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$100 million astronomy research centre unveiled in Perth

Western Australia and South Africa are the front runners to secure the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array project, with the decision expected in 2012.To strengthen WA's bid, Curtin University and the University of Western Australia have se [...]

Posted On : Sep, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Astronomers Asking You to Help Solve Mystery of Dimming Star

The Mystery of Epsilon Aurigae Epsilon Aurigae is a star system that varies in brightness over time. It is thought that epsilon Aurigae consists of two stars or large masses orbiting around a common center. When one of the stars blocks the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

400 Years of Modern Astronomy

Four hundred years ago on Tuesday, an Italian professor of physics and mathematics called Galileo Galilei demonstrated a simple contraption to the Venetian Senate that would set in motion one of the most profound revolutions in human though [...]

Posted On : Aug, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Medical Astrology: Health by Your Zodiac Sign

Medical Astrology—the practice of an astrological sign ruling over a specific body part—may be keeping you healthy. Adapted from the book by Stephanie Gailing, Planetary Apothecary: An Astrological Approach to Health and Wellne [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Non-discovery of space-time ripples opens door to birth of t...

Scientists have peered further back in time than ever before using instruments designed to search for a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein almost a century ago but not yet proven to exist. An American observatory hunting for ripples [...]

Posted On : Aug, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Summer Night Sky Astronomy Night

Lake Bemidji State Park will host a “Summer Night Sky” Astronomy Night with guest astronomer, Ray Majkzak at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Visitors Center. The event is free of charge and open to the public. A day or annual p [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Mystery storm clouds on Saturn's largest moon appear

Caltech researchers find the first evidence of a methane storm over Titan's equatorial zone, where dry channels were possibly carved by rain.At last, the missing storm clouds on Saturn's moon Titan may have been found. In the last decade, [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Tropical Storm Spotted on Saturn's Moon Titan

A tropical storm was not what astronomers expected to see when they pointed their telescopes toward the equator of Saturn's moon Titan last summer. But that's exactly what they found on this beguiling moon, home to a weather system both eer [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Astronomers Find Hyperactive Galaxies In The Early Universe

Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have measured the motions of stars for the first time in a very distant galaxy and clocked speeds upwards of one million miles per hour, about twice the speed of our Sun through the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

7 Great Discoveries by Amateur Astronomers

By day, they might work as ministers, musicians and construction managers. But at night, they pull out their telescopes and scan the starry skies searching for cosmic phenomena. And sometimes these amateur astronomers happen upon di [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Astronomers discover rare Green Pea galaxies

A team of astronomers has discovered a group of rare galaxies called the “Green Peas”, which could lend unique insights into how galaxies form stars in the early universe. The galaxies were discovered with the help of citizen sc [...]

Posted On : Jul, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Galaxy Zoo Hunters Help Astronomers Discover Rare 'Green Pea...

The Galaxy Zoo users, who volunteer their spare time to help classify galaxies in an online image bank, came across a number of objects that stuck out because of their small size and bright green color. They dubbed them the Green Peas. Emp [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Giant soap bubble found floating in space

A team of astronomers has found a new planetary nebula, which looks like a giant ‘soap bubble’ floating in space. Planetary nebulae, which got their name after being misidentified by early astronomers, are formed when an ageing [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

New telescope is worlds largest ... for now

A new telescope being inaugurated on Spain's Canary Islands holds the title as the world's largest, but contenders are gathering in the wings. The Gran Telescopio Canarias, or GTC for short, has 10.4 meters (34 feet) of mirrors for collec [...]