Astronomy

It was only another night in September 1859 when Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson witnessed a remarkable event. The British astronomers weren't together, but both were scanning the Sun through telescopes at the exact moment a massive…

Astronomers face a number of annoying issues we have with the Universe, and one of the most important is dark matter. Its existence was first mentioned in the 1930s, but it was not until the 1960s and 1970s that…

Wednesday 5 JanuaryThe Moon passes 4 ° south of Jupiter at 7 p.m. EST tonight. Now in the constellation Aquarius, our satellite is about 14% illuminated and features of its eastern limb (west of the sky) are visible. The most important is…

Some of the most exciting space missions are ready to go in 2022.This year, expect the first images and…

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The James Webb Space Telescope - humanity's biggest bet to date in its quest to probe the Universe - flew into space on December 25, marking the culmination of decades of work by the world's astronomers whole. But for…

Humans have long been fascinated by the sky. Our first stories are about heroes buried among the stars. Ancient structures such as Stonehenge were built to mark the apparent movements of the sun. Galileo in 1609 pointed a first…

Sunday 26 DecemberMars passes 5 ° due north of Antares at 1:00 p.m. EST. Although they are obscured by daylight by this time, you can catch them early this morning, about 10 ° above the horizon 30 minutes before sunrise. Meanwhile,…

There is something truly captivating about looking at the night sky and reflecting on the nature of the stars above us. While it may sound too lyrical or philosophical, humanity has been studying the stars for millennia now, and questions…

(Inside Science) - Mars is known for its dust storms, which can cause problems with lander equipment and block the sun that powers solar panels. These violent storms, which can last for weeks, have already caused property damage and even…

WASHINGTON, Dec.14 (Reuters) - It was completed years late at a much higher cost than expected, but NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch next week, could usher in a new era in the field of astronomy by collecting…

Paul Delaney, longtime York University professor of astronomy, is retiring from full-time teaching but says he has no plans to retire from astronomy. Delaney, a frequent contributor to CTV News, has been…

Over the weekend, an asteroid larger than the Eiffel Tower will not have an impact on Earth. I am sorry to disappoint you. Notice it is not the news you'd see if you took to social media this week or read a number of…

Planet b Centauri b shouldn't even exist - but the image above is confirmation that it does exist. The image, taken by the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory in Chile, shows the binary star system b Centauri on the…

December 6, 2021 Editor's Note: This story is one in a series of profiles of notable fall 2021 graduates.McCall Langford was introduced to the design principles of biomimicry at a young age. She…

Sunday 5 DecemberIt's the turn of comet C / 2021 A1 (Leonard) to shine! Soaring at 2 a.m. local time, your best bet to catch this comet until next week is a few hours before sunrise, as it rises higher in the sky southeast of the…

The sky during the eclipse Both the Sun and the Moon will be in the southern part of the constellation Ophiuchus the Serpent-Carrier. The Sun is in front of its stars from November 29 to December 17. At the time of the greatest eclipse,…

Jupiter begins in December in the eastern part of Capricorn, about 16.5 ° east of Saturn. It shines at magnitude -2.3, but rapidly decreases to magnitude 0.1, then changes to Aquarius on December 14. The waxing Moon is below Jupiter on…

Monday, November 29The early morning hours between midnight and sunrise are the best time to view Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it hovers overhead Cancer the crab. Currently about 9th magnitude, this periodic comet is within 7.5 °…

India made history at the 14th International Astronomical and Astrophysical Olympiad (IOAA), 2021, after participants won four gold and one silver medals.The contest, hosted by Colombia, took place virtually this year, from November 14 to…

Suren, a 17-year-old student from Hisar, Haryana won gold at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad (IOAA). Besides the international front, Suren also passed one of the toughest exams in India. He scored the 100 percentile…

New Delhi: India recorded an outstanding performance at the 14th International Olympiad of Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2021, hosted by Colombia, and held online from November 14-21, 2021. India was placed in the first position,…

It's no secret that New Mexico's night sky makes it a great place for stargazing. But the factors that make it so ideal for nighttime viewing - like low air pollution and a dry climate - also make it a place for solar viewing.…

Each year, the Hubble Space Telescope is pointed at each of the four giant outer planets in our solar system - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - as part of a program to monitor their atmosphere. All four turn…

From Thursday evening / Friday morning, the sky will offer a spectacle: a lunar eclipse, when the Moon enters and leaves the Earth's shadow. It strongly favors viewers in North America, but will be visible in parts of…

One of the most obvious things about our solar system is that all of the major planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane. If you looked at the solar system "from the side" it would appear almost flat. This is a…

A very large team of astronomers announced they discovered 35 new mergers of compact objects - from black holes and / or neutron stars - on top of those previously found in recent years, which now makes a total of 90…

A new 600-page report released yesterday describes what the field of astronomy hopes to accomplish over the next 10 years. Discovery paths in astronomy and astrophysics for the 2020s, or Astro2020 for short, is the seventh and final…

