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Hubble Space Telescope Discovers Eruption of Water Vapour from Jupiter's Moon Europa

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered water vapour erupting from the frigid surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, in one or more localised plumes near its south pole.

13 Dec 2013

Ball Demonstrates Superior Telescope Technologies Using Ultra-Lightweight Polymer Membrane Optics

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has demonstrated unprecedented telescope technologies using ultra-lightweight polymer membrane optics.

From BAE Systems 9 Dec 2013

Third Primary Mirror of Giant Magellan Telescope Unveiled

The Giant Magellan Telescope’s third primary mirror will be unveiled at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory Mirror Lab on December 6, 2013.

6 Dec 2013

BBC’s Stargazing Live Programme to be Hosted at Royal Holloway

Royal Holloway, University of London has been chosen to host BBC Two’s hugely popular programme Stargazing Live in the New Year.

5 Dec 2013

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Detect Faint Signs of Water in Five Distant Planet Atmospheres

Using the powerful eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets.

4 Dec 2013

Liverpool’s Autonomous Robotic Telescopes Capture Never-Before-Seen Details of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts

As part of an international team of astrophysicists working with a trio of NASA satellites , the Liverpool Gamma Ray Burst team at LJMU’s Astrophysics Research Institute are helping to unravel the mysteries of the most powerful cosmic explosions in the universe - Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB).

30 Nov 2013

UW Planetarium Receives $875,000 Gift from Windy Ridge Foundation

An $875,000 gift from the Windy Ridge Foundation will modernize and transform the University of Wyoming Planetarium through a comprehensive renovation of the existing space and extensive technological upgrades.

21 Nov 2013

Hubble Space Telescope Reveals Asteroid with Six Comet-Like Tails of Radiating Dust

Astronomers viewing our solar system's asteroid belt with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have seen for the first time an asteroid with six comet-like tails of dust radiating from it like spokes on a wheel.

8 Nov 2013

International SKA Office Commences Award of Contracts for World’s Largest Radio Telescope

The international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) office awarded contracts to prepare for the world’s largest radio telescope yesterday, marking the start of the return on Australia and WA’s investment in the ambitious Square Kilometre Array.

6 Nov 2013

SoloHI CMOS Imager Technology Delivered to NRL for Solar Orbiter Space Mission

SRI International, working with specialty foundry leader TowerJazz, has delivered the first complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager engineering units to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for use on the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI) optical telescope. With its large field of view, SoloHI will make high-resolution images of the corona and solar wind and be able to connect remote sensing observations of the corona to the plasma being measured in situ at the spacecraft.

4 Nov 2013