The Astronomical Society of Malta
For those of you who missed it, #DART smashed into #Dimorphos at 01:13am last night, marking the start of a new age in #planetarydefence As an added bonus to the successful impact, the Draco module provided us with some absolutely stunning images of #Dimorphos, a small asteroid that orbits around …
Science in the city will be hosting their annual celebration of all things Science on the 30th of September at St.Elmo in #valletta Come and pay us a visit as we will be on the roof of St.Elmo from 8pm aiming our telescopes at the planets and stars ASM cannot …
ASM will be collaborating with @esploramalta to bring you a night of observing our Solar System’s Giant Planets This special Public observation event will cap off the Summer season on Friday 23rd September from 8:00pm – 10:30pm, Entry to the event is 4 Euro per person, however ASM members can …
REGISTRATION REQUIRED THROUGH THIS FORM: https://forms.office.com/r/qbQArBynt2 Have you ever looked through a telescope to observe the giant planets of our Solar System – Jupiter with its circling Galilean moons, and Saturn with its glorious rings? On the 31st of August, join Wirt Għawdex and The Astronomical Society of Malta at the …
Although we sadly missed this year’s Perseid meteor shower, ASM is determined to host a great observation event for August 2022 Join us on Friday 26th August as we shift our focus from seeing the skies to capturing their beauty with our cameras For this members only event, ASM encourages …
The July 2022 issue of the Society’s magazine The Big Bang has been published. In this issue of The Big Bang: Editor’s BriefHow to see the Belt of Venus Feature ArticlesStudy: Building blocks of DNA, RNA found in meteorites – by Tony TantiCollaborative photometry of nine main-belt asteroids – by …
Panic! At the Disks: First Rest-frame Optical Observations of Galaxy Structure at z > 3 with JWST in the SMACS 0723 Field One of the latest JWST research papers featuring Prof. Joseph Caruana. This paper details some early results focussing on the SMACS 0723 cluster field using the James Webb Space Telescope. …
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