A team of astronomers from the University of Arizona has managed to capture an image of an exoplanet with a telescope that, instead of an infrared detector, uses essentially the same type of technology that typical CCD cameras are based on. digital.
According to the predictions of the experts, the meteor shower that will occur during the month of May will be one of the most intense and formidable of the year. The reason that astronomical observatories, astronomers and hobbyists are so excited about this announcement is because this type of meteor shower has never been seen before. This event will take place thanks to the passage near the Sun of comet 209P / Linear, whose discovery occurred in 2004 and of which there is very little information except that it is a periodic comet whose orbit around the Sun is about five years.
From the confines of the solar system comes this image captured by the NEOWISE infrared space telescope (Near-earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) whose mission is to help NASA identify the population of potentially dangerous near-Earth objects. This is the first discovery of this space telescope since it was reactivated in September 2013 after two years of hibernation.
The Kepler space telescope has discovered 715 new planets outside our solar system, including four that could be habitable, according to the US space agency (NASA).
A team of Spanish astronomers, specifically from the University of Huelva and the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, observed on September 11, 2013 the greatest impact of a rock against the Moon. The finding was made through two telescopes of the MIDAS Project (System for Detection and Analysis of Impacts on the Moon) and has been published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society magazine.
The NuStar (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) telescope has captured a spectacular image of Cassiopeia A, a remnant of a star that exploded as a supernova more than 11,000 years ago. Because the supernova was so far from Earth, its light reached our planet only 350 years ago.
A tiny speck of light orbiting the Sun deep in our solar system is the newest member of the family of known comets. The discovery has been possible thanks to the team of astronomers of the European Space Agency (ESA) at the Teide Observatory Tenerife Asteroid Survey (TOTAS) and, therefore, it has been named after him.
Commemorating the 450th anniversary of the birth of astronomer Galileo Galilei, a team from the State University of New York has managed to unravel a mystery that puzzled this genius: why do some planets when seen with the naked eye appear to be larger than they are? ?
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
