The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) have renamed the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope under construction in Maui, Hawaii, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. The name memorializes the late senator's profound commitment to fundamental scientific research and discovery, particularly in astronomy.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered water vapour erupting from the frigid surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa, in one or more localised plumes near its south pole.
Despite the high hopes of scientists and stargazers around the world, Comet ISON did not survive its close encounter with the sun on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 2013.
After a journey full of surprises since it was discovered last year, fading and bursting back with a vivid tail, comet ISON surprised scientists and sky gazers alike one more time. In what was considered a final encounter with the sun, after ages of being drug by gravity from the outer reaches by our system's […]