Chile telescopes
Britain has finally joined the European Southern Observatory. The move will give British astronomers access to some of the world’s most advanced telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope and the Atacama LargeMillimetre Array, both in Chile.
Near neighbours
German astronomers sifting through data from a survey of near-infrared radiation have detected two new neighbours of the Sun: faint red dwarfs that are 20 and 26 light years away.
Comet mission
NASA’s latest mission to study comets was ready for a 3 July launch, as New Scientist went to press. CONTOUR will orbit Earth till mid-August, then fire its main engines and take-off for a…
