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National Astronomy Day Celebration at River Ridge Observatory Saturday
They are hosting a day of sky-related events from 4-10 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, in honor of National Astronomy Day, and it will be well worth your time to sign up. The observatory is north of Maumelle Lake in far eastern Perry County,…
Quad-Cities Popular Astronomy Club: May Features a ‘Blood Flower Moon’ | Local News
By Alan Sheidler People's Astronomy Club
I must admit that I have always been interested in speed. The speed at which things move has always fascinated me.What is…
Bad astronomy | Martian rocks show signs they were created explosively
In the distant past, Mars was extremely volcanic.
In some ways this is obvious. The Tharsis region, a little smaller than the continental United States, has 12 major volcanoes, including Olympus Mons, the largest…
Five Thousand Exoplanets at NASA’s Exoplanet Archive
Christiansen, J. in Handbook of exoplanets (eds Deeg, H. & Belmonte, J.) 1933–1947 (Springer, 2018).Wolszczan, A. & Frail, DA Nature 355145-147 (1992).Article on Google Scholar Ads
Wolszczan, A. Science 264538–542…
Partial Solar Eclipse – Space and Astronomy Coming April 30
April 30 will be full of astronomical events: a partial solar eclipse is coming, which will not be visible from Italy, and at the same time Venus and Jupiter will put on a show at dawn. "These are two of the brightest planets to observe…
Navars Edutech Sets Guinness World Record for “Most Viewers of Live-Streamed Astronomy Classes…
https://ift.tt/zFD3Tx1Start-up Astronomy & Space EdTech based in Hyderabad "Navars Edutech" do it guinness world record simultaneous viewings of over 1,750 students watching an astronomy lesson broadcast live on YouTube.…
Bad astronomy | A huge impact at the Moon’s south pole may have repaved its surface
Throughout human history until 1959, the dark side of the Moon was invisible to our eyes. The Moon rotates once each time it orbits Earth, and this synchronization keeps one side of the Moon pointed towards us and the…
Extended Reality in Astronomy Education/Awareness
Lindsey Gordon holds a first-year Ph.D. in Astrophysics. student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her past research has focused on exoplanets, quasars and particle accelerators, but she is currently working on…
On astronomy — Consecutive planets | Lifestyles
Isn't it comforting to see mother duck paddling, with her ducklings…
The sky this week from April 22 to 29
friday april 22The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks tonight. Its radiant, located near the luminous Vega in Lyra the Lyre, rises around 8 p.m. local time. For the best shower night vision, you'll want to let that radiation go as high as…
Save the Earth… and space
The historic under-regulation of the Earth's atmosphere and the orbital space around it has brought the astronomy and space communities to a critical point where action is needed to move towards a sustainable future. .…
Women in Astronomy: Dr. Ann-Marie Madigan
Dr Ann-Marie Madigan – astrophysicist at the University of Colorado, Boulder
From large to small, from galaxies to planetesimals, Professor Ann-Marie Madigan is interested in everything. Dr. Ann-Marie Madigan is assistant…
Space for All: Bringing astronomy to remote mountain villages in Morocco
The night sky is a great lever, something that people from all walks of life have been able to look up to and be inspired by. Unfortunately, the ability to observe planets and stars and study the mysteries of the Universe is something…
Expect a pink full moon to shine all weekend | Astronomy
April's full moon will light up the sky all weekend, and while it's called the pink moon, it's not really…
Astronomy Lab of a Lifetime – The Suffolk Journal
One of the courses I'm taking this semester is SCI-112, Structure of the Universe, which is a science course with a lab focused on astronomy. This is arguably one of the most popular courses offered at Suffolk Madrid, as the lab takes…
Astronomy Wishlist: Big Questions and Bigger Telescopes
It takes expensive tools to learn more about the universe, but projects like the Very Large Array for radio astronomy in New Mexico and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which orbits Earth, have advanced the scientific knowledge in a way that…
Golden Pond Planetarium celebrates “Astronomy Day” on May 7
The Golden Pond Planetarium and Observatory and West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers (WKAA) are gearing up for what should be a fun day of astronomy.
