An artist's impression of the European Extremely Large Telescope TIME When it comes to telescopes, astronomers are like muscle-car enthusiasts: give them the most powerful machine ever built, and they'll be satisfied ... for a little while. Then they start thinking about how much they could do with just a little more ...
Astronomy picture of the week - Bodes Galaxy Daily Post North Wales By North Wales Astronomy Society WE ARE fast approaching Galaxy season so this week's picture shows the grand design spiral galaxy M81 also known as Bodes Galaxy. This Galaxy is one of the largest best placed galaxies for imaging and part of our local ...
Rowan County high schoolers make astronomical discovery Lexington Herald Leader JOHN FLAVELL — Herald-Leader Two Rowan County Senior High School students participating in a national science research project have discovered two tiny but powerful astronomical objects called pulsars hundreds of light-years from Earth.