Stunning photographs of the cosmos, like the wondrous images captured by the Hubble Space telescope, convey the beauty that arises from the simple interactions of dust and light and gas on absolutely massive scales. Missing from photos of the universe, however, is a sense of depth: These stunning nebula are not a paint splatter on …
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A significant milestone in Astronomy & Space Science outreach was achieved on Friday 19th April at the first meeting of the Hermanus Junior Astronomy & Space Club (“HJASC”), which is a collaborative initiative of the Hermanus Astronomy Centre (“HAC”), the South African National Space Agency (“ SANSA”) and Lukhanyo Primary school. Sixteen learners from grades …
The Herschel Space Observatory has discovered an extremely massive early-type galaxy, HFLS3, that shouldn’t be present so soon after the Big Bang. By ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands — Published: April 18, 2013 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory has discovered an extremely distant galaxy making stars more than 2,000 times faster than our Milky …
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FROM STEVE KLEYN Hubble sees Comet ISON 24 April: Later this year, Comet ISON is expected to become a naked-eye object when it skims through the atmosphere of the Sun. The Hubble Space Telescope has just obtained a sneak preview when it photographed ISON on 10 April. At the time, the comet was 386 million …
Scientists may have discovered the first meteorite from Mercury. The green rock found in Morocco last year may be the first known visitor from the solar system’s innermost planet, according to meteorite scientist Anthony Irving, who unveiled the new findings this month at the 44th annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas. …
