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The Planck Space Observatory Is Watching the Universe Being Born
In most of our articles, we have looked at the worlds in our own solar system, or orbiting relatively nearby stars. There’s so much going on in our neighborhood, it’s easy to get nearsighted and forget that astronomy reaches much … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Telescopes
Tagged Big Bang, ESA, evolution, Herschel, Milky Way, observatory, Planck, Planck mission, probes, satellite, telescopes
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France’s COROT Satellite Is a New Kind of Space Telescope
This is the second article in our examination of the newly-emerging science of exoplanet detection and study. Last week, we took a look at NASA’s Kepler telescope, which recently completed its first impressive year of service. (That article is still … Continue reading
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Tagged asteroseismology, COROT, COROT Space Telescope, ESA, exoplanets, satellite, stars, telescopes
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NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Has Found Five Exoplanets in the First Year of Its Mission
NASA’s Kepler space telescope just had its first birthday. Launched on March 6, 2009, this satellite is the first telescope capable of detecting planets as small as Earth orbiting other stars. While it hasn’t found any of those yet, its … Continue reading
Study of the Sun to Take a Leap Forward in 2010
The study of the Sun has long been an important part of astronomy and the recent successful launch of the Sunrise Telescope helped to move this forward by producing stunning images of the Sun’s surface. The Sunrise Telescope is launched … Continue reading
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Tagged Living With a Star, LWS, NASA, SDO, stars, Sunrise telescope, telescopes
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NASA’s WISE Telescope Aims to Identify New Asteroids
A number of objects can be seen in the night sky using only the naked eye and many more can be identified using a simple telescope. Observing the night sky has now been practiced for centuries and as technology has … Continue reading
Posted in Asteroids, Astronomy, Comets, Planets
Tagged brown dwarfs, NASA, Near Earth Objects, NEOs, red dwarfs, stars, telescopes, WISE telescope
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