items tagged with Astronomy
Look up: It’s time for Eta Aquarid meteor shower
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-04 17:03:37
Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning, May 5-6, 2009, is expected to be the peak of the Aquarid meteors with up to 85 meteors per hour over the Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Northern Hemispere, you'll see them, too!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-04 17:03:37
Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning, May 5-6, 2009, is expected to be the peak of the Aquarid meteors with up to 85 meteors per hour over the Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Northern Hemispere, you'll see them, too!
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Australian student Mick Todd finds new asteroid
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-29 13:50:40
Mick Todd, a student at Curtin University of Technology, discovers new asteroid (“Asteroid 2009 FH19”) while searching for potentially dangerous near-Earth objects using the University of Western Australia’s Zadko Telescope.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-29 13:50:40
Mick Todd, a student at Curtin University of Technology, discovers new asteroid (“Asteroid 2009 FH19”) while searching for potentially dangerous near-Earth objects using the University of Western Australia’s Zadko Telescope.
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Himiko blob found: Earliest known beginning of galaxy
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-23 08:40:34
Astronomers have discovered a massive object about 12.9 billion light-years from our Solar System that is the earliest known precursor to a galaxy. It appears to have first formed during the early times of our Universe—less than one billion years after the Big Bang explosion.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-23 08:40:34
Astronomers have discovered a massive object about 12.9 billion light-years from our Solar System that is the earliest known precursor to a galaxy. It appears to have first formed during the early times of our Universe—less than one billion years after the Big Bang explosion.
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Swiss planet finders find smallest one so far
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-21 12:57:18
Swiss astronomers announced on April 21, 2009, that they found planet Gliese 581 e, the least massive planet ever found outside of our Solar System. It is just less than double the mass of Earth. They like their planets small, like Earth, because it increases the possibility of finding life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-21 12:57:18
Swiss astronomers announced on April 21, 2009, that they found planet Gliese 581 e, the least massive planet ever found outside of our Solar System. It is just less than double the mass of Earth. They like their planets small, like Earth, because it increases the possibility of finding life.
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Lyrid meteor shower coming to Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-21 07:46:20
The Lyrid meteor shower, brought to you by Comet Thatcher, is coming to everyone’s early dawn sky on and around Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Its unpredictable nature could produce a few meteors per hour or many, many more. Look at it to find out what happens.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-21 07:46:20
The Lyrid meteor shower, brought to you by Comet Thatcher, is coming to everyone’s early dawn sky on and around Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Its unpredictable nature could produce a few meteors per hour or many, many more. Look at it to find out what happens.
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