en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/telescopes/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/uk_astronomers_on_rollercoaster/ Britain has been re-instated as a full member of the Gemini Observatory, meaning its astronomers can continue to use two of the world's best telescopes. An �80m hole in the UK's physics and astronomy budget threatened to deny the scientists access to news science 2008-02-29 08:16:26 http://www.newsique.com/science/uk_astronomers_on_rollercoaster/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7268065.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/uk_astronomers_on_rollercoaster/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/skies_dim_for_british_astronomer/ UK astronomers will lose access to two of the world's finest telescopes in February, as administrators look to plug an �80m hole in their finances. Observation programmes on the 8.1m telescopes of the Gemini organisation will end abruptly because Bri news science 2008-01-29 08:13:08 http://www.newsique.com/science/skies_dim_for_british_astronomer/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7210342.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/skies_dim_for_british_astronomer/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/what_space_telescopes_of_tomorro/ Giant-sized telescopes such as Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra offer unprecedented views of the cosmos, but astronomers are eager to put more powerful tools into orbit around the Earth. Without the extra help, said Rachel Somerville, an astronomer at the M news science 2007-11-22 08:15:50 http://www.newsique.com/science/what_space_telescopes_of_tomorro/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21915530/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/what_space_telescopes_of_tomorro/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/secrets_of_sun-like_star_probed/ The first image of the surface of a Sun-like star has been captured. It confirms that Altair, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is a rapidly spinning, non-spherical body. Until now, telescopes have only been powerful enough to zoom in on news science 2007-06-04 14:39:20 http://www.newsique.com/science/secrets_of_sun-like_star_probed/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6709345.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/secrets_of_sun-like_star_probed/#comments