The Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act, 2007 (Act No. 21 of 2007 – “the AGA Act”) was promulgated on 17 June 2008, in Government Gazette No. 31157 and became operational on the 24th of April 2009. On ...

Astronomers using the HARPS planet-hunting machine at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile have made the first-ever direct detection of the spectrum of visible light ...

Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in space emit radiation at much longer wavelengths, in the radio portion of the ...

On Thursday, the National Academies of Science released the latest Decadal Survey, which the astronomy industry uses to help guide funding decisions. While the survey doesn’t guarantee funding, it’s ...

The electromagnetic spectrum, or EM spectrum, is the name given to the collection of all electromagnetic radiation in the universe. This is a type of energy that pervades the cosmos in the form of ...

Visitors to the Irvine Spectrum Center Saturday will have the chance to look through telescopes and participate in solar viewing from noon to 3 p.m. and lunar viewing from 6 to 9 p.m. More than 150 ...

Sir William Huggins obtained the first photographic spectrum of a comet (Comet 1881 III) on June 24, 1881, using a reflector telescope equipped for spectroscopy and astrophotography. Analysis of ...