Location chosen for SKA – world’s largest telescope
After a detailed evaluation process, members of the Square Kilometer Array Organization agreed on a dual-site solution — Australia and South Africa.
Live Venus Transit Webcasts
NASA is proud to bring you multiple ways to view this historic astronomical event. Use the map below, or the list to the left, to choose a live event. Not all events take place at the same time, and not all events will run through the entirety of the Venus Transit. So if your favorite …
Don’t miss rare transit of Venus June 5th and 6th
Venus will cross the Sun’s face June 5/6 for the last time in 105 years. From Astronomy online magazine By Richard Talcott — Published: May 25, 2012 Venus’ small black disk will transit the Sun on June 5/6, offering most earthbound observers a view similar to this one from 2004. Photo by George Whitney …
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Pulsar’s wobble provides new Einstein test
Einstein can rest easy for a bit longer. Using a pair of orbiting pulsars, astronomers have confirmed a prediction of general relativity about how bodies wobble in the presence of gravity. But in the future, the unique test will become more precise, potentially revealing deviations from the long-held theory. Pulsars are collapsed stars made mostly …
The case of the disappearing pulsar
18:01 21 May 2012 by Lisa Grossman Object: pulsar in a double system Orientation: out of view The crime scene: 1600 light years away in the constellation Puppis. The victim: radio pulsar J0737-3039B. For five years, Pulsar B had blinked faithfully at a team of astronomers watching from radio telescopes on Earth. The star was …