Astronomy TechnoAstronomy Technologies help treat myopia logies help treat myopia

The University of Valencia (Spain) apply-optical technology so far only used in astronomy to study images of the universe in order to avoid the development of myopia, considered the most common eye disease worldwide.

Robert Montes Mico, Professor of Optics, has achieved one of the prestigious projects of the European Research Council, awarded to senior researchers worldwide with a budget of a million and a half Euros, to study for five years promoting signals processes that generate myopia.

CHILE: Chile seek to boost business in astronomy

The Atacama Desert in Chile, will house some years the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT, for its acronym in English), the team with the largest size ever built in the world, which includes an investment of U.S. $ 1,320 million and whose launch is planned for 2020. In this scenario, our country is evaluating what business opportunities can be opened in astronomy and how to strengthen its presence in various ongoing projects.

Astronomy in India 2,300 years ago to celebrate the summer solstice

Astronomy enthusiasts gathered at the Jantar Mantar astronomical observatory in the capital of India, to calculate the size of the Earth following the methodology of 2,300 years ago the Greek scholar Eratosthenes.

The event was promoted by the International Association Space and was attended throughout the morning a few curious tourists visiting the XIII century observatory located in central Delhi, and many lovers of astronomy.

Propose the schools speak of Astronomy

Organization of Science, Technology and Environment of the Educational Zone Monagas, propose to the head of this organization, Yessenia Lara, the field of teaching in schools was reported Astronomies. As in charge of this department, Doris Flores, during closing State Authority of the Fourth Day of Astronomy, where they exhibited their projects over a thousand students in fourth and fifth years of the 13 municipalities of the ban intifada. Formers teachers of Mathematics and Physics in the field. Currently, the only school that teaches high school matter is Luis Godfather.

Dark matter is back, News Brief of Astronomy

Recent reports of the desertion of the dark matter may be greatly exaggerated, according to a new article by researchers at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). A group of astronomers using ³ ESO telescopes announced a-new-study-finds-no-matter-dark-in-the-vecindade in April a surprising lack of dark matter in the galaxy in the vicinity of the Solar System.

Since every two years the Specula Vatican organizes some international summer courses on astronomy. This is the thirteenth edition. The information was released by Vatican Radio, whose team interviewed Father Gabriel Funes, director of the Astronomical Observatory of the Holy See, located in Castel Gandolfo. The bishop confirmed the Vatican agency that there's interest, especially students from Latin America.

Infrared Astronomy

The technical approaching of Spitzer is attached in four basic physical values that define the importance of IR in the investigation of astrophysical phenomena. The infrared region is part of the electromagnetic spectrum and ranges from 1 micron (near infrared) to 200 microns (far infrared). Human eyes are only sensitive to light between 0.4 and 0.7 microns.

Infrared observations expose cool state of matter.

Solid objects in space - from the size of a grain of interstellar dust (less than a micron) to the giant planets - have temperatures ranging from 3 to 1500 degrees Kelvin (K). 

The galaxies were divided into three classes

The famous ethnologist and scientist Richard Dawkins is very likely that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but much rarer than we can go as far that simply presents us with the enormous grandeur of Cosmos and its almost infinite capacity to surprise us daily. 

In the few months of life that this young blog Astronomy we have been able to attend many surprises, but I assure you that today is one of the strangest. 

Origin of Astronomy

Astronomy of Egypt and other ancient civilizations.  Everything is repeated in the sky above us: every night and come back a star, moon phases change, the sun finds its way between the stars.  Rather, these laws were first discovered by astronomers, who sat at the primeval fire.  The motion of the moon (or more accurately, the frequency shift of the lunar phases) was used as the basis of the first lunar calendar,