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Tag Archives: Astronomy
Spirit
Five years ago, two rovers landed on Mars. Spirit and Opportunity were designed to work for just 90 days, but have done rather better than that. While Opportunity is still roving and returning data, Spirit got stuck, and NASA’s engineers … Continue reading
Jodrell Bank’s future is secured
Following reports earlier this year that the Jodrell Bank observatory was in danger of losing key funding, there is now some good news. It seems that the Science and Technology Facilities Council, which oversees government spending on such things has … Continue reading
Firefox: Major New Advertising Campaign
Now this is seriously impressive. With the launch of Firefox 3 just a few months away, the developers have managed to pull off what must be the biggest advertising project ever. Not content with anything as simple as press, TV … Continue reading
Shut down
It seems that there’s a very real chance that the giant Arecibo radio telescope will be shut down due to lack of money. (See this New Scientist article for the full depressing details. This would be a great loss to … Continue reading
That’s a big one!
NASA has put on show a full-size model of the really rather impressive James Webb Space Telescope, which is due to be launched in 2013. The main mirror of the JWST will have a diameter of 6.5 metres – which … Continue reading
The Moon and Venus
Just got round to looking at some pictures I took when I got home on Tuesday night. Even though it was rather later than normal, I postponed my normal coffee in favour of setting up the tripod and trying to … Continue reading
Hubble Trouble
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble’s main camera shuts down Not good at all… The main camera on Hubble has been responsible for not only some actual proper science, but also lots of quite beautiful images. The failure of the … Continue reading
The Sky at Night
It seems like only yesterday that I was muttering about Tomorrow’s World. In fact, it was only yesterday. Which leads quite nicely into this post. Another programme I always used to try to catch was The Sky at Night, which … Continue reading
Nasa to decide Hubble’s fate
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa to decide Hubble’s fate Hmmm. The Hubble Space Telescope, once its initial optical problems were fixed, turned out to be a superb scientific tool. It’s also produced some incredibly beautiful images of deep-sky objects … Continue reading
Can’t face it?
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | New visage for Red Planet ‘face’ No doubt the conspiracy mob will have their explanations ready, but for everyone else, the latest NASA images show that the “face” on Mars is not really very face-like … Continue reading
