Plans for the mega-telescope named European Extremely Large telescope, or E-ELT, Has taken a large step closer to becoming reality Monday, June 11th. The Plans were…
Category: Astronomy
Jupiter’s Smallest Known Moon
Details of Jupiter’s smallest known moon have been unveiled. The moon, S/2012 J 2, was discovered in September 2010 along with one other moon…
NASA Cancels X-Ray Space Telescope
NASA is canceling work on the space telescope designed to find black holes through x-ray light. The decision has come…
Transit of Venus
Today, June 5th, 2012, At 22:09 UTC, we will be able to see the planet Venus as a small dark…
NASA’S Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-on Collision
WASHINGTON — NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our…
NASA Preparing to Launch Its Newest X-ray Eyes
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad…
Light of Alien “Super Earth” seen by Spitzer
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a “super-Earth” planet beyond our solar system for…
NASA’S Chandra Sees Remarkable Outburst from Old Black Hole
Chandra X-ray Observatory, provides new insight into nature of black holes WASHINGTON — An extraordinary outburst produced by a black…
