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Scientists in a Spin Over Exoplanet Orbits

The discovery of nine new exoplanets - planets outside of our own solar system - has led to findings that experts say turn accepted planetary theory on its head. Astronomers studying the movements of planets orbiting neighboring star [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Up close and phenomenal the Hubble telescope at 20

The brilliant tracers pouring from the centre of this image may have a dainty, colourful appearance. Their origins are anything but peaceful, however. These are rolling cauldrons of gas, heated to more than 20,000C, and they are pouring [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

First image of star's eclipse captured by scientists

Astronomers at the University of St Andrews worked on an international study of the star Epsilon Aurigae, from the Auriga constellation. Every 27 years it becomes dimmer, a phenomenon which lasts for two years. The physicists combin [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Mysterious dark object seen in star system during eclipse

Scientists have taken close-up pictures of Epsilon Aurigae during its eclipse, which happens every 27 years. Using an instrument developed at the University of Michigan in the US, astronomers were able to zoom in on the star, which [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Star Dome Astronomy

STAR DOME ASTRONOMY Starts April 13, 2010 Six Tuesday evenings 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Enrollment: $50.00 Call (207) 780-4249 for more information. Have you spent a lot of time time wishing that you could learn astronomy? The Southworth Planeta [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Supernova Explosion Gets 3-D Makeover

A star that died in a supernova explosion has been resurrected by a team of forensic astronomers that has built a new 3-D view of the long-dead object using echoes of light. Astronomers were able to assemble one of the first 3-D per [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

To Berkeley astronomy prof, local donor is a star

He may be a backyard astronomer, but Marc Staley’s knowledge of the cosmos has garnered the respect of a well-known astronomical expert. and it’s immediately clear why he and Alex Filippenko, an astronomy professor and resear [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

See Venus and Mercury pair up in twilight for next 2 weeks

Reports indicate that sky gazers are going be treated with the rare spectacle of Venus and Mercury forming an eye-catching pair for nearly the next two weeks, about 30 to 60 minutes after sunset.“ Mercury is pretty hard to spot [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Black Holes Gain Weight And Light Up during Galaxy Collision...

Giant black holes in the centers of galaxies grow mainly as a result of intergalactic collisions, according to results presented by a group of astronomers led by Dr. Ezequiel Treister from the University of Hawaii, published in the March [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Dark energy in 3-D

A 3-D scan of hundreds of thousands of galaxies has confirmed the view that the expansion of the universe is speeding up, due to a mysterious factor called dark energy. The galaxy survey, described in a study set to be published by the j [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Top UK astronomer cleared

The Royal Society of South Africa has called for a public enquiry into disciplinary action taken against top UK astronomer Professor Phil Charles, who has been cleared of unspecified charges laid against him by the National Research Foun [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

First deep-sky image from Astronomy Magazine Observatory

On Wednesday night, March 17, Gene Turner of Rancho Hidalgo shot the first deep-sky images using Astronomy Magazine Observatory. Previously, the telescopes had been used to shoot planetary images. On Wednesday Gene concentrated on sh [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Iran studying Kavoshgar's living organisms

Iranian scientists are about to conclude a study project on the rat, turtles and worms recently sent into space by Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer). A capsule holding the animals traveled beyond the Earth's atmosphere and parachuted back to Ea [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Astronomers back up Einstein

An international team of astronomers has confirmed that the universe, at least within a distance of 3.5 billion light years of Earth, obeys Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. The study, published this week in Nature, [...]