All Astronomy
Bullet Through Lemon, 1955.
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 11 Sep 2015
This image, taken in 1955, is part of the exhibition Revelations: Experiments in Photography at Med…
Planetary rings resolve maths mystery
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 24 Aug 2015
Scientists have discovered that planetary rings such as those orbiting Saturn have a universally si…
Rosette Nebula
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 20 Aug 2015
Measuring 50 light years in diameter, the large, round Rosette Nebula is found on the edge of a mol…
Orion Nebula
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 18 Aug 2015
One of the most well-known astronomical objects in our universe is the Orion Nebula and this image …
Universal gravity constant confirmed
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 14 Aug 2015
After a decades-long study of a distant pulsar – pulsating radio star – physicists say they have co…
Aurora Panorama
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 13 Aug 2015
The vivid green Northern Lights dance above Lyngenfjord, the longest fjord in Troms county in Norwa…
Hunting whistlers in the bush
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 5 Aug 2015
Deep in the Australian Outback, testbed studies for the Square Kilometer Array have made it possibl…
Thor’s Helmet
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 4 Aug 2015
The distinctive shape of the nebula NGC 2359 has led to it also being known as Thor’s Helmet, resem…
Lagoon Nebula
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 30 Jul 2015
The stellar nursery of the Lagoon Nebula lies in the constellation of Sagittarius is situated some …
Kepler mission discovers an Earth-like planet
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 27 Jul 2015
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has confirmed the first near-Earth-sized planet orbiting another star…
Big leap into Neptune’s magnetic field
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 17 Jul 2015
By combining 26-year old data with supercomputer simulations, scientists have modelled Neptune’s ma…
Pluto’s ice secrets revealed
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 16 Jul 2015
Images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft have revealed an abundance of methane ice on Pluto.!--mo…
NASA’s probe reaches Pluto
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 Jul 2015
After more than nine years and a 3 billion mile journey, NASA’s New Horizon mission spacecraft has …
New Director for ESA
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 Jul 2015
Johann-Dietrich Woerner is the new Director General of The European Space Agency (ESA).!--more--
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Eduardo Miranda and musical slime mould
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 Jul 2015
A musical ‘duet’ between slime mould and a scientist creates beautiful and unusual sounds. Professo…
Spiral Planetary Nebula
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 26 Jun 2015
The strange S-shape that gives the Spiral Planetary Nebula its common name is seen clearly in this …
Elusive magnetospheric plasma tubes finally recorded
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 26 Jun 2015
After 60 years of research, astronomers have finally observed structures of plasma – one of the fou…
Martian glass may reveal ancient life
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 24 Jun 2015
By using data from Mars, geologists have discovered evidence for the presence of glass which may be…
What will follow the James Webb Space Telescope?
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 17 Jun 2015
Scientists are calling for a giant space telescope to follow the James Webb Space Telescope – Profe…
Solar flare
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 12 Jun 2015
On 11th March, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a significant burst of radiation known as…
