Tag Archives: Observatory
Arecibo Observatory will be torn down because repairs are too dangerous
Puerto Rico’s Arecibo radio telescope suffers serious damage
NASA’s Chandra telescope follows Hubble into a shutdown
NASA sure hasn't been having a great time with its telescopes. The Chandra X-ray Observatory has gone into safe mode and halted all its science operations a few days after Hubble shut down due a gyroscope failure. According to the agency, Chandra's t...
Royal Observatory Greenwich to Reopen After 60-Year Break
UK’s famous Royal Observatory Greenwich will turn its eye to the sky again after a 60-year hiatus. ROG has got a new cutting-edge telescope that will allow astronomers to study stars, galaxies...
Royal Observatory Greenwich to Reopen After 60-Year Break
UK’s famous Royal Observatory Greenwich will turn its eye to the sky again after a 60-year hiatus. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich has got a new cutting-edge telescope that will allow...
Hurricane Maria wreaks havoc on Arecibo radio telescope
Puerto Rico is suffering on an unimaginable scale in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Many have been displaced from their homes, and the entire territory may go without electricity and reliable communication for months. And while the human tragedy is cle...
NASA Solar Observatory to Add Leap Second to Master Clock
To maintain accuracy, NASA said its missions, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, which continuously watches the sun, will join official clocks around the world in adding a leap...
Science Magazine’s 2016 Breakthrough of the Year is Gravitational Waves Observatory
Ripples in spacetime in the form of gravitational waves sure made the scientific world stand up and take notice. This made a prognostication of Albert Einstein made a century ago seem to have come...
NASA Observatory Captures Rare Ring of Fire Eclipse
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has captured the stunning moments of a rare "ring of fire" double eclipse when both Earth and the moon crossed in front of the sun this week.Earth...