by Colin Stuart | Jan 27, 2015 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
Back in 2012, astronomers uncovered the first ring system in another solar system. Now they have released details of its dimensions and possible evidence of alien moons nestled within. The rings encircle the planet J1407b. As the planet orbits its star, its set of...
by Colin Stuart | Jan 23, 2015 | Book Reviews, Uncategorised
As a science writer I am very fortunate that English is such a beautiful language with a wide and varied vocabulary. It allows me to describe the fascinating – and often complex – world of modern astronomy. But in an intriguing thought experiment,...
by Colin Stuart | Jan 21, 2015 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
In the 1990s it adorned mugs, mousemats and bedroom walls. Now the Eagle Nebula has been revisited by the Hubble Space Telescope – the observatory that first brought it to worldwide attention. The original iconic image was taken at visible wavelengths –...
by Colin Stuart | Jan 15, 2015 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
Astronomy has always been at the cutting edge of technology. And now the worlds of stargazing and 3D printing are meeting, helping us understand what’s going on in the most luminous stellar system for light years around: Eta Carinae. The system is comprised of...