3 April 2026
Astronomy Now
  • Home
  • The Magazine
    • About
    • Current Issue
    • Subscribe
    • Renew Subscription
  • AstroFest 2026
  • News
  • Observing
    • UK Sky Chart
    • Almanac
    • Scope Calc
    • DSLR Calc
  • Reviews
    • Equipment
    • Book Reviews
  • Spaceflight Now
  • Shop
  • Contact Us
    • Subscriptions
    • Your Views
    • Ask Astronomy Now
    • Editorial
    • Advertising
    • AstroListings
Latest News
  • [ 2 April 2026 ] Witness to history: Artemis II, lunar exploration and hope News
  • [ 25 March 2026 ] Artificial Intelligence uncovers more than 100 new worlds in NASA data News
  • [ 24 March 2026 ] XRISM solves gamma-Cas’s 50-year X-ray mystery News
  • [ 16 March 2026 ] Molten lava world points to new class of planet Focus on
  • [ 26 January 2026 ] Dr Allan Chapman (1946-2026) News
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn

University of California

News

Funding approved for 3200-megapixel Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

15 January 2015 Astronomy Now

When the LSST telescope begins operations atop Cerro Pachón in Chile, it will use the largest digital camera ever built and produce the widest, deepest and fastest views of the night sky ever observed.

News

Four billion-year-old meteorite reveals climate of ancient Mars

27 December 2014 Astronomy Now

Recovered from an Antarctic ice field exactly 30 years ago, a 4 billion-year-old Martian meteorite named ALH84001 reveals a detailed record of the Red Planet’s climate, back when water likely washed across its surface.

News

Sun sizzles in high-energy X-rays

23 December 2014 Astronomy Now

Designed to study black holes, supernova remnants and other extreme objects beyond our Solar System, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has captured the most sensitive portrait of the Sun ever taken in high-energy X-rays.

Posts pagination

« 1 … 3 4

Latest Issue

Astronomy Now Newsletter

Join our mailing list.
* indicates required
Which elements of Astronomy interest you?

News Headlines

  • Witness to history: Artemis II, lunar exploration and hope
    2 April 2026
  • Artificial Intelligence uncovers more than 100 new worlds in NASA data
    25 March 2026
  • XRISM solves gamma-Cas’s 50-year X-ray mystery
    24 March 2026
  • Molten lava world points to new class of planet
    16 March 2026
  • Dr Allan Chapman (1946-2026)
    26 January 2026

© 2019 Pole Star Publications Limited

Astronomy Now