Monday, November 8 Cassiopeia the queen is easily recognizable in the northern sky, thanks to the W-shaped asterism formed by five of its stars. Tonight, turn your gaze in its direction to find NGC 663, an open star cluster also known as…

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In recent years, some astronomers have been searching for another planet in the solar system, a planet much larger than Earth that orbits the Sun far beyond Neptune. Not so cheeky, they called it Planet 9. This space…

Two interesting events: 1) On Wednesday November 17, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. PDT, Arizona State University's Dr. Jim Bell will be giving a free, illustrated, non-technical talk on "Postcards from Mars: The Latest from the International Armada of…

In 2011, scientists used a camera on the EPOXI mission in the asteroid belt to find and weigh a Object the size of Neptune floating freely among the stars of the Milky Way. Only a few rogue planets have been found, but astronomers suspect…

The Southwestern Oregon Community College Physics and Astronomy Lecture Series welcomes Raymond Frey from…

Last Thursday (October 28) the sun's surface reached A series of X-ray bursts, including the most powerful of this solar cycle, Class X1.0As the plasma cloud began to rush towards Earth. According to NASA, the solar wind is full of…

Monday November 1The American Association of Variable Star Observers is an amateur organization dedicated to observing celestial objects whose brightness changes over time. This year, they highlight a different star each month, and that of…

Astronomy fans: YOU are invited to a free conference on "The search for life in the universe" Phoenix, AZ - The Phoenix Astronomical Society PASAZ.ORG is proud to announce that Dr. Klaus Brasch will be!--StartM-->…

It is estimated that 300 billion stars make up the Milky Way and each may have one or more exoplanets orbiting. For thousands of years, the night sky was just a splash of random dots. Over time, constellations have formed by…

The memory of a million years of the moon This terrestrial limitation raises a question: Is solar activity during the Holocene special? To answer this, scientists must look to a completely different planetary body: the Moon. "Lunar rock or…

If someone asks you how many moons Saturn has, the correct answer is "a lot". A slightly more correct answer would be "at least 82". The best answer would probably be now: "150, plus / minus 30, if you're talking more…

The Sun on October 24, showing sunspot AR2887 near the southeastern limb of the Sun. Image: SDO / HMI. A new major sunspot has just turned in the area of ​​the southeast limb of the Sun's photosphere. Sunspot officially designated…

22.10.2021 Francesca Bechtold Even though astronomers can no longer look at them on their own, they are the most important tool for exploring the universe. visit meteorology It is something special for many…

saturday 23 octoberCepheus the King is a house-shaped star pattern that surrounds Polaris as one of many circumpolar constellations. This means that it is generally high and easy to observe from many places in the northern hemisphere.…

KUALA LUMPUR: In accordance with the fifth axis of the National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (DSTIN) 2021-2030, the organization of the “Big Bang Astronomy 2021” program will stimulate the culture and application of science,…

The James Webb Space Telescope is seen inside the S5C payload processing facility on October 15 at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: NASA / Chris Gunn Engineers removed the James Webb Space Telescope from its…

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Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system. It's a rock and metal ball just under 5,000 kilometers in diameter (about 40% larger than our Moon), and the planet closest to the Sun. This means it's hot, of course, with a…

saturday 16 octoberVenus passes 1.5 ° north of the red giant Antares in Scorpius this morning at 10 a.m. EDT. Like Jupiter and the Moon yesterday, however, the two are not visible at this time, so go out after sunset to spot them instead,…

Make a 3D map Scientists have been studying 2D projections of Taurus and Perseus in the sky for a century. But how do they make the jump to 3D? Dust makes up only a small percentage of the mass of a star-forming cloud. However, it turns…

You are made of star stuff. Carl Sagan said this in his series Cosmos, and it is literally true. We know the early universe contained only hydrogen and helium (and a hint of lithium), and all of the heavier elements - carbon,…

SASKATOON - The skies put on a dazzling spectacle on Monday night with the Northern Lights illuminating most of central and northern Saskatchewan. Amateur astronomer Ron Waldron said conditions were perfect for the…

Perseverance landed more than a mile (approximately 2 kilometers) from the cliffs at the front of the delta. We are both part of the team in charge of Mastcam-Z instrument, a set of cameras with zoom lenses that would allow us to see a…

saturday 9 octoberMercury reaches a conjunction below 12:00 p.m. EDT. This essentially places it directly between the Sun and the Earth, making the tiny planet invisible. But don't worry, she'll escape our star's glare only to reappear in…

(Inside Science) - Centaurs are among the strangest objects in the solar system. The first, nicknamed Chiron, was spotted orbiting more than a billion kilometers from the Sun in 1977 and was originally considered an asteroid. But a few…

Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUN Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "Ask an astronaut" and "Space radio, "and author of"How to die in space. " Sutter contributed this article to The expert voices of Space.com:…

