Astronomy
New solar system member is tail-less comet called 2006 SQ372
By: William Atkins
The comet called 2006 SQ372 was discovered in 2007 to be about two billion miles (three billion kilometers) from Earth, a bit closer than the orbit of Neptune, on a 22,000-to-32,000 year trip around the Sun. Where it came from is still being hypothesized by its discoverers and other astronomers.
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By: William Atkins
The comet called 2006 SQ372 was discovered in 2007 to be about two billion miles (three billion kilometers) from Earth, a bit closer than the orbit of Neptune, on a 22,000-to-32,000 year trip around the Sun. Where it came from is still being hypothesized by its discoverers and other astronomers.
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Western North America gets best shot for 2008 Perseid meteor shower
By: William Atkins
The morning of Tuesday, August 12, 2008, is the best time to see the most meteors of the Perseids, and the people of the western portion of the United States and Canada will be located in the prime viewing area for it.
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By: William Atkins
The morning of Tuesday, August 12, 2008, is the best time to see the most meteors of the Perseids, and the people of the western portion of the United States and Canada will be located in the prime viewing area for it.
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Let earth-grazing show begin: 2008 Perseid meteor shower
By: William Atkins
Friday, August 8 to Thursday, August 14, 2008 is the approximate dates for skygazers on Earth to see the Perseids at its best. Skygazers will get a great chance to see the Earth-grazing meteors of the Perseids!
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By: William Atkins
Friday, August 8 to Thursday, August 14, 2008 is the approximate dates for skygazers on Earth to see the Perseids at its best. Skygazers will get a great chance to see the Earth-grazing meteors of the Perseids!
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North Star dims for a century, suddenly gets brighter
By: William Atkins
After about one hundred years of growing increasingly dimmer, the North Star (Polaris), according to international astronomers, is now growing brighter. Why it’s happening is a mystery to astronomers.
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By: William Atkins
After about one hundred years of growing increasingly dimmer, the North Star (Polaris), according to international astronomers, is now growing brighter. Why it’s happening is a mystery to astronomers.
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Asteroid 2008 BT18: 1 rock now seen as 2 asteroid buddies
By: William Atkins
Astronomers discovered asteroid 2008 BT18 earlier in 2008, thought it was a giant rock hurling through space near Earth, but now have found out that it is, actually, two asteroids--what astronomers call a binary asteroid.
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By: William Atkins
Astronomers discovered asteroid 2008 BT18 earlier in 2008, thought it was a giant rock hurling through space near Earth, but now have found out that it is, actually, two asteroids--what astronomers call a binary asteroid.
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See Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower July/August 2008
By: William Atkins
The Southern Delta Aquarids is a meteor shower that will be visible from mid-July to mid-August, but will peak on July 28-29, 2008.
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By: William Atkins
The Southern Delta Aquarids is a meteor shower that will be visible from mid-July to mid-August, but will peak on July 28-29, 2008.
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Mars, Saturn, Regulus put on evening show in July skies
By: William Atkins
During the first ten days of July 2008, the two planets Mars and Saturn and the bright star Regulus will be seen low in the western sky after dusk and into the evening, less than one-third the way up from the horizon.
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By: William Atkins
During the first ten days of July 2008, the two planets Mars and Saturn and the bright star Regulus will be seen low in the western sky after dusk and into the evening, less than one-third the way up from the horizon.
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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To build a really big radio telescope, use glass
By: Stuart Corner
Radio telescopes in China, Australia and Japan have been interconnected in real time for the first time using the optical networks of AARNet and its counterparts to enable very high resolution 'images' of remote celestial objects.
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By: Stuart Corner
Radio telescopes in China, Australia and Japan have been interconnected in real time for the first time using the optical networks of AARNet and its counterparts to enable very high resolution 'images' of remote celestial objects.
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Moon’s magical powers seem to rise on June 18th
By: William Atkins
Your eyes may deceive you but check out the full Moon rising in the eastern sky on Wednesday night, June 18, 2008. It’s huge, or is it the “Moon Illusion”?
