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Posts Tagged ‘telescope’
Earth Asteroid Catalog 2011
Analysis of data collected by a NASA infrared space telescope shows there are fewer near-Earth asteroids than previously believed, scientists said Thursday.
Mapping the History of Space & Time
The longer a telescope spends looking at a target, the more sensitive the observations become, and the deeper we can look into space. But to get the full picture of what’s happening in the Universe, astronomers also need observations at a range of different wavelengths, requiring different telescopes. These are the key ideas behind the [...]
The Milky Way Big Picture
Two and a half billion infrared pixels are exposing our own Galaxy in this new image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope! This is the Hidden Universe of the Spitzer Space Telescope, exploring the mysteries of infrared astronomy with your host Dr. Robert Hurt [Source] The Hidden Universe of the Spitzer Space Telescope (Episode 22): The [...]
Life And Leisure At Paranal Observatory
The Sun sets at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Technicians and engineers have worked hard all day to prepare the European flagship facility, the Very Large Telescope (VLT), for astronomers to use. At night, scientists address some of the most important mysteries in the Universe with this superb science machine, observing the heavens in exquisite detail. Paranal [...]
Hubble’s New Camera – Wide Field Camera 3
Hubblecast Episode 40: Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) – Hubble’s New Miracle Camera In early 2009, a team of astronauts visited Hubble to repair the wear and tear of twenty years of operating in a hostile environment – and to install two new instruments, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, and Wide Field Camera 3 – better [...]
Astronomers film UFO on the Moon
During routine observations of the cosmos, Italian astronomers have recently spotted and tracked on video an Unidentified Flying Object or UFO. I can’t seem to find much information on this video, but it seems pretty genuine. The links to the original sources including data from the observatory on the estimated size and speed of the [...]