Herschel Space Observatory Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 - Janice Karin The European Space Agency (ESA) and its partners (including NASA) are preparing to launch the Herschel Space Observatory...
Giant Magellan Telescope Heads On Monday, April 20th, 2009 - Janice Karin Nine research institutions on three continents have signed a founder's agreement to construct and operate the Giant Magellan...
New photographs released by NASA have captured images of a vast stellar formation resembling a human hand reaching across space. The image, taken by...
LIGO Friday, January 9th, 2009 - Noa Rotkop LIGO - The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is a facility dedicated to the detection and research of...
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...
Brightest Supernova Ever Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 - Iddo Genuth A hundred times more energetic than a typical supernova, the death of an extremely massive star in the galaxy NGC 1260, some...