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By: William Atkins
Your eyes may deceive you but check out the full Moon rising in the eastern sky on Wednesday night, June 18, 2008. It’s huge, or is it the “Moon Illusion”?
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HARPS sees HD 40307 planets: We have ability to find earth-type exoplanets
By: William Atkins
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By: William Atkins
Astrophysicists have found, for the very first time, a trio of super-earth planets around a sun-like star.
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GLAST study of black holes set to launch June 3, 2008
By: William Atkins
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is scheduled to launch Tuesday, June 3, 2008, for its mission to analyze exotic phenomena, such as supermassive black holes, all over the Universe that generate enormous amounts of very energetic gamma radiation.
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By: William Atkins
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is scheduled to launch Tuesday, June 3, 2008, for its mission to analyze exotic phenomena, such as supermassive black holes, all over the Universe that generate enormous amounts of very energetic gamma radiation.
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First for astronomers: Observed birth of supernova
By: William Atkins
U.S. astronomers Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, Princeton University, were observing the NCG 2770 galaxy when they noticed a rapidly brightening spot, which eventually faded. They had just seen, for the first time by anyone on Earth, the birth of a supernova using x-ray emissions.
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By: William Atkins
U.S. astronomers Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, Princeton University, were observing the NCG 2770 galaxy when they noticed a rapidly brightening spot, which eventually faded. They had just seen, for the first time by anyone on Earth, the birth of a supernova using x-ray emissions.
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103 meteoroid impacts on Moon in 2.5 years
By: William Atkins
NASA has announced that over one hundred impacts of meteoroids have been recorded by its astronomers at the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office. Backyard astronomers can see these light flashes if they have their telescopes positioned just right.
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By: William Atkins
NASA has announced that over one hundred impacts of meteoroids have been recorded by its astronomers at the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office. Backyard astronomers can see these light flashes if they have their telescopes positioned just right.
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Looking afar, with Microsoft's WWT
By: Tony Austin
If you ever wanted to travel through space, visit galaxies, ponder supernovas, learn about dark matter, and get close to black holes, then now can experience these things right from your Windows desktop using the free WorldWide Telescope (released a few days ago by Microsoft Research).
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By: Tony Austin
If you ever wanted to travel through space, visit galaxies, ponder supernovas, learn about dark matter, and get close to black holes, then now can experience these things right from your Windows desktop using the free WorldWide Telescope (released a few days ago by Microsoft Research).
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Fast spinning, wildly orbiting pulsar puzzles astronomers
By: William Atkins
Astronomers are perplexed at a rapidly spinning pulsar, known as J1903+0327, because it is orbiting a star similar to the Sun in a very unusual orbit—two actions that haven’t been seen before.
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By: William Atkins
Astronomers are perplexed at a rapidly spinning pulsar, known as J1903+0327, because it is orbiting a star similar to the Sun in a very unusual orbit—two actions that haven’t been seen before.
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Where are the other moons of Earth?
By: William Atkins
NASA researchers have postulated that when the Earth was hit by a large object about 4.5 billion years ago, it probably created many small moons around Earth, plus our large Moon. Many of them landed at stable points between the Earth and the Sun. They still should, theoretically, be here, but aren't. Where did they go? And why?
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By: William Atkins
NASA researchers have postulated that when the Earth was hit by a large object about 4.5 billion years ago, it probably created many small moons around Earth, plus our large Moon. Many of them landed at stable points between the Earth and the Sun. They still should, theoretically, be here, but aren't. Where did they go? And why?
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NASA's supernova hunt in Milky Way ends with discovery of G1.9+0.3
By: William Atkins
Using data from the space-based NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ground-based NRAO Very Large Array, astronomers just found a supernova within our Milky Way galaxy that exploded about 140 years ago. NASA scientists took fifty years to find it.
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By: William Atkins
Using data from the space-based NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ground-based NRAO Very Large Array, astronomers just found a supernova within our Milky Way galaxy that exploded about 140 years ago. NASA scientists took fifty years to find it.
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