World news about “Astronomy” published by euronews.
Moon travelling across the sunThe moon is pictured travelling across the sun partially blocking its view in this NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory image. Two or three times a year, NASA’s… 14/06/2013
ALMA set to reveal the Universe Mankind has a new eye on the heavens today with the inauguration of the world’s largest telescope in Chile. The ALMA array is high in the Atacama desert… 14/03/2013
Canadian takes charge of ISS Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield, has taken charge of the International Space Station. This is only the second time in the outposts 12-year history that… 14/03/2013
Remote controlled telescope A new remote controlled telescope in Tasmania, Australia, will allow scientists all over the world to collaborate on projects.The Harlingten telescope is an… 27/02/2013
Meteor explodes over Russia – nocomment Amateur videos show a meteorite crossing the sky in early morning hours in differents cities of Russia. Residents on their way to work heard a sonic boom, saw… 15/02/2013
Visions of our moody Sun What causes the violent explosions on the Sun’s surface and our communication systems to occasionally go down? How do the Sun’s mysterious magnetic fields… 21/01/2013
First American woman in space Sally Ride dies at 61Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died from pancreatic cancer. She was 61. REUTERS/NASA/Handou 24/07/2012
Looking for life beyond earth In February this year an international team of scientists confirmed the existence of a very special planet which could have the perfect conditions for… 11/07/2012
A black hole awaits its galactic dinner A huge gas cloud is floating through our Milky Way. Its end is near. It is going to be swallowed up by a great black hole. Astronomers at the Max Planck… 05/07/2012
Observing the transit of Venus 2012The planet Venus put on a spectacular show on Wednesday morning as it passed in front of the face of the Sun. The Transit of Venus is an extremely rare… 06/06/2012
Small is beautiful They are only the size of a domestic washing machine but ESA’s mini-satellites are getting some big results. The Proba series is busy observing the Earth and… 15/12/2011
ALMA project probes farthest reaches of universe High in Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the world’s biggest astronomical projects is finally getting underway. 11/10/2011
Margherita Hack – a leading light in Italian science Margherita Hack is almost 90 years old but remains one of the brightest sparks in Italy’s scientific community. 27/09/2011
Black hole caught gobbling up a star Cast your telescope’s gaze to a point a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, and you may just be lucky enough to see a black hole eating up a star. And… 19/09/2011
Total lunar eclipse – nocomment People from all around the world gathered to watch the lunar eclipse. 17/06/2011
2013 set to be Earth’s brightest ever for cometsStar-gazers will be treated to the brightest comet ever seen from Earth this year. Comet ISON, discovered by astronomers in September 2012, is forecast to… 14/01/2013
Doomsday rock to pack a bigger punchThe so-called ‘Doomsday Asteroid’ Apophis is 20 per cent bigger than astronomers first thought. The European Space Agency has discovered that it is about… 10/01/2013
Auspicious, superstitious, lucky or doomed: enjoy 12.12.12 while it lastsWednesday, December 12, 2012 is the last consecutive number date sequence of the century. Bearing in mind that each day is divided into two 12-hour parts… 12/12/2012
Cloudy skies could disappoint Australia’s eclipse fansIt will be the first total solar eclipse in over 10 years, and thousands of people have gathered in northern Australia to see the rare phenomenon due to take… 13/11/2012
US astronaut Sally Ride dies aged 61America’s first woman to travel in space, Sally Ride has died from cancer. She was 61. It was in 1983 that Ride made her historic flight aboard space shuttle… 24/07/2012
The floating Dutchman’s life in spaceOn December 21, 2011 Soyuz blasted off from the Russian launch facility in Kazakhstan. Russian commander Oleg Kononenko had two other astronauts on board… 22/06/2012
Galactic merger will end the universe as we know itIf you believe in the Mayan prediction that 2012 is the end of the world, stop reading and jog on. If you’re more science-minded, you’ll see we may have… 01/06/2012
Super moon reigns over north AmericaA bigger and brighter moon lit up the sky across the north American continent. The anomaly, known as a ‘perigee’, means the moon appears up to 14 per cent… 06/05/2012
Q&A: should we be afraid of the solar storm?euronews’ web team asks a European Space Agency expert about the risks and basic information on the solar storm that’s currently making headlines. We… 09/03/2012
Solar storm to affect communications networks on earthScientists are warning about a temporary disruption to essential power and communications networks from a strong geomagnetic storm that is racing toward earth… 08/03/2012
Three new planets spottedIn brief: astronomers have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun. The smallest is about the size of Mars. All… 12/01/2012
A moment of celestial wonder at lunar eclipseThe first total lunar eclipse of 2011 – and the longest in over a decade amazed spectators across the world. The moment of “totality”, when Earth’s shadow… 16/06/2011
Pope Benedict speaks to ‘the heavens’The sky is no longer the limit for Pope Benedict XVI. He has become the first pontiff to call space, speaking directly with crew members onboard the… 21/05/2011
Rumpus over ‘wrong’ zodiac signsThe suggestion that the signs of the zodiac are all wrong has prompted near panic, judging from the buzz on the internet over the past week. The idea that a… 15/01/2011
Moon is shrinking according to NASA scientistsA recently published NASA study has revealed the Moon has shrunk significantly in the last 800 million years – a very short period of time in astronomical… 01/09/2010
Spacecraft sheds new light on the sunAn international research team has made some surprising discoveries about the sun’s magnetic fields. Strong magnetic areas have been observed around the sun’s… 10/03/2010
One man’s junk is another man’s treasureTucked away in a box as junk, the owner of a mysterious stone never knew what secrets it held. Intrigued by what it could be, Jean Jacques Corre took it to… 17/02/2010
The origins of our galaxyNew images from the Very Large Telescope in Chile show the interior of the Milky Way. This is Terzan 5 – a cluster of stars 20,000 light years away from… 19/01/2010
Galileo at the Vatican: from heretic to heroThe Vatican is commemorating the achievements of physicist and philosopher Galileo – the man sentenced to life imprisonment by the Inquisition 400 years ago. 20/10/2009
400 Years of the TelescopeAmerican film “400 Years of The Telescope” documents the last 4 centuries of astronomy. The film was shown at the Pariscience Scientific Film Festival (held… 14/10/2009
