New Tool Allows Astronomers to Directly Observe Exoplanets
It’s kind of like observing “a speck of tinsel floating in front of a spotlight hundreds of miles away.” Continue reading New Tool Allows Astronomers to Directly Observe Exoplanets
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NASA’s New Tool ‘Scout’ Spotted an Asteroid That Will Miss Earth by 300K Miles
A computer program being tested by NASA has identified an asteroid headed towards Earth, but estimates it will miss the planet by a couple hundred thousand miles. Continue reading NASA’s New Tool ‘Scout’ Spotted an Asteroid That Will Miss Earth by 300K Miles
Skynet Takes Over…Academia?
A telescope isn’t an unusual thing to own if you are technically inclined. You might have even made one, at some point. However, despite improvements in optical technology and computer aiming devices, your four to twenty-inch instrument is never going to show you images like you see from big giant telescopes. The problem is, going really big requires a lot of investment in time, money, and sometimes even real estate. The big scopes get buildings constructed for them, and in exotic locations; why would you build a 24-inch scope only to try to see through the light pollution in your …read more
This Hubble Image Is a Premonition of the Sun’s Violent Death
This Hubble Image Is a Premonition of the Sun’s Violent Death Continue reading This Hubble Image Is a Premonition of the Sun’s Violent Death
World’s Most Powerful Radio Telescope Discovers 1300 New Galaxies in Trial Run
Operating at only one quarter of its full capacity, the MeerKAT telescope array found 1300 galaxies in a region of the universe where only 70 were known to exist previously. Continue reading World’s Most Powerful Radio Telescope Discovers 1300 New Galaxies in Trial Run
This Is What the Most Powerful Ground Telescope on Earth Will Look Like
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) lives up to its name in a new concept animation. Continue reading This Is What the Most Powerful Ground Telescope on Earth Will Look Like
The Kepler Mission Has Found Another 1,284 Planets—The Biggest Haul Yet
Some of these planets could host life. Continue reading The Kepler Mission Has Found Another 1,284 Planets—The Biggest Haul Yet
A Star Tracking Telescope Mount
[Chris] recently got his hands on an old telescope. While this small refractor with an altitude-azimuth mount is sufficient for taking a gander at big objects in our solar system, high-end telescopes can be so much cooler. Large reflecting telescopes can track the night sky for hours, and usually come with a computer interface and a GOTO button. Combine this with Stellarium, the open source sky map, and you can have an entire observatory in your back yard.
For [Chris]’ entry into the 2016 Hackaday Prize, he’s giving his old telescope an upgrade. With a Raspberry Pi, a few 3D …read more
