News articles tagged with 'observatory'
Sea level stargazing: Astronomers make key sighting with Florida telescope
— 29 Sep 2009 17:56 | AstronomyThis summer, University of Florida astronomers inaugurated the world's largest optical telescope on a nearly 8,000-foot mountaintop 3,480 miles away... — full story
![Bug Nebula [NGC 6302]. This celestial object looks like a delicate butterfly, (c) NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team](../images/news/ngc_6302_120_78.jpg)
First images from rejuvenated Hubble unveiled
— 9 Sep 2009 17:00 | AstronomyAstronomers declared NASA's Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory with the release today of observations from four of its six operating science instruments. Sen. Barbara... — full story
Astronomers find coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth
— 1 Sep 2009 12:39 | AstronomyThe search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth. No human is thought to have ever... — full story
World's observatories watching 'cool' star
— 16 May 2009 13:17 | AstronomyThe Whole Earth Telescope (WET), a worldwide network of observatories coordinated by the University of Delaware, is synchronising its lenses to provide round-the-clock coverage of a... — full story
Calar Alto mirrors in space
— 15 May 2009 06:13 | AstronomyThe space telescope Herschel is the largest space-borne observatory to date, carrying the biggest astronomical mirror ever launched into orbit. Calar Alto Observatory has participated... — full story
First two ALMA antennas successfully linked
— 6 May 2009 18:03 | AstronomyOn 30 April, the team observed the first 'interferometric fringes' of an astronomical source by linking two 12-metre diameter ALMA antennas, together with the other critical parts of... — full story
NASA mission meets the carbon dioxide measurement challenge
— 11 Feb 2009 10:00 | EnvironmentThe challenge: very precisely measure carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere all over the world, especially near Earth's surface. For Orbiting Carbon Observatory Principal Investigator... — full story
First North American antenna enables the ALMA Observatory to do its thing
— 7 Feb 2009 12:44 | AstronomyAstronomers today celebrated the formal acceptance of the first North American antenna by the Joint ALMA Observatory. ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array, is a gathering... — full story
The world's first free, open access astronomical observatory officially opened
— 27 Jan 2009 17:56 | AstronomyThe Montegancedo Astronomical Observatory, based at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid's School of Computing and part of the Madrid Region's ASTROCAM network, was officially opened... — full story
World's leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured by Royal Astronomical Society
— 11 Jan 2009 15:22 | AstronomyThe Royal Astronomical Society, the UK's voice for professional astronomers and geophysicists, announced the recipients of the Society's medals and prizes for 2009. The medal and prize... — full story