items tagged with Astronomy
Fast spinning, wildly orbiting pulsar puzzles astronomers
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-16 09:59:58
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-16 09:59:58
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?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-15 12:10:49
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-15 12:10:49
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-14 19:12:44
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-14 19:12:44
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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Southern Hemisphere: 2008 Eta Aquarid meteor shower is upon you
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-02 16:26:20
Beginning Saturday morning, May 3, 2008, and lasting for five nights of strong viewing, the Eta Aquarids will provide some of the best viewing of meteors in the Southern Hemisphere. You will also see some in the lower latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-02 16:26:20
Beginning Saturday morning, May 3, 2008, and lasting for five nights of strong viewing, the Eta Aquarids will provide some of the best viewing of meteors in the Southern Hemisphere. You will also see some in the lower latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
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First look: Black hole ejects plasma jet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-24 14:44:49
An international group of astronomers used a series of radio telescopes to look at—for the first time—a supermassive black hole ejecting a high-speed jet of plasma particles, what is called a blazar.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-24 14:44:49
An international group of astronomers used a series of radio telescopes to look at—for the first time—a supermassive black hole ejecting a high-speed jet of plasma particles, what is called a blazar.
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ISS to make night passes over North American sky
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-11 10:51:50
On Thursday, April 10, 2008, the International Space Station begins a week-long series of passes across the evening sky of Canada and the United States. As new modules are added with each new space shuttle mission, it gets easier to see the orbiting laboratory fly over in the night sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-11 10:51:50
On Thursday, April 10, 2008, the International Space Station begins a week-long series of passes across the evening sky of Canada and the United States. As new modules are added with each new space shuttle mission, it gets easier to see the orbiting laboratory fly over in the night sky.
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NASA launches new website “NASA Science … for the benefit of all”
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-10 15:23:18
The Science Mission Directorate of NASA has announced the opening of a new website that “ … provides enhanced and engaging information about NASA's vast scope of scientific endeavors and achievements.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-10 15:23:18
The Science Mission Directorate of NASA has announced the opening of a new website that “ … provides enhanced and engaging information about NASA's vast scope of scientific endeavors and achievements.”
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Australia hopeful of radio telescope Square Kilometer Array
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-09 10:23:42
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is a major proposed telescope project that will scan the skies in the light and radio range of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is designed to offer a large collecting area of about one square kilometer (and, thus, its name). Western Australia, a prime radio wave observing site, is pursuing the desired location of the SKA telescope.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-09 10:23:42
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is a major proposed telescope project that will scan the skies in the light and radio range of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is designed to offer a large collecting area of about one square kilometer (and, thus, its name). Western Australia, a prime radio wave observing site, is pursuing the desired location of the SKA telescope.
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Crescent Moon intertwine with Pleiades: April 8, 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-07 08:15:56
On the evening of Tuesday, April 8, 2008, skygazers will see the Moon move very close to The Seven Sisters, or also called the Pleiades. People of North America will have the best position for the viewing.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-07 08:15:56
On the evening of Tuesday, April 8, 2008, skygazers will see the Moon move very close to The Seven Sisters, or also called the Pleiades. People of North America will have the best position for the viewing.
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Gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B sets new space record
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-21 22:39:43
It’s amazing but if you happened to have been looking up in the night sky in the direction of the constellation Boötes at 2:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0612 UTC) on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, you could have seen with your naked eyes the brightest explosion of a star that ever occurred.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-21 22:39:43
It’s amazing but if you happened to have been looking up in the night sky in the direction of the constellation Boötes at 2:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0612 UTC) on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, you could have seen with your naked eyes the brightest explosion of a star that ever occurred.
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Abracadabra! Whoosh! The rings of Saturn disappear
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-20 08:49:28
Is a magician making Saturn's rings disappear? Actually, we are experiencing a “plane ring crossing.". The rings are appearing edge-on to Earthlings so they look to almost disappear. Such an event makes for a good time to view Saturn from your backyard telescope.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-20 08:49:28
Is a magician making Saturn's rings disappear? Actually, we are experiencing a “plane ring crossing.". The rings are appearing edge-on to Earthlings so they look to almost disappear. Such an event makes for a good time to view Saturn from your backyard telescope.