Scheduled for Saturday, May 7, the planetarium will feature activities for!-->!-->!-->…
What is a dwarf planet?
Could life exist on a dwarf planet?
Three things are necessary for life: liquid water, a source of energy, and organic molecules, that is to say molecules containing carbon.
More than 100 miles (161 kilometers) below Pluto's surface, a…
The UH Institute for Astronomy Open House is taking place this weekend
HONOLULU (KHON2) – The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will hold its annual open house on Sunday, April 10, after taking a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 19.
The open house will be…
The strange history of the spots of Mercury
Go figure
Schiaparelli began observing Mercury at its greatest elongation east of the Sun on February 6, 1882, corresponding to the planet's appearance as an evening star. At this date, he succeeded in distinguishing a "large system of…
‘Frozen zoos’ could be a Noah’s ark for endangered animals | Astronomy
Foresight is an incredible gift – and it is perhaps one of the most valuable scientific tools we have.When…
The Sun’s coronal loops could be an optical illusion
Some of the Sun's most spectacular features are its coronal loops - glowing structures of hot plasma that extend thousands of miles above magnetically active regions of the Sun, forming what appear to be curved strands.
But appearances can…
The sky this week from April 1 to 8
saturday april 2Mercury reaches superior conjunction with the Sun at 7:00 p.m. EDT. But don't worry - in just a few short weeks, the speedy planet will be making its best party appearance of the year, so stay tuned for details on how to…
Applied Historical and Computational Astronomy – A Comprehensive Anthology on Fascinating…
The anthology "Applied and Computational Historical Astronomy"
With "Applied and Computational Historical Astronomy", Gudrun Wolfschmidt presents an anthology for people interested in how astronomy collects and uses data.…
Big money, bigger telescopes and the biggest science questions
It takes expensive tools to learn more about the universe, but projects like the Very Large Array for radio astronomy in New Mexico and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which orbits Earth, have advanced the scientific knowledge in a way…
Bad astronomy | Spicules on the Sun may be due to Faraday waves
The Sun is literally the closest star to us in the entire Universe, but there are many things that are still quite mysterious.
For example, nearly 150 years ago, astronomer Angelo Secchi first observed narrow, towering…
Bad astronomy | Two colliding protoplanets form a huge cloud of dust
In a planet-forming disc of gas and dust around a nearby young star, two huge objects recently collided at high speed. The colossal impact was positively apocalyptic in size, vaporizing enough material to make a small…
Carbon footprint of huge astronomy observatories raises climate change concerns
According to a study, astronomers of the future may not be able to build large, complex and energy-intensive observatories if they want to reduce their carbon footprint in line with greenhouse gas emissions requirements.Powerful ground and…
Add Vixen’s Polarie U to your toolbox
Instructions included
To test the device, I mounted a Nikon D610 digital camera on the Polarie U to take some photos under partly cloudy skies.
Taking good photos of stars depends on a number of factors. One of the most crucial…
Lookout to resume astronomy night, reopen visitor center
Cape Lookout Lighthouse under the night sky. Photo: Crystal Coast Stargazers/Alex Gu
Cape Lookout National Seashore is gearing up for the season by resuming a monthly outdoor stargazing event and opening its visitor center in Beaufort on…
Lightsail Technology Steps into the Future
Light sails were once a thing of science fiction, evolving through several variations over the past 40 years. Today, science fiction becomes reality. Advances in laser technology and new ultra-strong, ultra-lightweight materials open up…
DIAS appeals to longford astronomy and photography enthusiasts
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) 'Reach for the Stars' astrophotography competition is back for its second year and invites people in Longford interested in photography and astronomy to submit their images.
