A study of Neptune's colossal cloud bands has shown that the planet undergoes seasonal changes in weather - the gas giant is just beginning a 40-year summer.
Researchers from Wisconsin-Madison University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory found that Neptune's southern cloud bands have been getting steadily wider and brighter over the past six years. They studied images of the planet captured with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1996, 1998 and 2002.
Astronomers take vision to the limit
Although not the first device of its type, experts say that the MACAO-VLTI (Multi Application Curvature Adaptive Optics - Very Large Telescope Interferometer) instrument is a frontrunner in making ground-based telescopes as good as those in space.
Astronomy Pic of the Day
now that's a view.....
Researchers from Wisconsin-Madison University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory found that Neptune's southern cloud bands have been getting steadily wider and brighter over the past six years. They studied images of the planet captured with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1996, 1998 and 2002.
Astronomers take vision to the limit
Although not the first device of its type, experts say that the MACAO-VLTI (Multi Application Curvature Adaptive Optics - Very Large Telescope Interferometer) instrument is a frontrunner in making ground-based telescopes as good as those in space.
Astronomy Pic of the Day
now that's a view.....
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