we are discussing astronomy with customers (it comes with the territory when you sell telescopes) the subject of Pluto comes up and the customer usually asks us: “So, what happened to Pluto? All of a sudden they decide it isn’t a planet? What do you think of that?!”. A lot of these folks […]
We’ve already posted about how you can ‘adopt’ a star in the stellar region the Kepler Mission is examining for planetary bodies via the Pale Blue Dot Project.
Well it is 2010 and already Kepler seems to have found some new planets!. The best part is that many of these stars have not been adopted, so […]
If all goes well this Friday NASA will be launching its WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) satellite. This will scan the skies in the infrared with much greater sensitivity than ever before. NASA expects that WISE will uncover comets, cooler stars and other celestial objects that cannot be seen in the visible spectrum.
The heart […]
It is a new awesome astronomy picture every day! The best of the year 2009. It is the Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2009. Every day from Dec 1st to the 25th a new astronomy photo will be revealed! Enjoy!
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It is official. Despite a poor visual display with its impact, the LCROSS impactor has confirmed there is water on the Moon!
Here are images of what lead to this conclusions
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NASA has been prepping its new Ares Rocket for a test launch this coming Tuesday (October 27). The Ares is the potential replacement for the aging-and-soon-to-be-retired Space Shuttle. Here is a video of the rocket arriving at the launch pad:
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As you may have heard, NASA’s Lunar Impactor will hit the Moon at 7:31AM, EST, or 4:31am PST. This impact will raise up a large cloud of dust that may be visible for about 100 seconds after impact. A large telescope (10-12″ aperture) will be needed, but easily in the realm of amateur telescopes.
Sadly […]
OK, we are a little bit behind on this one, but it is still worth mentioning. You might have heard of the Kepler Mission, a little space mission with a very, very sensitive photometer. Its sole job is to watch an area of stars for long period of time and notice tiny drops in their […]
Back in May, several improvements were added to the darn-near-close-to-being-abandoned-as-junk Hubble telescope. Yesterday, those improvements, mostly vastly upgraded cameras and other equipment, were demonstrated for the first time! NASA’s announcement was made here.
That’s just the announcement of the release photos, what you want to see are some pictures!
More pics can be found here
There is also […]
