Cosmology and Astronomy

Sixty-six million miles away might feel a lot closer Tuesday. Astronomy fans are in for a once-in-a-lifetime event next week as a transit of the planet Venus will be visible from Oklahoma. Its orbit takes it across the face of the sun, making it visible ...  

BY ADAM KEMP akemp@opubco.comSixty-six million miles away might feel a lot closer Tuesday.Astronomy fans are in for a once-in-a-lifetime event next week as a transit of the planet Venus will be visible from Oklahoma.Read more on NewsOK.com  

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To All: This week's issue of Science is chock full with Astronomy related topics, the foremost being the Eight Mysteries of Astronomy! Endless mysteries lurk in the depths of space. To pare the list down to eight—now, there's a challenge. In deciding what to include in this section, Science's news staff teamed up with Science Associate Editor Maria Cruz and consulted researchers on the Board of Reviewing Editors and elsewhere. From the outset...  

The summer months give the opportunity to image some spectacular large Nebulae, some of which span many times the size of the full moon.  

You need to stay up late to get dark skies this month and they are short lived, but don't let that stop you from going out and having a look around at the wonders of the heavens. So the planet Venus is going to transit the face of the Sun. So what? Well to astronomers the world over this is a big event. It happens once every 105.5 or 121.5 years and then has a gap of 8 years. Why it happens like this is a little complex, but suffice it to say...  

(Phys.org) -- Because astronomy and astrophysics are still so much a mixture of theory, conjecture and generally difficult to measure phenomenon, at least as compared with many of the other sciences, one of the most highly respected science ...  

What are the biggest unsolved mysteries of the cosmos? That’s what the journal Science [pay site] set out to identify in its current issue. “To round up some of the most enduring mysteries in the field of astronomy … Science enlisted help ...  

Astronomy | fireball | On April 22, 2012, a chunk of asteroid one or two meters across burned up in Earth's atmosphere. It came in over California and was seen by a lot of people, des.  

To round up some of the most enduring mysteries in the field of astronomy, the journal Science enlisted help from science writers and members of the Board of Reviewing Editors to choose eight puzzling questions being asked by leading astronomers today.  

Just days after Australia and South Africa were picked to host the world’s largest-ever radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a workshop in Brussels yesterday looked at funding opportunities for African and European radio astronomy partnerships.  

Prof Dr Michael Kramer, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy: "This meeting is an important and major step for consolidation of partnerships that exist and to build those that are going to happen. It is tremendous to see what Africa achieved in the past years.  

ARARAT - Ararat born physicist, Joseph Lade Pawsey's distinguished career in radio astronomy has been acknowledged with the naming of a new super computer centre to be based in Perth.  

This groundbreaking discovery puzzled scientists, who long thought that the gravity of matter would gradually slow the universe's expansion, or even cause it to contract. Explanations of the universe's accelerated expansion led to the bizarre and hotly ...  

The last transit, in 2004, was fully obscured by cloud cover in Atlanta. That was a downer for sky watchers, given how unusual the transits are: The one before 2004 took place way back in 1882, and, after Tuesday's event, the next one won't ...  

Explore some of the most enduring questions in the field of astronomy.  

Explore some of the most enduring questions in the field of astronomy.  

The past few days have been busy for the Bucket List Astronomy Tour (BLAsT) Class, a group of 10 Sam Houston State University undergraduate students on a journey to witness some of the best astronomical events of a lifetime. The students finished up their time in the Southwest and moved on to Sydney, Australia, where they will view next week’s transit of Venus. One of their professors, C. Renee James, updates us on the BLAsT Class’ visit to a...  

NEW YORK — Seven scientists won prizes Thursday for discoveries that involve the furthest reaches of the solar system, vanishingly tiny materials and the complexities of the brain. One finding helped end Pluto’s status as a planet.  

Dutch radio astronomy institute hands over €32.9m for exascale computer Big Blue has been given the ultimate big data gig - collecting and analysing data all the way back to the big bang, thanks to a brief – and €32.9m cheque - from the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON). The two will collaborate on a computer capable of ingesting the expected exabyte a day that will be generated by the Square Kilometer Array (SKA).…  

There are 3 tips for success when studying astronomy. Success in astronomy comes from cooperating with the sun and the moon.Contributor: Dan RevealPublished: May 30, 2012  

As I’m sure we all remember, International Astronomy Day this year was April 28, and I’ve been hearing from lots of clubs about how they spent this special day as part of Astronomy’s Discover the Universe program. I especially enjoyed hearing from Jim Thompson of the Ottawa Valley Astronomy & Observer’s Group about its event, the group’s second with the program. [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs...  

Texas A UniversityTexas A&M Astronomy to Host Transit of Venus Event June 5Texas A UniversityCOLLEGE STATION -- Local star-gazers and skywatching enthusiasts are encouraged to join Texas A&M University astronomers and physicists next week for a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event, the transit of Venus. This phenomenon occurs when Earth's ...Venus to have its final day in the sun for the 21st centuryChristian Science MonitorRare Venus transit...  

It’s that episode of Little Einsteins where they’re wending their way toward the Crab Nebula. Rilla is apprehensive. “Mommy,” she whispers. “Can you look it up? The real one.” I google obligingly. She ponders the images with troubled eyes. “What…what harm does it do?” Scott hastily explains. Stars, light, not a monster. Not a Giant [...]  

