items tagged with Astronomy
Astronomers hit Einsteinian jackpot
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-13 10:23:38
An international team of scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a never-before-seen double Einstein ring. The important discovery helps astronomers learn more about dark matter, dark energy, and curved space of the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-13 10:23:38
An international team of scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a never-before-seen double Einstein ring. The important discovery helps astronomers learn more about dark matter, dark energy, and curved space of the universe.
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Brace for impact: Collision between Smith’s Cloud and Milky Way
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-01-12 10:40:20
Smith’s Cloud, a gigantic cloud of hydrogen gas, is heading toward our Milky Way Galaxy at over 540,000 miles per hour (864,000 kilometers per hour)—or about 150 miles per second. And, a collision is about to happen ....
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-01-12 10:40:20
Smith’s Cloud, a gigantic cloud of hydrogen gas, is heading toward our Milky Way Galaxy at over 540,000 miles per hour (864,000 kilometers per hour)—or about 150 miles per second. And, a collision is about to happen ....
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Hubble repair scheduled for August
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 17:06:46
Space Shuttle Atlantis has been scheduled for an August mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 17:06:46
Space Shuttle Atlantis has been scheduled for an August mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Building blocks of life found around star HR 4796A
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 08:42:02
A new U.S. study has found complex organic molecules, tholins, in the dust cloud around the star HR 4796A. The important conclusion of these researchers is that this discovery provides good evidence that living organisms are common throughout planetary systems.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 08:42:02
A new U.S. study has found complex organic molecules, tholins, in the dust cloud around the star HR 4796A. The important conclusion of these researchers is that this discovery provides good evidence that living organisms are common throughout planetary systems.
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Update on asteroid hitting Mars: Now 1-in-28
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-04 08:16:41
The chance that asteroid 2007 WD5 will hit the planet Mars on January 30, 2008, has been slightly reduced from 1-in-25 (4%) to 1-in-28 (about 3.6%) based on observations at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-04 08:16:41
The chance that asteroid 2007 WD5 will hit the planet Mars on January 30, 2008, has been slightly reduced from 1-in-25 (4%) to 1-in-28 (about 3.6%) based on observations at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory.
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Quadrantid meteor shower: January 3-4, 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-03 08:30:45
The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to produce a brief-but-intense number of meteors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. Thursday night to 2:00 a.m. Friday morning (0200 UTC and 0700 UTC) over the Northern Hemisphere.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-03 08:30:45
The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to produce a brief-but-intense number of meteors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. Thursday night to 2:00 a.m. Friday morning (0200 UTC and 0700 UTC) over the Northern Hemisphere.
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Aliens could see Earth as haven for life
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-30 09:37:35
According to a study performed by U.S. and Spanish astronomers, alien astronomers could “hypothetically” identify Earth as a planet orbiting the Sun and observe our planet with clouds and oceans—just like we are trying to do with planets circling other stars.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-30 09:37:35
According to a study performed by U.S. and Spanish astronomers, alien astronomers could “hypothetically” identify Earth as a planet orbiting the Sun and observe our planet with clouds and oceans—just like we are trying to do with planets circling other stars.
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Celebrate the New Year with Comet 8P/Tuttle
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-30 08:31:44
On January 1 and 2, 2008, Comet 8P/Tuttle will be making its closest approach to Earth. See it in your local northern sky as it travels less than 24 million miles away. And, southern sky watchers get to see it later in January.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-30 08:31:44
On January 1 and 2, 2008, Comet 8P/Tuttle will be making its closest approach to Earth. See it in your local northern sky as it travels less than 24 million miles away. And, southern sky watchers get to see it later in January.
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Ursid meteor shower to be seen near North Star Saturday evening
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-21 08:33:24
The Ursids will produce some astronomical glee in the northern hemisphere the evening of Saturday, December 22, 2007, and into Sunday morning, if nighttime conditions are just right.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-21 08:33:24
The Ursids will produce some astronomical glee in the northern hemisphere the evening of Saturday, December 22, 2007, and into Sunday morning, if nighttime conditions are just right.
