Showing posts with label Hubble Space Telescope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hubble Space Telescope. Show all posts

June 18, 2010

ESA Explains Jupiter Asteriod Clash

Jupiter aurora. The bright spot at far left is...Image via Wikipedia
Two weeks ago, there's a buzz in the web about the video of an asteroid hitting planet Jupiter. The said video was caught by a Filipino astronomer.

Well, here is the explanation of European Space Agency (ES)A based on the findings of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble telescope sheds light on mystery Jupiter flash - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

April 27, 2010

European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) to be Built on Chile

Hoober ObservatoryImage via Wikipedia
The soon-to-be world's largest telescope, European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is to be built on top of a 3000-meter mountain in Chile.

The telescope will have a primary mirror with an unprecedented size of 42 meters in diameter. It is expected to be 15 times more powerful than the current largest optical telescope and will be able to produce images more clearer and more distant objects than what is currently reached by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.

The construction of this $ 1 billion worth project is planned to begin next year and the observatory is expected to start operating by 2018.

See the rest of the article in the link below.

Al Jazeera English - Americas - Chile to host giant telescope