Asteroid 2010 TD54 Flyby
[Update: October 13: Asteroid 2010 TD54 flew within the orbit of the moon on Oct. 11 while astronomers watched to see if the encounter caused any…
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NASA Announces “the Year of the Solar System” (YSS)
To mark an unprecedented flurry of exploration which is about to begin, NASA announced today that the coming year will be “The Year of the Solar…
Read the article →Hubble Astronomers Uncover an Overheated Early Universe
During a period of universal warming 11 billion years ago, quasars — the brilliant core of active galaxies — produced fierce radiation blasts that stunted the…
Read the article →Irish Amateur Astronomer Discovers First Supernova From Ireland
Taking 290 million years to reach Earth, last month that light from a supernova explosion was spotted by an Irish amateur astronomer in his backyard observatory.…
Read the article →AAVSO Alert Notice 426 Rescheduled Request for Observations of V455 and in Support of HST Observations
AAVSO Alert Notice 426 Rescheduled request for observations of V455 AND in support of HST observations October 5, 2010 Rescheduled request for observations of V455 AND…
Read the article →The 2010 Software of the Year Award Goes to NASA’s Kepler Mission
NASA’s Kepler mission Science Operations Center software system was named winner of the 2010 NASA Software of the Year Award by the NASA Software Advisory Panel.…
Read the article →World Space Week 2010
World Space Week is an annual event that’s held from October 4 to October 10. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly to be…
Read the article →AAVSO Alert Notice 425: Monitoring of HBC722 and VSXJ205126.1+440523 Requested
AAVSO Alert Notice 425: Monitoring of HBC722 and VSXJ205126.1+440523 Requested October 1, 2010 Dr. Colin Aspin (U. Hawai’i) has requested the help of AAVSO observers in…
Read the article →“Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void” Book Review
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Read the article →It’s Something of a Surprise: Solar Storms Can Change Direction!
Solar storms don’t always travel in a straight line. But once they start heading in our direction, they can accelerate rapidly, gathering steam for a harder…
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