April 2018 - Earl's Astro Site

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

An instrument that will help astronomers study dark matter and galaxies in detail has begun to be assembled at the

The Milky Wayâs supermassive black hole may have a dozen nomadic sibl At the center of the Milky Way sits

How to build a telescope – Crayford Focuser – 10″ Dobsonian Years ago just after we had the Internet installed

ESA’s Gaia mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and

The Gaia countdown is on! This Spacecraft is About to Drop a Ton of Data and Change Astronomy Forever!! This

How Juno’s Breathtaking Jupiter Images Are Made Jupiter’s sandy swirls and blue-hued poles are visible even from Earth. But the

Europe’s Mars rover takes shape So, here it is. Europe’s Mars rover. Or rather, a copy of it. This is

Newly Released Images of Mars by NASA Will Change the Way You See the Planet If it’s quiet solitude and

Using the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), an Australian-led group of astronomers working with European collaborators has revealed the “DNA” of

Sharper Focus -Part 1- The Why and How of Adaptive Optics The Atmospheric Lens TMT’s unprecedented ability to peer

Great explanation – make sure you click through the link and read the entire article! CCD versus CMOS: Which is

With the launch of TESS, NASA will boost its search for exoplanets The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will set the

Latest from Juno Cam taken on the 1st April 2018. Original NASA image on the right.