News articles tagged with 'telescope' (Page 2)
A picture-perfect pure-disc galaxy
— 2 Feb 2011 16:34 | AstronomyNGC 3621 is a spiral galaxy about 22 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra (The Sea Snake). It is comparatively bright and can be seen well in moderate-sized telescopes.…
Jupiter scar likely from rocky body
— 27 Jan 2011 18:50 | AstronomyA hurtling asteroid about the size of the Titanic caused the scar that appeared in Jupiter's atmosphere on July 19, 2009, according to two papers published recently in the journal Icarus…
The Orion nebula: Still full of surprises
— 19 Jan 2011 16:44 | AstronomyThe Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42, is one of the most easily recognisable and best-studied celestial objects. It is a huge complex of gas and dust where massive stars are forming…
NASA satellites find high-energy surprises in 'constant' Crab Nebula
— 13 Jan 2011 17:15 | AstronomyThe combined data from several NASA satellites has astonished astronomers by revealing unexpected changes in X-ray emission from the Crab Nebula, once thought to be the steadiest high-energy…
New telescope is exploring solar system 'outback'
— 13 Jan 2011 17:06 | AstronomyIn the outer reaches of our solar system lies a mysterious region far more remote and difficult to explore than the Australian outback. It remains the only part of our solar system…
Astronomers discover close-knit pairs of massive black holes
— 13 Jan 2011 16:48 | AstronomyAstronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and University of Hawaii (UH) have discovered 16 close-knit pairs…
Kepler discovers its first rocky planet
— 11 Jan 2011 17:08 | AstronomyNASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our…
Possible missing link between young and old galaxies
— 11 Jan 2011 16:56 | AstronomyUniversity of California, Berkeley, astronomers may have found the missing link between gas-filled, star-forming galaxies and older, gas-depleted galaxies typically characterised as…
Surprise: Dwarf galaxy harbours supermassive black hole
— 9 Jan 2011 19:13 | AstronomyThe surprising discovery of a supermassive black hole in a small nearby galaxy has given astronomers a tantalising look at how black holes and galaxies may have grown in the early history…
VISTA stares deeply into the blue lagoon
— 5 Jan 2011 17:12 | AstronomyThis new infrared image of the Lagoon Nebula was captured as part of a five-year study of the Milky Way using ESO's VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. This is a small…