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Columbia astronomers see stars no more

On astronomy’s birthday—the 400th year since Galileo first pointed a telescope at the night sky—Columbia astronomers can’t see the stars anymore. Due to construction of the Northwest Corner Building next to Pupin, th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Astronomers detect distant Jupiter-sized planet eclipsing it...

Taking the help of a telescope in Florida, astronomers have pinned down the extravagantly unusual orbit of HD 80606b, a Jupiter-sized planet nearly 200 light years away, which eclipsed its host star. The astronomers made observations of the [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 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

How to get started with amateur astronomy

Getting started as an amateur astronomer is not too hard and requires only a small amount of work and money. With only a little effort, you can soon be out stargazing on your own. What you need Technically, you don’t need much of any [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Indiana Astronomy Star Party event

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy event worldwide and it's an amazing time to explore the subject of astronomy with your family. For our's it's a natural fit, as my husband, is a avid amateur astronomer who pursues his hobby with [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Stars Over Alabama astronomy column May 31-June 6 Moon to co...

V ISIBLE PLANETS: Venus rises shortly before 4 a.m., trailing Mars slightly. Jupiter rises in the east about midnight, roughly the same time that Saturn is setting in the west. Mercury is still lost to view. THE MOON waxes almost to full b [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Exploding star reveals hidden supernova

An exploding star has brightened a nearby galaxy and revealed the closest supernova in 5 years, report radio astronomers. “This just popped out -- in the future, we want to go from discovery of radio supernovas by accident to specifi [...]

Posted On : May, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Spitzer Space Telescope starts a new life

As astronauts work to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope this week, another large space telescope of NASA started a new life on its own. As expected, on May 15th, 2009, the Spitzer Space Telescope ran out of its liquid helium c [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Orion hides busy star "nursery"

The constellation Orion hides a busy stellar nursery, crowded with young stars blasting jets of gas in all directions, astronomers reported. A dusty nebula that looks like a fuzzy patch around Orion's "sword" hides a large region [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

The stars on show

It's 400 years since Galileo Galilei first gazed at the stars through an astronomical telescope. To celebrate this milestone and other innovations the science of astronomy has produced, this year is the International Year of Astronomy (IY [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Astronomers starstruck over high-speed robotic telescope

Its job is to help detect the death of the first stars that formed after the Big Bang.It is a collaboration between the Institute for Astrophysics of Andalusia, Spain, and the universities of Auckland, Massey and Canterbury, as well as the [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Hot, Young Stars and More

In this composite image, Chandra X-Ray Observatory data (blue) is combined with visible-light data from the Hubble Space Telescope (red and green) to reveal a divided neighborhood in the nearby M33 galaxy which houses some 200 huge, hot s [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Astronomers try to solve mystery of bulging stars

Obesity has apparently reached galactic proportions, apparently — even stars have a problem with over-eating, a stellar mystery that has astronomers asking how some stars grow to be so large. A supercomputer scientist team may have th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Seeing Stars?

GUIDED BY A STAR-Star astrologer Jagjit Uppal, host of Bolen Taare, an astrological-readings television show that airs on Zee TV and author of several books on astrology, says: "I was keenly interested in mysticism. Spiritualism and a [...]