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Popular Mechanics
January 23, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
The 5 Most Powerful Telescopes, and 5 That Will Define the Future of Astronomy Today's best telescopes are astounding feats -- and astronomers are improving them constantly.   |
Popular Mechanics
June 25, 2009
Lisa Merolla |
High-Tech Telescopes Yield New Galactic Photos: Gallery Space photos from advanced telescopes provide new views of the cosmos. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2004
Ben Ames |
Astronomers Need Adaptive Optics for 30-Meter Telescope Space-based telescopes do not have to use adaptive optics to correct for peering through the Earth's atmosphere; the biggest advances in space-telescope technology come from the mirrors, which rely on near-perfect calibration and lightweight materials to catch maximum radiation. |
Searcher
September 2011
David Mattison |
Searching for the Stars: Cosmic Views and Databases While amateur astronomers continue to play an important role in the field and are supported by numerous clubs, associations, and their peers, I have primarily examined resources originating from government and academic research environments. |
Chemistry World
December 2009
Jon Cartright |
Reading between the lines Since its emergence in the mid 19th century, spectroscopy has become the most important tool in astronomy, and in recent years there has been no end to its new discoveries. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Todd Hoeksema: A Flare for All Things Solar The researcher at the Wilcox Solar Observatory at Stanford University in California helped NASA create a new "roadmap" for future solar physics research. |
Information Today
May 15, 2008 |
Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope WorldWide Telescope is a web application that brings together imagery from the best ground- and space-based observatories across the world to allow people to easily explore the night sky through their computers. |
| AskMen.com |
NASA Studying The Sun The most advanced solar observatory ever built rocketed into space Thursday on a five-year quest to shed light on Earth's star. |
Geotimes
June 2005
Sara Pratt |
Cosmic Bursts to Blame for Mass Extinction Scientists say that a gamma-ray burst might have triggered the ice age that caused the Ordovician extinction 450 million years ago. |
Science News
June 14, 2003 |
TimeLine: June 10, 1933 Brainlike stalagmites found in Maryland cave... Matter created experimentally from light and cosmic rays... Contents of "empty space" revealed by colors of nebulae |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
Michael Dumiak |
A Telescope Takes Flight A landmark moment in the exploration of the deep cosmos occurred recently. A powerful flying telescope, SOFIA, made its first checkout flights, having survived a bureaucratic near-death experience only a year ago. |
Science News
January 11, 2003 |
TimeLine: January 7, 1933 Atom building keeps stars shining, says A.A.A.S. Head... Millikan and Compton debate cosmic-ray facts and theories... Growth of plants stimulated by proper x-ray treatment |
Science News
June 30, 2007 |
Timeline: From the June 26, 1937, issue Guereza monkeys source of fashionable fur... New theory on cosmic-ray origin offered by physicists... Oxygen face tent for pilots advocated as safety measure... |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2006
Monte Ross |
The New Search for E.T. If extraterrestrials are trying to communicate with us, they're probably using lasers, not radio waves. |
Science News
May 3, 1930 |
TimeLine: May 3, 1930 70 Years Ago in Science News: Moon's Shadow at Eclipse Photogrphed... Cosmic Rays May be Like Tiny Bullets... Electrons Behave Like Waves... |
Fast Company
May 2008
Theunis Bates |
Primer: The Big-Bang Machine The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will power up later this summer and start smashing particles together to try to understand the beginnings of the universe. |
Science News
February 21, 2004 |
From the February 17, 1934, issue First Over Everest!... Blood Tests Relate American Indians to Siberian Tribessubatomic... Positron Has Shortest Life in Universesubatomic... |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Erin Biba |
Son of Hubble, Prepare for a 2013 Liftoff The James Webb Space Telescope will soon replace its aging predecessor. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
Top 10: Overlooked Doomsday Scenarios With the help of a little interpretative science the universe offers the imagination a host of lesser-known, but equally disastrous doomsday scenarios. |
Geotimes
October 2007 |
Hubble Sees Evolving Galaxies Researchers at the Space Telescope Science Institute recently compiled more than 500 images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to reveal a tapestry-style image of at least 50,000 galaxies in a small stretch of sky near the Big Dipper. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Floral Shade Aids Search for Earths The search continues for the Earth-like planets that scientists think are most likely to harbor life, and a newly refined sunflower-shaped device could one day reveal scores of candidates currently obscured by their neighboring star's light. |
Science News
December 6, 2003 |
TimeLine: December 2, 1933 Scientists unleash largest atom-attacking machine... 10,000 observations yield new cosmic ray theories |
Science News
October 30, 2004 |
From the October 27, 1934, Issue Soviet Scientists Make Large Telescope Lens... Most Penetrating Artificial Gamma Rays From Sodium... Chemical Released by Nerve Carries Message to Muscle... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2008 |
Northrop Grumman Completes Integration of Third Payload Module for Advanced EHF Satellites Boeing completes mission system flight testing for U.S. AWACS Block 40/45 upgrade... LynxOS-178 powers Rockwell Collins next-generation avionics... etc. |
Science News
December 11, 2004 |
From the December 8, 1934, Issue Goose Barnacles Exist, Though Not Hatching Geese... Elements in Earth's Crust Caused by Cosmic Rays... Cosmic Rays Deflected in Strong Electric Fields... |
Science News
November 24, 2001 |
TimeLine: November 21, 1931 Turkeys... Artificial gamma radiation approximates cosmic rays... Sex difference in oxygen need for tissues discovered... |
Wired
November 2002
Steven Johnson |
Stopping Loose Nukes Prevention is a game of odds, not certainty. Is an "atomic wall" of sophisticated sensors the answer to protecting population centers from terrorist attack by bioweapon or dirty bomb? |
Science News
January 29, 2005 |
From the January 26, 1935, Issue Rolling Supplants Casting in Making Giant Flywheel... Long-Distance Plane Flights Will go to High Altitudes... 600-Billion-Volt Cosmic Rays Predicted... |
