12 August 2020
Arecibo Observatory damaged by broken cable
...used by scientists around the world to conduct research in the areas of atmospheric sciences, planetary sciences, radio astronomy and radar astronomy. Arecibo is also home to a team that runs the Planetary Radar Project supported by NASA’s Near-Earth...
22 September 2021
Telescope built by Karoo locals releases data to astronomers around the world
... early stages of the Universe, as the first stars and galaxies lit up space. The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the hosting organisation and contributing partner in the broader HERA collaboration, is responsible for providing...
03 October 2021
The Chandra X-ray Observatory
... blessed with a number of major space astronomy missions designed to observe the universe in different...it is still making observations. Following an introduction to x-ray astronomy and the mission, subsequent chapters describe the spacecraft and the ...
03 January 2023
Outer Space: 100 Poems
... a poet - states in her introduction: “While poetry and astronomy may seem unrelated, in some respects they are just different ways...well before the Space Age, and thus relate to classical astronomy themes, a number of more modern ones reference space ...