Over the past month, amateur visual and photographic astronomy has been difficult. During the day, you may have noticed that, even on the clearest days, the sky was often not the blue you would expect, but blue mixed with brown -…

The Queqiao satellite orbits the L2 Lagrange point located behind the Earth and the Moon to relay communications from Chinese lunar landers to Earth. How is it able to orbit around this point if the gravitational forces are balanced there?…

The weekend (October 1), European and Japanese space agency BepiColombo's joint spacecraft overtook Mercury for the first time, just skimming 199 kilometers above the surface of the planet! It's a close shave, but it was on…

SaturnThe movement of against the background stars stops as its retrograde path ends on October 10 and resumes its movement east. The movement of the planet is barely perceptible to the naked eye. Saturn shines at magnitude 0.4 in early…

Tuesday, October 5The moons of Jupiter are playing hide and seek tonight. Shortly after sunset, point your telescope at the brilliant gas giant, which now lies nearly 2 ° northwest of magnitude 2.9 Deneb Algedi in Capricorn. At 9:48 p.m.…

Barely three weeks after taking office, the University of Hawaii's newest director of astronomy, Doug Simons, is juggling a multitude of issues. Two telescopes atop Mauna Kea are slated to be demolished. The university is…

The four giant planets in the solar system have rings. Those of Saturn are the most obvious, of course, but Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune have them too. But they are not alone. Two minor planets also have rings made up of…

In October 2017, astronomers announced something historic: the first detection of a collision between two neutron stars. The just 100-second event created something known as a kilonova, but perhaps the impact this recording had on…

To be clear, Proxima Centauri is not like the Sun. It's a dwarf M, a little orb that glows red. And these little stars are famous for their oversized flares. But some solar stars can also send super flares. This achievement came from…

A big problem when trying to figure out how the planets were formed is that it happened 4.55 billion years ago. The file is a bit hazy now. We have a lot of science and understanding of the planet building processes, and can…

The InSight Mars lander's ultra-sensitive seismometer is protected from the elements by a wind and a dome-shaped heat shield. The instrument, provided by the French space agency, detected three major earthquakes in the past month. Image:…

A galaxy a billion light-years from Earth is pouring out copious amounts of infrared light, the hallmark of a furious starbirth. It's already pretty cool, but it's better: As light from this galaxy passes through the Universe, it…

The breathtaking Northern Lights and Venus soaring above the rocky horizon of the Moon are just a few of the incredible subjects featured in this year's “Astronomy Photographer of the Year” winning images. year. 24 Sep 2021…

Many people like to admire the night sky, especially when it is clean and full of a variety of light points. But not everyone recognizes what they see in the sky - perhaps the most famous constellations are the first to be reported, for…

AMHERST, Mass. - A twelve billion year old mystery of the early universe; the paradox of a recurrent supernova; the unknown process governing the growth of stars: these are among the topics recently explored in a remarkable…

For 50 years, researchers have struggled to explain one of Jupiter's lingering mysteries: Why is its upper atmosphere so hot? Based on the intensity of sunlight Jupiter receives, its highest levels should be -100 degrees Fahrenheit (-73…

Is the universe looking at us or are we looking at the universe?Anyway, it feels like this smiley in space is trying to tell us something.These are just a few of the things that might come to mind after seeing the outstanding photographs…

If you were to bet on a star against a black hole, you would bet on the black hole to win every time. Corn How? 'Or' What he wins tells us a lot. Your standard problem stellar mass black hole (one with, say, 5 to 100 times the…

Artist's impression of Mars in the distant past with Earth-like surface water. Image: NASA Earth Observatory / Joshua Stevens; NOAA's National Satellite, Data and Environmental Information Service; NASA / JPL-Caltech / USGS; Graphic…

A sparkling approach Aptly named after the son of the Sun god in Greek mythology, Phaethon has an orbit of 524 days which brings him down to just 0.14 astronomical units - where 1 AU is the average distance between Earth and the Sun -…

In just under a month, NASA will launch an ambitious mission through the asteroid belt and into Jupiter's orbit. The spacecraft will not visit Jupiter, however: it will fly over several asteroids that share an orbit with the…

An image depicting a transient star trail, the Space X Falcon 9 passing through Earth's Moon, and a glowing aurora were among this year's category winners Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition. Now in its 13th year, the…

Rehearsals and training at the Space Telescope Science Institute are essential to ensure that the assembly process runs smoothly and that any unexpected anomalies can be addressed. NASA / STScI, CC BY After the tests, the rehearsals. The…

A man whose career is all about explaining science will give a presentation on the importance of communicating science at the Nanaimo Astronomy Society's first fall meeting. Matthew S. Williams will present “Why Science…

A man whose career is all about explaining science will give a presentation on the importance of communicating science at the Nanaimo Astronomy Society's first fall meeting. Matthew S. Williams will present “Why Science…