Month: April 2018
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NASA deal may see Australian company build Mars rover – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Australian company’s small step may help NASA’s giant leap on Mars Australian company’s small step may help NASA’s giant leap on Mars A Gold Coast-based company may help NASA extract water on Mars, after striking an agreement with the space agency that is believed to be an Australian first. NASA will assist Gilmour Space Technologies…
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Topics – Next Generation of Telescope Equipment Begins Arriving in Hawaii – Subaru Telescope
An instrument that will help astronomers study dark matter and galaxies in detail has begun to be assembled at the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii. Topics – Next Generation of Telescope Equipment Begins Arriving in Hawaii – Subaru Telescope The Metrology Camera is the first of several sub-components currently under construction worldwide to be assembled at…
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The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole may have a dozen nomadic siblings
The Milky Wayâs supermassive black hole may have a dozen nomadic sibl At the center of the Milky Way sits a dark and dangerous beast: Sagittarius A*. Located about 26,000 light-years from Earth, our galaxy’s only known supermassive black hole is roughly 4 million times as massive as the Sun, and its immense gravitational pull…
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How to build a telescope – Crayford Focuser – 10″ Dobsonian
How to build a telescope – Crayford Focuser – 10″ Dobsonian Years ago just after we had the Internet installed in our house (haha that’s right, years ago! Believe it or not, once upon a time there was no Internet!), I was getting the hang of surfing around the web and stumbled on a link…
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Gaia creates richest star map of our Galaxy – and beyond
ESA’s Gaia mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and revealing previously unseen details of our home Galaxy. A multitude of discoveries are on the horizon after this much awaited release, which is based on 22 months of charting the sky. The new data includes…
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What is Gaia? The ESA’s Data Dump Could Change Astronomy Forever | Inverse
The Gaia countdown is on! This Spacecraft is About to Drop a Ton of Data and Change Astronomy Forever!! This Spacecraft is About to Drop a Ton of Data and Change Astronomy Forever Amid a series of setbacks with NASA’s James Webb Telescope, the astronomycommunity is understandably bummed. This much-hyped ‘scope could allow scientists to peer into…
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How Juno’s Breathtaking Jupiter Images Are Made
How Juno’s Breathtaking Jupiter Images Are Made Jupiter’s sandy swirls and blue-hued poles are visible even from Earth. But the Juno spacecraft’s crisp and colourful images begin as warped and dull raw files. The fantastic finished visuals are the result of enthusiastic amateur astronomers, software developers, and artists communicating over message boards. They work together…
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Europe’s Mars rover takes shape – BBC News
Europe’s Mars rover takes shape So, here it is. Europe’s Mars rover. Or rather, a copy of it. This is what they call the Structural Thermal Model, or STM. It is one of three rovers that will be built as part of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars 2020 mission to search for life on the…
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Newly Released Images of Mars by NASA Will Change the Way You See the Planet
Newly Released Images of Mars by NASA Will Change the Way You See the Planet If it’s quiet solitude and beauty you seek, there is no better place than the surface of Mars. Mars has earned its moniker as the red planet, but the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) can transform the…
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340,000 stars’ DNA interrogated in search for Sun’s lost siblings | Australian Astronomical Observatory
Using the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), an Australian-led group of astronomers working with European collaborators has revealed the “DNA” of more than 340,000 stars in the Milky Way, which should help them find the siblings of the Sun, now scattered across the sky. This is a major announcement from an ambitious Galactic Archaeology survey, called…
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Sharper Focus -Part 1- The Why and How of Adaptive Optics
Sharper Focus -Part 1- The Why and How of Adaptive Optics The Atmospheric Lens TMT’s unprecedented ability to peer into the depths of the Universe means it will have a phenomenal impact on many areas of astronomy. But in this age of space-based telescopes, you may have wondered how a ground-based observatory like TMT…
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CCD versus CMOS: Which is Better?
Great explanation – make sure you click through the link and read the entire article! CCD versus CMOS: Which is Better? – Diffraction Limited We’re often asked whether CMOS or CCD sensors are better. The simple answer is, “it depends.” Both types of sensors detect light the exact same way. An incoming photon hits…
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With the launch of TESS, NASA will boost its search for exoplanets | Science News
With the launch of TESS, NASA will boost its search for exoplanets The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will set the stage for the next chapter of exoplanet exploration. Source: www.sciencenews.org/article/launch-tess-nasa-boost-search-exoplanets
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Processed image from Juno Cam
Latest from Juno Cam taken on the 1st April 2018. Original NASA image on the right.