Rogue Planets May Be More Common Than Stars
Astronomers have discovered a new class of Jupiter-sized planets floating alone in the dark of space, away from the light of a star. The team believes…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 440: PEP Observing Campaign on P Cygni
AAVSO Alert Notice 440 PEP Observing Campaign on P Cygni May 17, 2011 Ernst Pollmann, Chairman of the VdS-Spectroscopy-Group in Germany and an ative spectroscopist, has…
Read the article →Last Shuttle With ESA Astronaut Lifts Off to Space Station to Hunt for Dark Matter
Endeavour on the launch pad Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off today on her last mission to the International Space Station. Following launch of the STS-134 mission…
Read the article →NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft Reveals Magma Ocean Under Io
New data analysis from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft reveals a subsurface ocean of molten or partially molten magma beneath the surface of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io. ……
Read the article →NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Captures First Image of Asteroid Vesta
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach. Dawn is expected to achieve…
Read the article →Back From Vacation
I’m recently back from vacation down in Tenerife: I didn’t get any astronomy done aside from a quick look at the stars on the clear nights.…
Read the article →Posts for April, 2011
April 14: To mark Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight, “Yuri’s Night” and “YuriGagarin50” teamed up with the astronauts onboard the International Space Station to film a new…
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