Huge Lenses to Observe Dark Energy Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 - Ehud Rattner UK astronomers, as a part of the Dark Energy Survey collaboration, have reached a milestone in the construction of one of...
Stellarium - the Free Planetarium Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Stellarium, a new planetarium software, enables users to view a realistic image of the night skies. Apparently, Stellarium...
Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope Monday, June 16th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Microsoft recently presented a new web application that enables computers to function as virtual telescopes – bringing...
Pipsqueak Star Unleashes Monster Flare Thursday, June 12th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner On April 25th, 2008, NASA’s Swift satellite picked up the brightest flare ever seen from a normal star other than our Sun...
GLAST – Exploring the Extreme Universe Thursday, June 12th, 2008 - Amir Yativ NASA has developed a new observatory telescope that could help scientists understand some of our universe’s best-kept...
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 - 20:50:12 - Iddo Genuth
On May 22, Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico joined other telescopes in North America, South America, Europe and Africa in simultaneously observing...
2 Candidates Sites for a 30m Telescope Friday, May 30th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner After completing a rigorous, detailed worldwide survey of candidate astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope, the...
Swift Catches Exploding Star Monday, May 26th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner NASA's scientists recently used the Swift Satellite in order to see a star explode and become a supernova. Although over the...
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