Wednesday, June 24, 2009

First Images from LCROSS


NASA's newest Moon probe, LCROSS, sent its first images of the lunar surface. LCROSS, launched last June 17, 2009, was designed to investigate the moon's polar regions and look for ice/water.

Friday, June 19, 2009

World's Fastest Astro Camera


The CCD200 detector of the Very Large Telescope can shoot 1500 frames/sec.

via Gizmodo