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Where oh where is the comet?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-17 07:52:35
That’s what they said when NASA scientists decided to send their Deep Impact spacecraft to Comet 85P/Boethin. When they looked again for the comet, it was no where to be found. So, Deep Impact was re-direced to Comet Hartley 2.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-17 07:52:35
That’s what they said when NASA scientists decided to send their Deep Impact spacecraft to Comet 85P/Boethin. When they looked again for the comet, it was no where to be found. So, Deep Impact was re-direced to Comet Hartley 2.
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First direct evidence of early flattening as planets form
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-13 08:58:53
Illinois astronomers used the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope to show that early in the planet-forming phase a spinning cloud of gas and dust flattens as it begins to develop into a planet. This discovery will help astronomers learn more about how our own Sun looked when it was first born.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-13 08:58:53
Illinois astronomers used the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope to show that early in the planet-forming phase a spinning cloud of gas and dust flattens as it begins to develop into a planet. This discovery will help astronomers learn more about how our own Sun looked when it was first born.
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Voyager 1 and 2 say solar system is dented
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-11 09:19:11
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-11 09:19:11
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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Thirty Meter Telescope gets $200 million boost
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory finds star moving at hypervelocity speed
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-05 08:14:45
The star is called RX J0822-4300. It is a neutron star created from the Puppis A supernova explosion—and it is moving away from the explosion, according to two U.S. scientists, at about three million miles per hour.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-05 08:14:45
The star is called RX J0822-4300. It is a neutron star created from the Puppis A supernova explosion—and it is moving away from the explosion, according to two U.S. scientists, at about three million miles per hour.
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December’s Geminid meteor shower promises to be best of 2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-03 09:10:27
The late evening of Thursday, December 13, and continuing on to dawn Friday morning, December 14, is the time frame to see the Geminid meteor shower in North America.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-03 09:10:27
The late evening of Thursday, December 13, and continuing on to dawn Friday morning, December 14, is the time frame to see the Geminid meteor shower in North America.
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Will NASA launch Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-12-01 17:24:47
Called “the most expensive scientific experiments ever built,” $1.5 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) may end up in storage and never get the chance to search the universe for antimatter.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-12-01 17:24:47
Called “the most expensive scientific experiments ever built,” $1.5 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) may end up in storage and never get the chance to search the universe for antimatter.
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Amateur astronomers wanted to take Venus pics
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-25 09:45:34
Scientists with the Venus Express mission are looking for images of the planet Venus taken by amateur and professional astronomers. Can you help?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-25 09:45:34
Scientists with the Venus Express mission are looking for images of the planet Venus taken by amateur and professional astronomers. Can you help?
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Has first evidence of another universe been seen?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-24 11:04:15
Astronomers announced in August 2007 the discovery of a large hole at the edge of our universe. Since then, theoretical physicist and cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton and colleagues have claimed it is an “unmistakable imprint of another universe beyond the edge of our own.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-24 11:04:15
Astronomers announced in August 2007 the discovery of a large hole at the edge of our universe. Since then, theoretical physicist and cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton and colleagues have claimed it is an “unmistakable imprint of another universe beyond the edge of our own.”
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Mars is BIG and RED for its close encounter with Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-22 09:01:36
Mars and Earth are a mere 55 million miles (89 million kilometers) apart, making Mars appear much redder and larger than usual. See Mars, and the Moon, November 26-27, 2007, at your local night sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-22 09:01:36
Mars and Earth are a mere 55 million miles (89 million kilometers) apart, making Mars appear much redder and larger than usual. See Mars, and the Moon, November 26-27, 2007, at your local night sky.
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See the star-eating comet Monday night 11.19.2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-19 08:22:38
Ok, Comet Holmes is not really going to eat a star, but the evening of November 19, 2007, in the western hemisphere, will be a good time to see the comet fly directly in front of the star Mirfak (alpha Persei) and appear to engulf it with its large cloud of dust.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-19 08:22:38
Ok, Comet Holmes is not really going to eat a star, but the evening of November 19, 2007, in the western hemisphere, will be a good time to see the comet fly directly in front of the star Mirfak (alpha Persei) and appear to engulf it with its large cloud of dust.
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