Tag Archives: telescope

Out of This World – Space Tours and Bon Anniversaire

Posted on May 7, 2019

Trek across Olympus Mons, as wide as Arizona and 2.5 times taller than Everest. It’s a long trip, but you can keep a jaunty pace. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Interplanetary Parks Service Imagine a future were hikers can pack up their provisions, … Read more

Reaching Orbit – Thirty Meter Telescope

Posted on November 4, 2014

While I have been waxing poetic about the James Webb Space Telescope, set to launch in 2018, there is another massive telescope that has been in the works. This time it is a ground based telescope that will dwarf its … Read more

Out of This World – Happy 15th Birthday Chandra!

Posted on August 5, 2014

It is time to celebrate the 15th birthday of one of my favorite space telescopes: the Chandra X-ray Observatory. To commemorate this event, NASA has released four new spectacular images of supernova remnants depicting the high-energy X-ray light coming from … Read more

Reaching Orbit – James Webb Space Telescope

Posted on May 6, 2014

Some stylish engineers slowly and painstakingly install NIRSpec to the ISIM of the James Webb Space Telescope. (Photo Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn) A swirling mass of interstellar dust, called a light echo, surrounding the red supergiant star V838 was captured by… Read more

Reaching Orbit

Posted on January 7, 2014

James Webb Space Telescope This awesome telescope recently received delivery of the last three of its 18 primary mirrors. While we have to patiently wait until 2018 for the massive telescope to launch into space, I am already super excited. … Read more

Out of This World – APEX

Posted on October 7, 2013

This composite image of the Carina Nebula was taken by APEX without the help of Artemis. The nebula is home to new star formation, an ideal ground for studying the interaction between new stars and molecular clouds. (Photo Credit: ESO/APEX/T.… Read more

Out of This World – The Shocking Rejection of Zeta Ophiuchi

Posted on January 10, 2013

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured stellar imagery that will make any surfer jealous and wishing the Jetsons truly existed so they could ride these interstellar waves. The image depicts Zeta Ophiuchi, a giant star 20 times the size of … Read more

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