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Astronomers discover fourth planet that could potentially su...

WASHINGTON — International astronomers said on Thursday they have found the fourth potentially habitable planet outside our solar system with temperatures that could support water and life about 22 light-years from Earth. The t [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

365 Days of Astronomy Podcast to Continue for its 4th Year i...

I’m going to put on a different hat here and post something about the “other” website that’s been keeping me busy for the past three years, the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. Our team is proud to announce that the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Uranus: Mysterious White Spot May Be Storm; Amateurs Invited...

Something strange is happening on the planet Uranus. A fuzzy white spot has appeared on its frigid blue cloud tops, 1.8 billion miles from the sun, and astronomers say it's probably a giant methane storm, something unimaginable on Ear [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Astronomy: Sterile spot is ideal to search for life

When Hollywood director Marc Forster chose Chile’s Atacama Desert as a backdrop for his James Bond film Quantum of Solace, he did so, he said, because its sterile, unforgiving landscape reflected Bond’s stony, emotionless char [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

In astronomy, a polarizing view is good

One of the basic principles of modern science is that the physics we understand here, on Earth, work everywhere. This turns out to be a pretty good assumption, because we see it coming true time and again. That knowledge can then be used [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

UBC undergrad gets rare opportunity to log time on internati...

Steve Mairs will boldly go where few undergrads have gone before. The third-year physics and astronomy student at UBC's Okanagan campus leaves for Hawaii early next month for two weeks study at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Mau [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Spruce Knob observatory gives astronomy buffs skies with a v...

Not long after Morgantown native Joe Morris moved to a rural section of Maryland's Eastern Shore, development in the fast-growing area began interfering with his hobby. Morris, an orthopedic surgeon and an amateur astronomer since [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Gujarati boy in Poland astronomy olympiad

City-based student Sharad Mirani will represent India at the 5th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) to be held in Poland during August 25 to September 3 this year. Mirani is member of the five-member team represen [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Will the Earth's Wandering Magnetic Poles Cause Deadly Super...

Will the wandering magnetic North Pole create crazy superstorms? The eye-popping connection between the planet's weather and its magnetic field has caught hold among scaremongers recently, ever since scientists described the potentia [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Astrologer held for polygamy

Belief in superstition cost several women in the city dearly when they befriended a pavement astrologer with a flair for marriage and race horses. The police arrested Nityananda Shatri (40) after Vijaya Saraswati, a devotee from the city [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Gadgets -MarsApp's Bone Weight Astrology 1.0 for iPhone and ...

The innovative features in technological products are making the information available, anywhere, anytime—and with Bone Weight Astrology 1.0, an application for iPhone (News - Alert) and iPod touch, the users will be able to keep t [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Astrologer's predictions for Dandenong reporter

GOOD fortune and a happy life is just a pay packet away; well that’s what Dandenong’s “world famous” astrologer wanted me to believe. I met the learned Pandith Ganapath Raj in the back-room of a discount shop on L [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2010 | Comments : 1

Seances and astrology are unsupported by science

I find it appalling how superstition and ignorance can be portrayed and exploited as something positive and intelligent. Case in point was your article by Audra E. Clark in your Oct. 21-27 edition titled "Messages From The Spirits.& [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Power Grid looks positive: Astromoneyguru

As per Lt Col Ajay Jain of October 25, 2010 is represented by planet Ketu and year 2010 represented by Jupiter. Sun, Mercury and Venus making conjunction in Tula Rashi. Saturn and Jupiter are at square angel. Today Rahu is in Dhanu Rashi [...]