The…
The sky this week from March 11 to 18
Wednesday March 16Whether you rise early or late today, there is a tempting target in the north: the variable star Delta (δ) Cephei in Cepheus the King. This bright star lies about 2.5° east of Zeta Cephei, which marks the lower right…
Call for astronomy photographers after successful Offaly competition last year
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) 'Reach for the Stars' astrophotography competition is back for its second year and invites Offaly people interested in photography and astronomy to submit their…
DIAS appeals to Mayo astronomy and photography enthusiasts
Dr Sophie Murray, Technical Officer at the Institute for Advanced Study Dublin, and Alberto Cañizares, PhD…
The 10 Most Colorful Planetary Nebulae in the Sky
To new observers, the night sky appears as a monochromatic black and white scene. Although astronomy books and websites are full of objects revealing vivid reds, pinks, blues, and greens, looking at most of those same objects with a small…
Meet the Canadian women making an impact in astronomy and physics
Breadcrumb Links International Women's Day 2022 International Women's Day "I'm driven by challenges and I think I was born to do that." Publication date : March 08, 2022 • 5 days ago • 5 minute read…
Backyard astronomy: Earth dodged a solar bullet last month
For most, February 15 seemed like an ordinary day.We recognized Flag Day, the day the Canadian maple leaf flag was first raised in Ottawa in 1965. But things played out differently on the surface of the sun, with a huge explosion in the…
Here’s what happens when space junk hits the moon | Astronomy
It's been a tough week.The world has watched the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfold during a pandemic that…
Orbiting robots could help repair and power satellites in space
There are many such challenges. Because existing satellites were never intended to be serviced, they lack the markings, called landmarks, that would make it easier for a robot to visually orient itself with the moving satellite. There are…
The ice contains evidence of an ancient massive solar storm
(Inside Science) -- For a few nights more than 9,000 years ago, when many of our ancestors wore animal skins, the northern sky would have been bright with twinkling lights.
Telling chemical isotopes in ancient ice cores suggest that one of…
Astrophysics/Space Physics Seminar – Dr. Gang Kai Poh | physics and astronomy
Hitchhiker's Guide to Mercury's Dynamic Magnetosphere: From MESSENGER to the Bepi-Colombo era
Dr Gang Kai Poh
Being the closest planet to the Sun and one of the few planets…
Snapshot: A large, bright solar explosion taken into action
The Sun shone magnificent solar rays millions of miles into space earlier this month - an event ranked as the largest such burst ever photographed that also captures a full view of the solar disk.
On February 15, the ESA/NASA solar orbiter…
SpaceX defends Starlink over collision issues
It's been a mixed few months for SpaceX's Starlink constellation. The company continues to ramp up deployments of internet service provider satellites, which with today's launch will push the number in orbit to nearly 2,000. But the…
Space missions to watch in 2022
Everybody goes to the moon
Putting a rocket into orbit around the Earth is a technical feat, but it only takes half a day's journey. Fifty years after the last person was on Earth's nearest neighbor, 2022 will see a crowded list of lunar…
Bad astronomy | Mini-Neptunes lose their atmosphere and become super-Earths
In our solar system, the Earth is the largest of the telluric planets; small rocky worlds. The next largest planet in size is Neptune, a gas giant four times the diameter of Earth.
When we started finding exoplanets -…
Nanaimo Astronomy Society speaker to shed light on Northern Lights photography – Nanaimo News…
An engineer and photographer will share his experiences and photographic techniques gained while hunting for the Northern Lights at the upcoming meeting of the Nanaimo Astronomy Society.
Jeremy Kuzub photographed the Northern…
Hundreds of strange filaments discovered in the center of the Milky Way
Once thought of as artifacts that needed to be erased from a researcher's grasp, nearly a thousand strands at the center of the Milky Way galaxy now mark significant advances in astronomical research.
strange strands
About 25,000…
The sky this week from February 18 to 25
Sunday February 20Comet 19P/Borrelly, currently observed around magnitude 9.5 and slowly fading, appears to pass close to Uranus in the night sky today. Both are flowing west tonight after sunset, located in the southern part of Aries.…
Bad astronomy | The Milky Way ate another galaxy 10 billion years ago
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is huge, 120,000 light-years across its flat disc, and two million light-years across its huge halo, a cloud of stars surrounding the disc in a vaguely crushed spherical shape.
