• Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • July 10th, 2007
World's Largest Telescope Will Look at the Sky for the First Time

World's Largest Telescope Will Look at the Sky for the First Time

The "first light" ceremony

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • July 5th, 2007
Origin of Galaxies Could Be Found Within the Next Decade

Origin of Galaxies Could Be Found Within the Next Decade

One of the fundamental questions of cosmology

New Inexpensive Lens Does the Job of Adaptive Optics at a Fraction of the Price

New Inexpensive Lens Does the Job of Adaptive Optics at a Fraction of the Price

The new optical tool corrects distortion in laser beams

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • July 3rd, 2007
Space Shuttle Endeavour Is Being Prepared for the Next Mission

Space Shuttle Endeavour Is Being Prepared for the Next Mission

The shuttle was taken to the vehicle assembly building

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 28th, 2007
New Computer Program Searches the Sky and Identifies Stars

New Computer Program Searches the Sky and Identifies Stars

It takes a picture of the sky and identifies the stars it contains

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 27th, 2007
Ares V, NASA's Next Moon and Mars Rocket

Ares V, NASA's Next Moon and Mars Rocket

Still on the drawing board, but scientists are already planning the future payloads

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 26th, 2007
NASA's New Gamma Ray Satellite Awaits Its Launch in December

NASA's New Gamma Ray Satellite Awaits Its Launch in December

In the meantime, it sits in a "clean room"

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 25th, 2007
Lasers on the Moon Could Find Subtle Gravity Deviations

Lasers on the Moon Could Find Subtle Gravity Deviations

They would be used to uncover exotic physics

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 21st, 2007
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What's the Best Telescope of All?

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What's the Best Telescope of All?

A liquid mirror telescope

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 21st, 2007
Spectacular Photos of Two of the Largest Known Asteroids!

Spectacular Photos of Two of the Largest Known Asteroids!

Taken by Hubble

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 20th, 2007
How to Find Extrasolar Planets and Hidden Stars

How to Find Extrasolar Planets and Hidden Stars

A new technique for observing faint celestial bodies, like planets

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 19th, 2007
Laser Guide Star System Provides Assistance for Telescopes

Laser Guide Star System Provides Assistance for Telescopes

ESO's Very Large Telescope and new ways of getting sharper images

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 19th, 2007
Most Spectacular Picture of Thousands of Galaxies Presented by NASA

Most Spectacular Picture of Thousands of Galaxies Presented by NASA

A truly remarkable achievement of mankind

Point And Shoot the Stars With Meade Explorer

Point And Shoot the Stars With Meade Explorer

MySKY will serve as a handheld astronomy professor

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 1st, 2007
NASA Could Install a Grappling Hook on the James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Could Install a Grappling Hook on the James Webb Space Telescope

That would allow future manned or robotic repairs

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 1st, 2007
The First Picture of the Surface of the Altair Star, Similar to Our Sun

The First Picture of the Surface of the Altair Star, Similar to Our Sun

A first for a star similar to our Sun

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • May 31st, 2007
NASA Uses an Optical Illusion to See in Space

NASA Uses an Optical Illusion to See in Space

Depth perception can thus be achieved

 
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