Your Next Clock Could Be A Pulsar

Your Next Clock Could Be A Pulsar

An international team of scientists say a new  technique could turn pulsars into superbly accurate time-keepers. A pulsar is the spinning, collapsed core of a massive star that ended in a…
Rocket Scientist Or Supervillian?

Rocket Scientist Or Supervillian?

Which is cooler: "I run a rocket company" or "This is my secret remote tropic island spaceport"? In A Spaceport of Her Own, I interview Randa Milliron about InterOrbital System's code-named "Tonga…
L1448-IRS2E: A Star Is Born

L1448-IRS2E: A Star Is Born

Astronomers have glimpsed what could be the youngest known star at the very moment it is being born -so young it can hardly be considered a true star because it is in the earliest stages of star…
South Korea Fails to Launch Space Rocket

South Korea Fails to Launch Space Rocket

South Korea Fails to Launch Space Rocket The's second attempt to launch its first space rocket has failed. Minister of Education, Science and Technology Ahn Byung-man announced in a briefing on…
LOFAR: A New Era In Radio Astronomy

LOFAR: A New Era In Radio Astronomy

With the press of a button, yesterday Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands activated LOFAR and started the recording of its first official image. LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) is by all standards a big…
M51 - A New Look In The Whirlpool Galaxy

M51 - A New Look In The Whirlpool Galaxy

Galaxy M51, now called the Whirlpool Galaxy, was discovered by Charles Messier in 1773 but its spiral structure was first found by William Parsons in 1845, using his huge (and wonderfully named)…
South Korea Fails to Launch Space Rocket

South Korea Fails to Launch Space Rocket

The nation's second attempt to launch its first space rocket has failed. Minister of Education, Science and Technology Ahn Byung-man announced in a briefing on Thursday that the Naro space rocket…