- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 25th, 2009
Dual Star Disks Reveal Themselves to the Twin Keck Telescopes
They are the most compact ever resolved around another star
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 24th, 2009
ALMA Steps Up Astronomy to New Heights
New, 12-meter antenna delivered in Atacama
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 24th, 2009
Spitzer Watches Forming Exoplanet in Real Time
Measurements have been taken just five months apart
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 22nd, 2009
WISE Will Soon Hunt the 'Ninjas' of the Skies
The telescope will detect elusive, infrared signatures
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 17th, 2009
Planck Telescope Sees First Light
It started observing the Universe on August 13th
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 16th, 2009
First Rocky Exoplanet Identified
It has five times the mass of the Earth
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 16th, 2009
FLAMINGOS-2 Captures Picture of Black Hole 'Nest'
The instrument is affixed to the Gemini South telescope
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 16th, 2009
JWST Starting to Take Shape at Goddard Center
The future telescope will be the largest ever
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 16th, 2009
Comet Explosion Generates Numerous Mini-Comets
Scientists observe their paths
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 15th, 2009
ESA Reports Instrument Delays on Herschel
The telescope might have to switch to its back-ups
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 14th, 2009
Exoplanet to Be Used as a 'Mobile Science Lab'
Scientists will assess another planet's core through it
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 10th, 2009
Fermi Finds 16 New Pulsating Neutron Stars
They are powerful gamma-ray radiation sources
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 1st, 2009
MSU to Design Optical System for the IRIS Telescope
The effort is led by Lockheed Martin
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 1st, 2009
Experts Find Best Place for Astronomical Observations in the World
It is located around the South Pole
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 27th, 2009
'Suicidal' Planet Teaches Us Gravity
Solar systems are held together by balanced forces
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 21st, 2009
Big Squeeze Triggers Stellar Nursery Star Formation
Pressure waves accelerate their development
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 20th, 2009
Stellar Ratio Theory Proved Wrong
Much more small stars are formed than predicted