Observatories
GLAST is Now Fermi
[/caption] With "first light" successfully observed by the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, as it has been…
XMM-Newton Discovers Strange-Shaped Supernova Remnant
XMM-Newton has just released this beautiful image of a supernova remnant and its companion neutron star. To be more accurate,…
Arecibo Joins Forces with Global Antennae to Simulate 6,800 Mile Telescope
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has joined forces with telescopes located in North America, South America, Europe and Africa…
Can Light be “Squeezed” to Improve Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors?
The search is on to detect the first evidence of gravitational waves travelling around the cosmos. How can we do…
Planetary Potential from Protoplanetary Disks
How planets form is one of the major questions in astronomy. Only recently have we been able to study the…
Eta Carinae and the “Cosmic Cauldron” in Unprecedented Detail – New Images from the VLT
To celebrate the Very Large Telescope's (VLT) 10th birthday on Tuesday, it was us who received the gifts. The European…
World’s Strangest Telescope – The IceCube
Since the 1950s and the beginning of the "space race" scientists have wanted to practice astronomy and particle physics using…
Podcast: Adaptive Optics
Since the dawn of humanity, astronomers have wished to destroy the atmosphere. Oh sure, it's what we breathe and all,…
What’s Up – The Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – May 2-4, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for a great dark sky weekend? Then it's time to walk into the galaxy…
Podcast: Detectors
Our senses can only detect a fraction of the phenomena happening in the Universe. That's why scientists and engineers develop…