Archive for November, 2007

Sky at Night Special: November 2007 – Meteor Mania

Friday, November 30th, 2007 at 8:14 pm  
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November 2007 – Meteor Mania: Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Brian May and Jon Culshaw to watch the cosmic firework display known as the Perseid meteor shower.…

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Sky at Night: November 2007 – the Grand Collision

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 at 7:38 pm  
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November 2007 – The Grand Collision: Sir Patrick Moore looks ahead 2 billion years when the Milky Way will collide with Andromeda, destroying stars and planets but also creating new ones.…

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Astronomy eBooks on Amazon Kindle

Friday, November 23rd, 2007 at 7:35 pm  
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Astronomy Books on the Go…

E-books have emerged from the shadows with Amazon’s recent launch its $189 Kindle e-book reader and service.

And Amazon provide a wind range of astronomy-themed ebooks that can be downloaded into the Kindle for those who like to read on the go, have …

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Strange Space Weather

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 at 10:48 pm  
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Something strange is happening in the atmosphere above Africa and researchers have converged on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss the phenomenon. The Africa Space Weather Workshop kicked off Nov. 12th with nearly 100 scientists and students in attendance.

The strange phenomenon that brings all these people together is the ion …

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Astronomers Discover Fifth Planet Circling 55 Cancri

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 at 12:46 pm  
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Astronomers have announced the discovery of a fifth planet circling 55 Cancri, a star beyond our solar system. The star now holds the record for number of confirmed extrasolar planets orbiting around it in a planetary system.

55 Cancri is located 41 light-years away in the constellation Cancer and …

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