The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Elliptical Elegance A glittering host of galaxies populate this rich image taken with ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, a state-of-the-art 2.6-m telescope designed for surveying the sky in visible light. The features of the multitude […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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NASA JPL posts “What’s Up for August 2018” showing the best sights to see in the night sky for the coming month: And here is “Tonight’s Sky: August 2018” from the Hubble Space Telescope Institute: ====
The latest episode of the Planetary Society‘s Planetary Post series with Robert Picardo: Picardo visits the Space Telescope Science Institute to learn about how Hubble and the OPAL program make images of planets. Here also is an update on the Planetary […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ESO: The Very Large Telescope (VLT) makes supersharp visible light images with adaptive optics
Jul18
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory) Supersharp Images from New VLT Adaptive Optics ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has achieved first light with a new adaptive optics mode called laser tomography — and has captured remarkably sharp test […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA JPL spots a pair of near-earth asteroids of similar mass orbiting one another: Observatories Team Up to Reveal Rare Double Asteroid New observations by three of the world’s largest radio telescopes have revealed that an asteroid discovered last year […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory Colourful Celestial Landscape New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope show the star cluster RCW 38 in all its glory. This image was taken during testing of the HAWK-I camera with the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet Caught with ESO’s VLT Spectrum reveals cloudy atmosphere SPHERE, a planet-hunting instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has captured the first confirmed image of a planet caught […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A preview of the night sky in July from NASA JPL: What’s Up for July 2018 – YouTube And from the Hubble Space Telescope Institute: =====
The interstellar object that passed through the solar system continues to provide surprises: Hubble sees `Oumuamua getting a boost New results indicate interstellar nomad is a comet `Oumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, is moving away […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest episode of TMRO Space is now available on line: The evolution of galaxies with Dr. Charles Liu – Orbit 11.25 – TMRO Dr. Charles Liu joins us to talk about the observable evolution of galaxies, quasar hunting and has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): VLT Makes Most Precise Test of Einstein’s General Relativity Outside Milky Way Astronomers using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, have made […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest news from ESO (European Southern Observatory): ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star Novel technique to find youngest planets in our galaxy The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has transformed our understanding of protoplanetary discs — the gas- and dust-filled […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: Boulder-sized asteroid discovered in space shortly before causing fireball over South Africa
Jun05
A two meter wide meteoroid was tracked in space last Saturday and later that day he created a fireball over South Africa. This video shows the “Meteor 2018 LA (ZLAF9B2) [as] seen from farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein North West […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): ALMA and VLT Find Too Many Massive Stars in Starburst Galaxies, Near and Far Astronomers using ALMA and the VLT have discovered that both starburst galaxies in the early Universe and a star-forming region […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA JPL’s latest preview of night sky sights for the coming month: Enjoy a ringside seat for Saturn, plus a nightlong parade featuring Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Vesta! And here is the Hubble Telescope Institute‘s preview for June: In June, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A view by the Hubble Space Telescope of a grand galactic smashup Cosmic collision lights up the darkness Though it resembles a peaceful rose swirling in the darkness of the cosmos, NGC 3256 is actually the site of a violent clash. This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): A Crowded Neighbourhood Glowing brightly about 160 000 light-years away, the Tarantula Nebula is the most spectacular feature of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way. The VLT […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest episode of TMRO.tv Space is now available on line at: Riverside Telescope Makers Conference – Orbit 11.21 – TMRO We have Space Mike at the @ISDC 2018 Expo and Jared at the @RTMCAstroExpo 2018 Astronomy Expo! Jared sits down […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The new exoplanet finder TESS tries out its camera and gets a shot of a whole lot of stars: NASA’s New Planet Hunter Snaps Initial Test Image, Swings by Moon NASA’s next planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest news from ESO (European Southern Observatory): ALMA and VLT Find Evidence for Stars Forming Just 250 Million Years After Big Bang Astronomers have used observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to determine […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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