Science News for Kids » telescope http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:07:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Supertiny satellites launched http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/supertiny-satellites-launched/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/supertiny-satellites-launched/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:45:59 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15895 Cordell Grant, an aerospace engineer at the University of Toronto in Canada, assembles one of his team’s nanosatellites. These are the smallest space telescopes ever sent into Earth orbit. Credit: Johannes Hirn (Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto)

Researchers are building simple, miniature satellites to bring down their costs and expand their availability]]> Cordell Grant, an aerospace engineer at the University of Toronto in Canada, assembles one of his team’s nanosatellites. These are the smallest space telescopes ever sent into Earth orbit. Credit: Johannes Hirn (Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto)

Researchers are building simple, miniature satellites to bring down their costs and expand their availability]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/supertiny-satellites-launched/feed/ 0 Twinkle, twinkle oldest stars http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/twinkle-twinkle-oldest-stars/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/twinkle-twinkle-oldest-stars/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:01:04 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14928 Blazars are bright galaxies that send high-powered radiation jets directly toward Earth. They can be used to detect the light in the universe left over from every star that ever shone. In this image, the blazars are shown as green dots; the Milky Way glows orange in the middle. Credit: NASA, DOE, Fermi LAT Collaboration

Astronomers find traces of ancient light in the activity of bright, distant galaxies]]> Blazars are bright galaxies that send high-powered radiation jets directly toward Earth. They can be used to detect the light in the universe left over from every star that ever shone. In this image, the blazars are shown as green dots; the Milky Way glows orange in the middle. Credit: NASA, DOE, Fermi LAT Collaboration

Astronomers find traces of ancient light in the activity of bright, distant galaxies]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/twinkle-twinkle-oldest-stars/feed/ 0 Super star-maker http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/phoenix-cluster-produces-740-stars-a-year/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/phoenix-cluster-produces-740-stars-a-year/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:24:41 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13781 This artist’s drawing shows what the central galaxy of the Phoenix cluster might look like. The small blue dots represent new stars forming. Credit: NASA.gov

A distant galaxy cluster churns out stars at a whopping rate]]> This artist’s drawing shows what the central galaxy of the Phoenix cluster might look like. The small blue dots represent new stars forming. Credit: NASA.gov

A distant galaxy cluster churns out stars at a whopping rate]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/phoenix-cluster-produces-740-stars-a-year/feed/ 0