18 April 2016
APSS 2016 Was Held in Beijing at the End of February
... medium and the cosmic microwave background. Space science is the study of everything in outer space and consists of astronomy, aerospace engineering and space-related interdisciplinary fields. The scope of APSS 2016 covered both theoretical and...
28 April 2020
Hubble turns 30!
... publications, making it the most prolific space observatory in history. Its archival data alone will fuel future astronomy research for generations to come. Hubble's longevity can be attributed to five space shuttle servicing missions, from 1993...
January 2016
Data Systems to Support Early Warning of Spaceborne Emergency Situations
...’ information system - a periodically renewed database of Solar System small bodies that was created in 2005 at the Astronomy Institute at RAS (AIRAS) and includes a number of programs that automate database updates and observation results processing...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
... such as titanium monoxide, vanadium monoxide and silicon oxide. The infrared spectrometer has been designed by STFC’s UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) and incorporates design heritage from the James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI infrared...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... situated at Castle Hill in western Sydney. Also worth visiting for those with an interest in the history of Australian astronomy is the Sydney Observatory, the oldest surviving observatory in the country. Located right beside the Sydney Harbour...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... 1970s. Further, in a brief moment of excitement on Columbus Day 1992, NASA announced a ten-year, $100 million radio astronomy programme called SETI/HRMS (high resolution microwave survey). However, it was cancelled by the US Congress. Since the...
