2020 – Page 9 – Astronomy Now

Globular cluster’s remnants suggest a ‘lost generation’

30 July 2020 Astronomy Now

Astronomers find a spread-out stream of stars that may be the remnant of a lost generation of globular clusters.

A nursery for the stars

28 July 2020 Astronomy Now

Sparkling stars set amid dark dust and glowing gas light up the north-western corner of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in this Hubble Space Telescope image of the star-forming region known as LHA 120-N11.

Innovative balloon-borne telescope promises rich infrared reward

26 July 2020 Astronomy Now

JPL engineers are designing a large, lightweight infrared telescope that will fly 40 kilometres above Antarctica before parachuting back to Earth.

Two Mars missions launched, one more – Perseverance – to go

24 July 2020 Astronomy Now

With UAE and Chinese Mars probes now on their way to the red planet, all eyes are on NASA’s Perseverance.

Hubble snapshot of Saturn shows ‘lord of the rings’ in all its summertime glory

24 July 2020 Astronomy Now

Hubble images Saturn and its spectacular ring system, showing the effects of summertime heating across the planet’s northern hemisphere.

China launches robotic mission to orbit, land, and drive on Mars

23 July 2020 Stephen Clark

A heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket propelled China’s first Mars landing mission toward the Red Planet on Thursday after launching from a seaside spaceport on Hainan Island, the second of three international Mars probes expected to depart planet Earth this month.

Year: 2020

Globular cluster’s remnants suggest a ‘lost generation’

A nursery for the stars

Innovative balloon-borne telescope promises rich infrared reward

Two Mars missions launched, one more – Perseverance – to go

Hubble snapshot of Saturn shows ‘lord of the rings’ in all its summertime glory

China launches robotic mission to orbit, land, and drive on Mars

VLT captures view of two large exoplanets orbiting young Sun-like star

NASA again delays launch of James Webb Space Telescope

Set your sights on Saturn

United Arab Emirates successfully sends its first mission toward Mars