astronomy
Star's birth glimpsed 'in real time'
Posted in Featured, Science on 7th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Astronomers have witnessed a key stage in the birth of a very heavy star, using two radio telescope views of the process taken 18 years apart.
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence extends to near-infrared optical signals
Posted in Science on 24th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
New instrument will scan the sky for coded pulses of infrared light.
Galactic 'rain' could be the key to new star formation
Posted in Science on 7th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
When conditions are right, these cooling gas clouds help make stars.
Data can be analysed to determine the composition of clouds on exoplanets
Posted in Science on 4th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Data from Kepler space observatory can be used to determine the types of clouds on planets that orbit other stars, known as exoplanets.
Looking deeply into the universe in 3D
Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
The MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope has given astronomers the best ever 3D view of the deep universe.