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• Anniversary of a cosmic blast

  
  Bad Astronomy — Authority: 714
  Five years ago today — on December 27, 2004 — the Earth was attacked by a cosmic blast. The scale of this onslaught is nearly impossible to exaggerate. The flood of gamma and X-rays that washed over the Earth was detected by several satellites designed to observe the high-energy skies. RHESSI , which observes ...
  9 hours ago

• T-rays may soon replace X-rays – Economic Times

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 159
  T-rays may soon replace X-raysEconomic TimesAlexey Belyanin, associate professor in physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, is focusing on terahertz, otherwise known as THz or T-rays, …and more »read the full article
  12 hours ago

• Study shows CFCs, cosmic rays major culprits for global warming

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Dec. 21, 2009) - Cosmic rays and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), both already implicated in depleting the Earths ozone layer, are also responsible for changes in the global climate, a University of Waterloo scientist reports in a new peer-reviewed paper. In his paper, Qing-Bin Lu, a professor of ...
  17 hours ago

• Bestsellers in Astronomy

  
  adwarriors.com — Authority: 131
  1NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe106 reviewsThoroughly revised, updated and expanded. The first three editions of Night Watch sold more than 600,000 copies, making it the top-selling stargazing guide in the world for the last 20 years. The key feature of this classic title is the section of ...
  18 hours ago

• Time Lapse: When the Biggest Stars Come Out to Party

  
  the adventure life — Authority: 570
  No matter how much time you spend outdoors, you will never see the Milky Way like this. Even on the best viewing nights, the galactic bulge is just little more than a smudge in the sky. But with a digital camera, an extended shutter speed, and some patience, you can snap pics that will you blow you away. And with a ...
  19 hours ago

• Voyager Unveils the Mystery of the Interstellar Fluff from Hell

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 558
  Jesus Diaz writes on Gizmodo : For years, astronomers have been puzzled by the fact that our solar system is crossing a cloud of interstellar hell. One that shouldn’t be there at all. Intergalactic plot to keep us isolated or cosmic event? Voyager got the answer: Using data from Voyager, we have discovered a ...
  1 day ago

• How to use your new telescope

  
  Sciencedude — Authority: 126
  Getting a telescope for Christmas can be as frustrating as it is exciting. Some people don’t take enough time to learn the basics of using one, so they’re unable to do things like keep the moon in their field of view for more than a minute or two. The resulting frustration leads many people to simply give up. You ...
  1 day ago

• lunar eclipse on new years eve!

  
  astropixie — Authority: 423
  the last eclipse of 2009 will occur on new years eve! everyone around the world will see a full moon that night, and it will be a blue moon - the second full moon occurring in a month. look to the east, in the constellation gemini. image from earth sky . on new years eve, the sun will float almost directly ...
  1 day ago

• Seasons E-rings!

  
  Bad Astronomy — Authority: 714
  [It was either that title or "E-ring in the New Year".] Here’s an unusual shot from the Cassini spacecraft: Saturn’s faint, diffuse E ring , seen almost edge-on: I like this picture! First, we’re used to seeing Saturn’s rings looking sharp and well-defined, but this ring is fuzzy. It’s huge; it ...
  1 day ago

• Solar-System Signals from Distant Galaxies Observed

  
  The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel : Science News, Tech News, Astronomy and Space Exploration — Authority: 620
  With exoplanets apparently all around us (galactically speaking), a global team of researchers have kicked it up a notch.  Signals shining across millions of light years, from other galaxies, indicate the birth of solar systems - and we can see them. The work is based on spectroscopy, the science of ...
  1 day ago

• NASA News:Keck Telescopes Gaze into Young Star’s “Life Zone”

  
  Bruceleeeowe's Blog — Authority: 423
  The inner regions of young planet-forming disks offer information about how worlds like Earth form, but not a single telescope in the world can see them. Yet, for the first time, astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have measured the properties of a young solar system at distances closer to the star ...
  1 day ago

• A Blue Moon for New Year’s Eve

  
  newcastleonhunter.com — Authority: 145
  When you hear someone say “Once in a Blue Moon” you know what they mean. They’re usually talking about something rare, silly, and even absurd. After all, when was the last time you saw the moon turn blue? Well, rare or not, we’re having one this month, and according to astronomer David Reneke from Australasian ...
  1 day ago

• A new website for a New Year: Astrosphere .org

  
  Star Stryder — Authority: 408
  A New Website for a New Non-Profit: Announcing Astrosphere It’s December 25, Christmas day 2009. In 6 more days we’ll ring in 2010, and in 16 more days IYA will come to an official end. There are still pieces to tie up – the evaluations will all take place in South Africa in March , and there are a whole ...
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• Mare Orientale: Closing in for the Kiss

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 139
  Mare Orientale , "the Eastern Sea" is on the far left or Western Limb of the Moon as seen from Earth after a Full Moon. To see why the Eastern Sea is viewed on the West take this opportunity to view the full-sized version of the image greatly reduced above. What you will see a world class, "amateur" but ...
  1 day ago

• How To Create A Solar System Science Fair Project

  
  Professional Reference and Education Articles Directory — Authority: 164
  Science fair projects are very helpful to motivate the students towards scientific study. It also provides the possibility of observing the real world and related problems in a closer way. It aims to develop curiosity about science and technology. It brings about improvement in the manipulative skills, knowledge, and ...
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• Science Scan – Washington Post

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 159
  Washington PostScience ScanWashington PostOnline, see the years top astronomy pictures, the "niftiest new robots" and a slide show of the 15 weirdest science stories of 2009, including a robot that …read the full article
  1 day ago

• Happy Christmas! Buy a Book!

  
  Dan's Wild Wild Science Journal — Authority: 124
  Did you get a gift certificate for Christmas?Amazon, Barnes and Noble?Borders perhaps?Here are my suggestions for some of the best reads related to science, climate change and meteorology. I have written about these books in previous blogs, but this time you have money in your pocket!Let’s start with weather:Rough ...
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• Celebrating Saturnalia

  
  Starts With A Bang — Authority: 512
  I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome. -Hannibal of Carthage Today is Christmas Day, but did you know that this holiday, in addition to being a solstice celebration , has its origins in the second Punic War ? Beginning in 218 B.C., the Romans suffered a number of, well, ...
  2 days ago

• Astronomers seek fireball witnesses – The Press Association

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 159
  Astronomers seek fireball witnessesThe Press AssociationAstronomy experts are appealing for witnesses to an extremely rare fireball believed to have blazed across the morning sky. …and more »read the full article
  2 days ago

• NPR Science Friday interview today

  
  Bad Astronomy — Authority: 714
  I’ll be on today’s episode of NPR’s Science Friday ! Ira Flatow hosted a round-table panel discussion with Paul Raeburn, Mariette DiChristina (the new editor-in-chief of Scientific American magazine), Wired senior editor Nick Thompson, and me. We chatted about the year in science news including social ...
  2 days ago

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