Astronomy

Area astronomy club opens its time capsule

25 May 2012

S PERRY - Last Saturday, eager members of the Southeastern Iowa Astronomy Club opened up a 9-inch-by-3-foot metal box stuffed with 25 years of memories.

When a Dragon mated the space station | Bad Astronomy

25 May 2012

At 17:02 UTC, Friday, May 25, 2012, the SpaceX Dragon officially became the first privately-owned commercial spacecraft to be captured by and berthed at the International Space Station. It is (if I’ve done the math correctly) the 114th spacecraft to dock with ISS, including the missions sent up to build the station. It is the first privately-owned commercial spacecraft in history to do so. You ...

Australia to share in world's largest telescope

25 May 2012

( International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research ) Researchers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research are celebrating today after hearing that Australia will share in hosting the world's largest telescope - the Square Kilometre Array.