Skymania News and Guide

New German scope will study the Sun

Paul Sutherland — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:10:46 +0000

A major new telescope to observe the Sun has been completed on the volcanic plateau around Mount Teide on Tenerife.

Paul Sutherland — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:55:05 +0000

A £25 million upgrade to a network of radio telescopes has turned them into a supercharged listening station tuned into the heavens.

Paul Sutherland — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:12:43 +0000

Astronomers are investigating the abduction of a number of planets by their parent stars. It seems they were eaten.

Paul Sutherland — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:05:06 +0000

Astronomers have caught a galactic version of Jack the Ripper tearing its victim to shreds in a horrific case of heavenly homicide.

Paul Sutherland — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:13:23 +0000

A new mission called JUICE to explore the moons of Jupiter has been given the go-ahead by the European Space Agency.

Kulvinder Singh — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:03:01 +0000

An advanced camera on the James Clerk Maxwell telescope on Hawaii has unveiled new dusty bands of star-formation in a distant galaxy.

Paul Sutherland — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:41:01 +0000

A team of UK scientists is making the controversial claim that they have found signs of life in a new meteorite from Mars.

Paul Sutherland — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:23:31 +0000

European space giant Astrium has won a 300 million euro contract to build a new probe that will give us our closest ever views of the Sun.

Emily Baldwin in Vienna — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:28:31 +0000

If life ever got a foothold on Mars, its surviving remnants could still be clinging on in fissures and under rocks, a conference has been told.

Emily Baldwin in Vienna — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:46:50 +0000

New images from NASA’s Dawn mission are allowing scientists to peel back the layers of Vesta and find out more about this giant asteroid.