WISE Mission Sees Skies Ablaze With Blazars
Astronomers are actively hunting a class of supermassive black holes throughout the universe called blazars thanks to data collected by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).…
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Comet Massacre Around Fomalhaut Spotted by Herschel
ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory has studied the dusty belt around the nearby star Fomalhaut. The dust appears to be coming from collisions that destroy up to…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 457: Monitoring Nova Oph 2012 for Multiwavelength Observations
AAVSO Alert Notice 457 Monitoring Nova Oph 2012 for Multiwavelength Observations April 11, 2012 Dr. Michael Rupen (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM) has informed us…
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Mars’ Pit Chains – a Possible Place for Life?
The latest images released from ESA’s Mars Express reveal a series of ‘pit-chains’ on the flanks of one of the largest volcanoes in the Solar System.…
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Photographing Cities at Night From the Space Station
ESA astronaut André Kuipers has installed ‘NightPod’ on the International Space Station, an aid for taking night-time pictures of Earth. The first batch of pictures offer…
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NASA Is Extending the Spitzer, Planck and Kepler Missions
NASA is extending three missions affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. — Kepler, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the U.S. portion of the…
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The Dark Heart of a Cosmic Collision in Centaurus A
Two of ESA’s space observatories have combined to create a multi-wavelength view of violent events taking place within the giant galaxy of Centaurus A. The new…
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Supernova Explosions and Black Hole Jets Scatter a Galaxy’s Star-Making Gas
Supernova explosions and the jets of a monstrous black hole are scattering a galaxy’s star-making gas like a cosmic leaf blower, a new study finds. The…
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ESA’s Envisat Sees Rapid Ice Shelf Disintegration in Antarctic
As ESA’s Envisat satellite marks ten years in orbit, it continues to observe the rapid retreat of one of Antarctica’s ice shelves due to climate warming.…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 456: Monitoring of V854 Cen Requested
AAVSO Alert Notice 456 Monitoring of V854 Cen Requested April 4, 2012 Dr. Bram Ochsendorf (Leiden Observatory, Belgium) has requested monitoring by AAVSO observers of the…
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