Construction of the first underwater neutrino telescope has just been completed. Since early June, the last two detection lines of Antares have been...
Huge Lenses to Observe Dark Energy Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 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 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 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 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 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 After completing a rigorous, detailed worldwide survey of candidate astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope, the...