But it wasn't…
What are the largest near-Earth objects?
What is the largest asteroid and comet considered a near-Earth object? What is their size?
Doug Kaupa
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Doomsday impactors are a staple of modern science fiction. The most famous real-life example of an…
Bad astronomy | A white dwarf directly seen eating planetary debris
For the first time, astronomers have found direct evidence of a dead star currently eating the remnants of its former planets, the debris accelerated to hellish speeds and temperatures before slamming into the star's…
Bad astronomy | Black holes may have merged in an elliptical orbit
On May 21, 2019, a ripple in the fabric of spacetime swept across Earth at the speed of light.
These pass through us all the time, but this one was strong enough to noticeably distort space, at least for the detectors…
The sundial of Huesca pays tribute to the women who contributed to the development of astronomy
The sundial of Huesca pays tribute to the women who contributed to the development of astronomy Its unveiling marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Today, February 11, is the International Day of Women and Girls in…
The sky this week from February 11 to 18
monday 14 februaryThis month, skywatchers are treated to something special: a sneak peek beyond the lunar south pole. You are looking for Mount Clementine, officially known only as M5. It is one of the easiest features to see and spends…
Scientists Discover New Planet Orbiting Nearest Star in Solar System | Astronomy
Astronomers have found evidence of a new planet circling Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun.The alien world is only a quarter of the mass of Earth and orbits extremely close to its parent star, one-tenth the distance between the…
British astronomy professor shares his thoughts on the new Webb Space Telescope
LEXINGTON, Kentucky (February 9, 2022) — Less than two months ago, NASA, in coordination with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, launched the James Webb Space Telescope - the largest telescope ever built - on its 1.6…
137 km wide megacomet officially the largest ever seen
For scientists, it's called Comet 2014 UN271/(Bernardinelli-Bernstein).But to ordinary people, it's a gargantuan megacomet that spans a jaw-dropping 137 kilometers wide, officially making it the largest comet ever measured.Think of a…
The Earth is spinning faster today than 50 years ago
Have you ever felt like there just wasn't enough time in the day? Turns out you might be onto something. The Earth is spinning faster than it has in the last half century, which means our days are a bit shorter than we are used to. And…
Bad astronomy | Earth Trojan 2020 XL5 Asteroid Confirmation
An asteroid over a kilometer in diameter has just officially become the second known Trojan Earth asteroid - an asteroid that shares its orbit with Earth.
Well, a little. Wait a second and I'll explain.
The asteroid…
The MeerKAT telescope of the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) captures filaments of…
Researchers now have the best image yet of hundreds of strange magnetic filaments seen nowhere else thanks to a new telescopic image of unprecedented precision of the complicated center of our galaxy.
Astronomers used 200 hours…
Backyard astronomy with a small scope
winter targets
Barnard's Loop
Type: Supernova Remnant/Emission Nebula
Constellation: Orion
To see this very subtle target in the Orion molecular cloud complex, use the lowest possible power and an Hβ filter. You may need to nudge your…
Community Briefings: Monta Loma Meetings, New MVLA App and Foothill Astronomy Conference | News
• Saturday February 19 at 10 a.m.
• Wednesday March 9 at 6 p.m.
• Saturday March 12 at 10 a.m.
• Wednesday April 6 at 6 p.m.
• Saturday April 9 at 10 a.m.
MVLA launches new website and mobile app
The Mountain View Los Altos Union…
The sky this week from January 28 to February 4
monday january 31Main-belt asteroid 44 Nysa is currently traversing the 45' wide open star cluster NGC 1647 in Taurus.
