24 March 2021
For the first time, astronomers image magnetic fields around M87 black hole
... putting together data to produce the image. The data was collected from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) – a huge virtual telescope which links together existing facilities such as the Atacama Large millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA...
24 December 2021
Less than 24hrs to go before the launch of JWST!
... worked mirror technology development for Webb. “I poured 30 years of experience and knowledge into helping make the telescope mirrors a reality. I will be greatly relieved once the observatory is in orbit and operational, and I expect I will feel...
27 September 2016
Astronomers observe possible water vapour plumes on Europa
...surface of Europa by astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Researchers suspect that the high altitude plumes consist ... The team, led by William Sparks of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, had originally planned to find out...
22 February 2017
NASA announces the discovery of first-ever exoplanet system with seven Earth-size planets
... planets with liquid water. The exoplanet system, named after the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) in Chile, is located in the Aquarius constellation, which is about 40 light years (235 trillion miles) away from...
10 May 2017
Australia announce a strategic partnership with ESO
... commitment of $12 million to 2027-28.” The need for long-term partnerships with eight-metre-class optical/infrared telescopes was noted by the Australian government in its Decadal Plan for Australian Astronomy, 2016–2025. Although the...
13 November 2017
Powerful outburst points to new class of high-energy transients
... to Nature Astronomy, say is the most energetic of these types of events to date. Found using the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Pan-STARRS1 Survey, PS1-10adi is calculated to have an energy of 2.3 x 1052 ergs, which is the equivalent of 2.3 x 1045...
