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Kerala’s growing love for astronomy: From stargazing clubs to NASA aspirations
Not just for scholars “Part of this recent surge in interest for everything astronomy is due to its democratisation,” says Raju, of the Cochin Science and Astronomy Club. “It’s no longer just for scientists and scholars. Stargazing has become woven into tourism and hospitality, sustaining public interest,” he adds. Indeed, stargazing in Kerala is also…
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Research enabled by CSIRO telescope wins prestigious science prize
9 October 2024 Statement Professor Matthew Bailes, from OzGrav and Swinburne University, has been awarded the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for his role in the discovery of ‘fast radio bursts’ and leadership in the field of radio astronomy. In 2007, Professor Bailes and his collaborators discovered the first known fast radio burst when…
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Record-breaking ancient spinning galaxy challenges cosmic evolution theories
The most distant and thus earliest rotating disk galaxy ever spotted has surprised astronomers and could challenge our theories of galactic evolution. Not only does it seemingly exist too early in the cosmos to be strongly spinning, the galaxy also shows hints of spiral arms similar to highly evolved “modern” galaxies like our own Milky…
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The dazzling Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is emerging in the night sky: How to see it
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is arriving at its projected pinnacle of brightness, followed by a transition into the evening sky. Currently, it displays the classic look for a bright comet, flaunting a starlike head and a prominent tail. As we crossed over from September into October, a consensus of observations reported on the Comet Observations Database (COBS)…
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Stargaze in stereo: Save $130 on the best astronomy binoculars for Prime Day
Amazon Prime Big Deals Days are here and you can now save $130 off the RRP on the Celestron SkyMaster 25×100 binoculars — our best for magnification pick in our best binoculars buying guide. Editor’s note Oct 9: We’re expecting this deal to end any time today, so act now if you want to stargaze…
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NASA delays Europa Clipper launch as it preps for Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton — pictured here in a NOAA satellite image — has intensified at near-record pace, fueled by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: CIRA/NOAA NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will have to wait out Hurricane Milton before it begins its five-year journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The spacecraft had been scheduled…
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Sharjah Museums Authority celebrates World Space Week 2024
The event aims to educate the public about the latest global developments in space and astronomy and their connection to improving climate change. It also highlights the UAE’s significant achievements in this field. World Space Week 2024 will feature a variety of activities, including lectures, workshops, planetarium shows, and astronomical observations. One of the highlights…
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Widespread Water Ice Deposits Discovered on the Moon
How much water ice could be present within the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the Moon’s south pole? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how water ice deposits could exist hundreds of miles beyond the PSRs located near the south…
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The Best Space Gifts for Astronomy Lovers and Stargazers | Holiday Gift Guide 2024
The holiday season is the best time to deepen your love of the cosmos — or give someone you know a great space-themed gift. But finding the perfect astronomy present is hard. That’s why The Space Store, the online store of Astronomy magazine, curated this list of top-rated astronomy and space-themed gifts for the 2024 Christmas and…
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Astronomy based on Earth—and Space—Will Give Astronomers More Powerful Tools
Scientists and engineers from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and Lonestar Data Holdings (Lonestar) are teaming up to explore the future of radio astronomy on Earth—and in space. Since its founding in 1956, the NSF NRAO has helped pioneer the technology of interferometry, the use of several radio telescopes…