You'll find this stunning sight just 3.5° northeast of Aldebaran, the 1st magnitude bright red eye of Taurus. Tonight,…
MeerKAT paints a fascinating portrait of the Milky Way – Astronomy Now
MeerKAT radio view of the central regions of the Milky Way, highlighted by bright red emissions surrounding the galaxy's central black hole. Image: I. Heywood, SARAO.
Have you ever wondered what you could see if your eyes were sensitive…
Bad astronomy | Three exoplanets in tight orbit around dying stars
The astronomical community was shocked in 1995 when the first planet orbiting a Sun-like star was discovered. Not just because of the discovery itself, but because the planet was what we now call a Hot Jupiter: Gas…
Review of the year 2021 in astronomy
In 2021, there were plenty of big space stories in the news, including two lunar eclipses in May and November. Coincidentally, two more total lunar eclipses will occur in May and November 2022. We were also entertained by three…
Map the universe in 3D
"It's constant work going on to make this instrument work," said Ohio State University physicist Klaus Honscheid, an instrument scientist on the project, in a press release. “You have to position each robot to collect light from galaxies…
Bad astronomy | TOI-2257b is a rare exoplanet, a giant orbiting a dwarf star
One of my favorite things about the large number of exoplanets detected so far - coming out of 5,000 of these extraterrestrial worlds - is that with so many discoveries, you can see trends in their characteristics, as…
Solar filters for observing the Sun
More experienced sun watchers prefer specially designed sunscreens that reduce the sun's energy to harmless levels. Filters fall into two main categories: First, white light filters. These block 99.999% of sunlight to allow us to see the…
Bad astronomy | The carbon 13 isotope is depleted on Mars and this may be due to geology, astronomy…
NASA's Curiosity rover has been cruising around Mars for nearly a decade now, over 3,300 Martian days. He examined the environment of Gale Crater, a huge impact feature over 150 kilometers wide. Billions of years ago,…
Evidence of zodiacal light on other habitable worlds
Details in the dust
The team's illustrations portray a poetic sense of possible views. On Kepler-1229b and Kepler-395c, the red host stars would render an almost volcanic zodiacal light. On Kepler-69c, the planet's Venusian environment…
Best space events of 2022: How and when to catch amazing astronomical events in Australia
Australia has a unique angle on many spectacular sky and space events throughout the year - from super moons to meteor showers and good views of various constellations.Geraint Lewis, professor of astrophysics at the Sydney Institute of…
Stardust: The mission that forever changed our understanding of comets
AD: Can you tell us about your experience recovering the sample collector?
Brownlee: It was the middle of the night in a very remote place in Utah . The entrance to the capsule was a wonder. It was glowing fireball with a luminous tail…
The James Webb Space Telescope will revolutionize astronomy and seek to find life beyond Earth
PEORIA (HEART OF ILLINOIS ABC) - The Hubble Telescope revolutionized the way we see the universe, but now the James Webb Space Telescope is here to do the same thing, but on a bigger scale.Renae Kerrigan, science curator and planetarium…
How the 1922 solar eclipse in Australia proved Einstein right
Astronomers came from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, India and Britain - traveling to places so far away that many Australians had never heard of them before. their names are only starting to appear in the press.
The scientists…
Retrospective of the year of astronomy 2021 – Barriere Star Journal
By Gary Boyle
The garden astronomer
Looking back to 2021, there were many big space stories in the news, including two lunar eclipses in May and November. Coincidentally, two more total lunar eclipses will occur in May and…
The sky this week from January 7 to 14
Monday January 10Morning watchers before the sun can enjoy a full view of Hydra the Water Serpent this morning. Covering approximately 1,303 square degrees, it is the largest of the 88 officially recognized constellations in our skies. It…
Spray paint killer asteroids could redirect them away from Earth
Asteroids pose an existential threat to humanity. A collision with a 6.2-mile (10-kilometer) asteroid caused the dinosaurs to disappear around 65 million years ago. Astronomers expect further collisions with asteroids of about 0.6 miles…