An asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter has ice on its surface. More information can be found here.
New images released from ESA’s Plank Observatory
The European Space Agency has released new images captured by the Planck space observatory. The Planck observatory collects information at…
Telescope with 42m (!) diameter mirror to be built in Chile
On 26 April 2010, the European Southern Observatory Council has announced that they have selected Cerro Armazones as the baseline…
Venus and a passing plane
I left it a little late to try and get the Pleiades and Venus this evening. The below image was…
It’s not a UFO! It’s the planet Venus.
From now until early October 2010, expect to hear the occassional report of a UFO being visible above the Western…
Venus during the day
Finally managed to get a photograph of Venus today. 🙂 Depending on the time of year, it is possible to…
Hubble Space Telescope launched 20 years ago today
The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 20th year in space today. It was launched onboard Space Shuttle Discovery carrying out…
International Space Station passes overhead
Not particularly happy with this image. Unfortunately the sky was too bright to use anything longer than a 1.6 second…
Saturn and the Moon meet Sunday night
Do you want to see a planet but don’t have a telescope? Step out tommorrow night (25 April) and find…
Non-oxygen breathing bacteria found in Pitch Lake (on the Island of Trinidad and Tobago)
The Wikipedia entry for Pitch Lake states that it is the largest natural deposit of bitumen (…asphalt) in the world…