Repairs completed on Lowell Observatory's Pluto telescope FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An observatory telescope in Arizona used to discover the distant Pluto nearly 90 years ago will reopen for business…
THE POOR MAN'S TELESCOPE - Mechanix Illustrated (May, 1962) Definitely an old school project! AS EVERY astronomer knows, a steady mounting is a must when using high magnification. Generally, to…
Jupiter’s interior has been revealed in unprecedented detail in observations by Nasa’s Juno spacecraft that show it to be as strange and turbulent as the planet’s surface. Despite extensive studies…
The historic Yerkes Observatory is to close in 2018. Established in 1897 by George Ellery Hale, it's home to the largest refracting telescope in the world, the 40" Yerkes telescope.…
400 Bad request Scientists have used lab experiments to retrace the chemical steps leading to the creation of complex hydrocarbons in space, showing pathways to forming 2-D carbon-based nanostructures in…
Marcus Tullius Cicero, born on 3 January 106 BC, bestrides Latin literature like a colossus. The combination of an immense output of writings and a strong afterlife in the schools…
Should We Open Some Sealed Apollo Moon Samples? Three containers of samples brought back to Earth by Apollo astronauts remain sealed today. Now is the right time to open…
SpaceX is Getting Serious About Its Future BFR Launchpad to Mars Start in Texas, end on Mars. When SpaceX does begin sending people to Mars, the last part of Earth they see from…
Milky Way neighbours “ripped out” by colliding galaxy | Cosmos Stars currently orbiting the Milky Way were violently ripped from our own galaxy by an invading satellite galaxy, astronomers have…
If you have or even heard of a "Dobsonian Telescope", you'll know they're a low cost, easy to manage telescope. Here's the man who popularized them and brought the joys…
In 1929 Edwin Hubble surprised many people – including Albert Einstein – when he showed that the universe is expanding. Another bombshell came in 1998 when two teams of astronomers…
New Horizons There's a very good reason - it wasn't discovered until 1992. At that stage, Voyager 1 was almost all the way across the the Kuiper Belt and Voyager…
Great article from Professor Karl Glazebrook of Swinburne Uni. Signal detected from the first stars in the universe, with a hint that dark matter was involved Signals from the first stars…
Via a radio telescope in Western Australia! Astronomers detect light from the Universe’s first stars Surprises in signal from cosmic dawn also hint at presence of dark matter. Astronomers…