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An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Historically, observatories were as simple as containing an astronomical sextant (for measuring the distance between stars) or Stonehenge (which has some alignments on astronomical phenomena).

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NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy

NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

NJIT researchers are at work on many scientific and technological frontiers. The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following ...


Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved

Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (26) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as ...


China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project

China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has joined the Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT). As an Observer, China will participate in planning the ...


NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole Sky

NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole Sky (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll. NASA's newest spacecraft is scheduled to roll to the pad on Friday, Nov. ...


Carbon atmosphere discovered on neutron star

Carbon Atmosphere Discovered on Neutron Star

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year ...


Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box

Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles deep in the southern skies near the Southern Cross ...


Galaxy cluster smashes distance record

Galaxy cluster smashes distance record

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 2

The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes. The cluster is located about 10.2 billion light years away, ...


Discovery of dwarf galaxy a big find for astronomy team

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4

In some ways, discovering a new galaxy is all in a day's work for John Cannon, Macalester College assistant astronomy professor.


e-Infrastructures give real boost to virtual observatories

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New tools and systems developed by European researchers are helping astronomers access data centres from anywhere in the world. From charting new stars to finding new meaning in old stellar objects, the result ...


The Eiffel Tower (centre) and the Montparnasse Tower (left) in Paris

'Cosmic opera' set for Paris tower

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The rooftop of a Paris skyscraper is to be transformed into a cosmic-ray laboratory in an unusual week-long experiment due to start on Saturday.


Black Holes Go 'Mano a Mano'

Black Holes Go 'Mano a Mano'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two black holes in galaxy NGC 6240 are only 3,000 light years apart -- and getting closer.


The GalileoMobile starts its South American voyage

The GalileoMobile starts its South American voyage

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The GalileoMobile is a Special Project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009), which is a global celebration commemorating the first use of a telescope to view the Universe by the Italian astronomer ...


Femtoseconds lasers help formation flying in space

Femtoseconds lasers help formation flying in space

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped to establish that femtosecond comb lasers can provide accurate measurement of absolute distance in formation flying space missions.


The discovery of new Earths is imminent, UD astronomer says

The discovery of new Earths is imminent, UD astronomer says

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (16) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harry Shipman, Annie Jump Cannon Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, told the audience for his lecture, “Seeking New Planets,” on Saturday evening, Sept. 26, ...


The trilogy is complete -- GigaGalaxy Zoom Phase 3

The trilogy is complete -- GigaGalaxy Zoom Phase 3

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The newly released image extends across a field of view of more than one and a half square degree — an area eight times larger than that of the full Moon — and was obtained with the Wide Field Imager attached ...