There are a ton of exceedingly odd collegiate classes floating around out there. Now Edinburgh University is joining the fine tradition of off-beat classes, and they’re doing it online and for free.
This course, called ”Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life,” will last five weeks, and is part of the university’s set of free online courses. It’s pretty cool, … Read the rest of this article
Watch live this weekend as an asteroid the size of a city block flies past the Earth.
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis passed by the Earth in 2004. Credit: ESO
On Sunday, July 22, there will have a live feed from the Slooh Space Camera. The show will start at 4:30 p.m. Pacific (7:30 p.m. Eastern) with images from the Slooh … Read the rest of this article
Here’s a video showing various star trails and time lapses of the night key that I came across on Vimeo. The details for the video are below.
T-RECS – Night Skies from T-RECS (Timelapse Recordings) on Vimeo.
these are some astro nighttime shots we captured on our usa vacation trip after NAB 2012.
here is a link to the … Read the rest of this article
Amazon have emailed me to let me know that the top selling binoculars in their Binoculars, Telescopes & Optics department are. If you’ve been thinking about buying a pair of astronomy binoculars, these are ones to consider:
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Progress continues with Planetary Resources, the private syndicate that proposes to mine asteroids in the near future for rare metals. Here’s their latest communication:
We’ve been working our tails off at Planetary Resources planning our initial launches of our first spacecraft.
We call these first Asteroid finding spacecraft Arkyd Series-100 (next email we’ll tell you where the name ‘Arkyd’ comes … Read the rest of this article
Guest Post by Melinda Wilson
Whether you are an amateur or veteran astronomer you are probably all too familiar with the difficulties inherent in observing the stars. The big problem is that delicate equipment cannot be kept outside without protection from the elements, but dragging it in and out of the house every night is too much hassle. What you … Read the rest of this article
Students from across Europe have been selected as the winners of the ESA’s ‘Explore the high-energy Universe’ competition.
Secondary school students were invited to choose from four projects relating to ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory in which they were challenged to Observe, Research, Design, or Build.
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ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory is able to detect gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic phenomena in …
A partnership with the UK’s Faulkes Telescope Project promises to boost the Agency’s space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dangerous space rocks.
2m Faulkes North Telescope at Haleakalā, Hawaii, USA. Credits: Faulkes Telescope Project
ESA’s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme is keeping watch over space hazards, including disruptive space weather, debris objects in Earth orbit and asteroids … Read the rest of this article
This week Venus, the second planet from the sun, will pass directly in front of the Pleiades star cluster. It’s a rare sunset conjunction that’s easy to find with the unaided eye, but best seen through binoculars or a small telescope.
Venus approaching the Pleiades on March 31st, photographed by astronomy professor Jimmy Westlake of Stagecoach, Colorado.
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Note to sky watchers: Put on your winter coats. What you’re about to read might make you feel an uncontrollable urge to dash outside.
The brightest planets in the solar system are lining up in the evening sky, and you can see the formation – some of it at least – tonight.
Go out at sunset and look west. Venus … Read the rest of this article
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