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 …
