The Astronomical Society of Malta
This morning, humanity got to witness a historic moment as the Artemis mission left our planet for the first time, starting it’s journey to the Moon and back 🌕🌎 A moment like this cannot be understated, we are on our way to begin a long journey into the cosmos. Perhaps …
As the owl has flown into the November sky, it is about time ASM announced our next observation event Join us on the 18th November at 7:30pm as we gaze our eyes upon the peak of the Leonids meteor shower and also unveil a special addition to the ASM family …
ASM is super excited about presenting all of the great work being done right here in Malta to capture our night skies 📸 We would like to thank Esplora for giving us the opportunity to collaborate with them to make this exhibition possible 🙏 Make sure to head over to …
Its not often you see Astronomers looking forward to daytime skies. However, when an Eclipse comes about we’re sure to safely look to the skies Today we were graced with a Partial Solar Eclipse, meaning that only a small part of the Sun was blocked by the Moon Although looking …
There is no better way to wrap up October than with an ASM Observation Night Join us as we take to the night skies in the hopes of enjoying the planets and beyond ASM encourages all those who have a telescope to bring it along for this Members Only Event …
The October 2022 issue of the Society’s magazine The Big Bang has been published. In this issue of The Big Bang: Editor’s BriefDung beetles navigate using celestial objects Feature ArticlesScience with Webb – by Tony Tanti Is-Sema fil-Poeżija‘How life came to Sol III’ minn Godfrey Baldacchino Observers’ LogbookJupiter makes its …
Observers using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have taken stunning images of Jupiter’s moons Europa and Ganymede! The highly detailed observations reveal geological features on the two frozen Jovian moons including a long, rift-like marking that cuts across the surface of Europa. The analysis of Europa showed that …
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