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NASA’s Hubble finds first organic molecule on exoplanet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-16 10:45:15
NASA announced that U.S. and U.K. astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the first organic molecule (specifically, methane) in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-16 10:45:15
NASA announced that U.S. and U.K. astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the first organic molecule (specifically, methane) in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.
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Western Australia Govt pumps A$20m into star trek
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-29 03:01:34
A journey through the stars, via ground based radio astronomy? That’s the WA Govt’s plan, with a $20m package to boost their chances of winning the A$2 billion ‘Square Kilometre Array’.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-29 03:01:34
A journey through the stars, via ground based radio astronomy? That’s the WA Govt’s plan, with a $20m package to boost their chances of winning the A$2 billion ‘Square Kilometre Array’.
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Saturn shining brightly in Northern Hemisphere sky
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-27 10:01:38
On the night of February 23-24, 2008, the planet Saturn reached its opposition to the Sun, rising into the sky as the Sun sets below the horizon. The month of March is a good time to view the beautiful planet Saturn in its nightly journey across the starry sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-27 10:01:38
On the night of February 23-24, 2008, the planet Saturn reached its opposition to the Sun, rising into the sky as the Sun sets below the horizon. The month of March is a good time to view the beautiful planet Saturn in its nightly journey across the starry sky.
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Photographs: February 20, 2008 total lunar eclipse
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-02-22 09:04:39
The total lunar eclipse on February 20-21, 2008 seems to have been successful. I’ve collected photographs taken by backyard and professional astronomers. Enjoy!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-02-22 09:04:39
The total lunar eclipse on February 20-21, 2008 seems to have been successful. I’ve collected photographs taken by backyard and professional astronomers. Enjoy!
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Venus, Jupiter, Moon: Come together early February 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-26 08:41:05
During the last days of January and the first days of February the two brightest planets seen on Earth will appear close together in the dawn twilight of the southeast sky, and the waning crescent Moon will drop by, too.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-26 08:41:05
During the last days of January and the first days of February the two brightest planets seen on Earth will appear close together in the dawn twilight of the southeast sky, and the waning crescent Moon will drop by, too.
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Asteroid 2007 TU24 to pass near Earth on January 29-30
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-25 10:26:02
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-25 10:26:02
Backyard astronomers will get a chance to see a close-approach of an asteroid to Earth on January 29-30, 2008.
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Comet Wild 2 looks like asteroid to NASA Stardust spacecraft
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-25 09:37:15
NASA’s Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2 back in 2004, in which samples were returned to Earth, are now being analyzed by astronomers. They are surprised because the comet looks more like an asteroid: calling it an asteroid-like comet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-25 09:37:15
NASA’s Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2 back in 2004, in which samples were returned to Earth, are now being analyzed by astronomers. They are surprised because the comet looks more like an asteroid: calling it an asteroid-like comet.
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First Mercury flyby by MESSENGER shows past lava flows
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-22 08:17:18
Scientists with the NASA MESSENGER mission announced that the first image back from Mercury indicate the presence of solidified lava flows on the planet’s surface. Such discoveries are very important in unraveling its geological history.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-22 08:17:18
Scientists with the NASA MESSENGER mission announced that the first image back from Mercury indicate the presence of solidified lava flows on the planet’s surface. Such discoveries are very important in unraveling its geological history.
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Ulysses spacecraft known for its resourcefulness
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-15 08:33:25
With the Sun beginning a new solar cycle (No. 24), the Ulysses spacecraft just happens to be at the right spot, at the right time: the solar North Pole.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-15 08:33:25
With the Sun beginning a new solar cycle (No. 24), the Ulysses spacecraft just happens to be at the right spot, at the right time: the solar North Pole.
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