Space
- Space-Time Warp Measured In J1906- Then The Neutron Star Disappeared
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In an interstellar race against time, astronomers measured the space-time warp in the gravity of a binary star and determined the mass of a neutron star just before it vanished from view. The researchers measured the masses of both stars in binary pulsar s ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2015 - 2:45pm
- Andromeda Is The Violent Bad Boy Of Our Local Group
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By studying the motions of different stellar populations in the disk of the Andromeda galaxy, researchers have deduced that Andromeda has had a more violent past than our Milky Way. The structure and internal motions of the stellar disk of a spiral galaxy ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2015 - 6:33pm
- Dance of the Planets
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Yesterday (8th) I took this photograph of Venus and Mercury from the grounds of Reading University. In the photograph, Mercury is about two moon-breadths down and to the right of Venus. Over the next two days Mercury will follow the arrow relative to th ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jan 9 2015 - 12:21pm
- NASA’s Juno Spacecraft on Its Way to Unveil Jupiter’s Mysteries
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Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Jan 9 2015 - 5:10pm
- Watch Comet Lovejoy Tonight
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A comet is a magical sight in the heavens. Comets visible to the naked eye are a uncommon event, and sometimes they put up very suggestive shows in our skies. Those of us who have witnessed the apparition of a bright comet do not forget that experience eas ...
Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 10 2015 - 5:50am
- Space Debris Expert Warns About Dangers of Orbital Junk
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Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Jan 12 2015 - 1:01pm
- The US section of the International Space Station Has Been Evacuated.
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According to Roscosmos an ammonia leak in the US section of the International Space Station has necessitated the evacuation of that section of the station. From what I have read this diagram depicts where the no-go zone is. Image courtesy of the Russian ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 15 2015 - 8:50am
- Exoplanets May Be More Hospitable To Life Than Thought
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A new paper believes that planets outside our solar system- exoplanets- may be a lot more agreeable to life than assumed. The astrophysicists suggest that exoplanets are more likely to have liquid water and be more habitable than we thought. Scientists hav ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2015 - 4:41pm
- Dawn Spacecraft Will Introduce Us to a Strange New World
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NASA’s Dawn mission is closing in on a mysterious, unknown world in the asteroid belt. The dwarf planet Ceres named after the Roman goddess of agriculture awaits to unlock its secrets. So far, we’ve only had a glimpse of this enigmatic orb using the Hubbl ...
Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Jan 15 2015 - 7:13pm
- Name an Exoplanet Competition.
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The International Astronomical Union is holding a competition to assign common names. Astronomy clubs and other public groups may submit names. The general public will then get to vote on proposed names. The full process is as found on the website. ht ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 16 2015 - 4:32am
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