<p>Members of the public are being asked to join the hunt for nearby planets that could support life.</p> <p>Volunteers can go to the <a href="http://www.planethunters.org/" target="_blank">Planethunters</a> website to see time-lapsed images
<p>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.</p> <p align=center class=small><br /> David Grennan’s
AAVSO Alert 387:<br /> V1721 Aql (Nova Aql 2008)<br /> October 3, 2008 <p><strong>Event: </strong>Nova in Aquila</p> <p><strong>Discovered by:</strong> K. Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan)</p> <p><strong>Discovery date:</strong> 2008 September 22.5 UTC (JD 2454732.0)</p> <p><strong>Discovery magnitude:</strong> m = 14.0
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>October 2007 – Jodrell Bank:</strong> Sir Patrick Moore celebrates the 50th birthday of the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, created just in time to pick up the