The Bucket List Astronomy Tour (BLAsT) Class is officially off and running. Led by Sam Houston State University astronomy professors Dr. Scott Miller and Dr. C. Renee James, a frequent contributor to Astronomy magazine, the class is taking 10 undergraduate students with widely varied backgrounds and aspirations to witness some of the best astronomical events of a lifetime (hence the name). Here's what James had to say about the trip so far...  

The committee named Jewitt and Luu laureates in astronomy to honor them "for their ... Scientists believe there are more than a billion objects in the Kuiper Belt that are more than a kilometer across, he said. "People used to think that the ...  

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Asteroid 2012 KP 24 , a smallish rock about 25 meters (80 feet) across, will pass pretty close to the Earth on May 28, buzzing us at a distance of about 30,000 kilometers (18,000 miles). That’s close as passes go, but still a clean miss. Closest approach is at about 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. Eastern US time) on May 28. It’ll actually pass Earth closer than our geosynchronous satellites! At closest ...  

Telegraph.co.ukAstronomy mistake picked up by nine-year-oldTelegraph.co.ukSo when nine-year-old Daniel Smith read in a Telegraph astronomy guide last month that Neptune, the most distant of the eight planets, was a mere 4.5 million km from our closest star he instantly recognised that something didn't add up.and more »  

(Phys.org) -- Scientists at SLAC’s Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) have created sophisticated computer simulations that show galaxy mergers in much more detail than ever before.  

On Sunday, May 20, the Moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun, creating a solar eclipse. However, this isn’t your usual event: because the Moon will be at apogee (the farthest point in its orbit), it won’t completely cover the face of the Sun. Instead of the Sun being totally blocked and the ethereal glow of its corona visible, we’ll see an annular eclipse, also called a "Ring of Fire" eclipse. The picture here — from the October 2005...  

If all non-solar-system stars ceased to exist, how would things look different to us on earth? Would anything change?Imagine if all stars that did not have planets orbiting them suddenly blinked out. (That means our sun is safe.) How many stars would blink out? Would the sky be twice as dark at night? Almost completely dark? Would it effect anything on Earth as we know it? A kid asked me this on the train today, as I was reading a book with...  

SOUTH AFRICA has won the right to host the vast majority of the world’s biggest astronomy project, a development local scientists hope will put Africa on the map in terms of scientific research and development. The nations belonging to the Square ...  

I’ve written about pictures from space of ocean-borne phytoplankton blooms (see Related Posts below), but I recently saw a new one: This one was new to me for two reasons. For one, I hadn’t seen one such a bloom off the coast of Ireland before — the three I’ve posted previously were south of the Equator. You can see the coast of Mayo County in Ireland there on the right. Second, it was from a satellite I’d never heard of: SPOT-5. This is a...  

My willingness to fight has seen some major impediments in the past few weeks. The increase in antireality nonsense seems like a growing tsunami. Antivax health threats. Global warming denial on a major (and heavily funded) scale. The ugliness yesterday in North Carolina. And even though we’ve had some great victories, it’s still an endless road, always uphill, always against the wind. Despair seems inevitable. But then, but then, this: Made...  

Astronomy is a fun hobby to get in to. However, city living can be rough on anyone who enjoys watching the night sky. Here's a short list of astronomy-related activities that may help you enjoy your hobby while living in the city lightsContributor: Robert StukowskiPublished: May 01, 2012  

I should have advertised this ahead of time, but even though I’m late to it, I wanted to mention that the Philadelphia Science Festival was going on all last week. It’s been great to see science taking its rightful place among the other cultural attractions of Philadelphia, and in particular, it was nice that astronomy [...]  

Written by Whitney Clavin NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – Researchers using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured an infrared image of the last exhalations of a dying sun-like star. The object observed by SOFIA, planetary nebula Minkowski 2-9, or M2-9 for short, is seen in this three-color composite image. “The [...]  

SHANGHAI will build a museum to popularize knowledge of astronomy and showcase the latest astronomical achievements, local science officials told the International Symposium on the Popularization of Science in Shanghai yesterday.  

Explanation: Close to the Great Bear (Ursa Major) and surrounded by the stars of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici), this celestial wonder was discovered in 1781 by the metric French astronomer Pierre Mechain. Later, it was added to the catalog of his friend and colleague Charles Messier as M106. Modern deep telescopic views reveal it to be an island universe: a spiral galaxy around 30 thousand light-years across located only about 21 million...  

I’ve just heard from guest blogger Donald Lubowich of Hofstra University about his upcoming Astronomy Night on the National Mall, which takes place April 28 (with a rain date of April 29) in Washington, D.C., and which Astronomy magazine and the Astronomy Foundation will be sponsoring this year. Lubowich delights in this kind of large-scale astronomy outreach, so in addition to helping raise awareness about the event, I thought it’d be...  

Calling all stargazers. Ever since the days of the humble Psion palmtop computers, astronomy programs have been one of the required applications for every platform. Whether you want to explore the night sky from the comfort of your home, or need a companion for aiming your telescope, there are plenty of options. Thanks to the rise of built-in accelerometers and digital compasses, an augmented reality mode has become a feature of many...  

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Good news: I just received a tweet from the American Airlines Twitter feed: Yay! They have decided to not air the audio version of the antivax interview. That’s excellent, and I thank American Airlines for that. However, as far as I can tell, the interview is still slated to run in their in-flight magazine. I will hopefully have more news about that soon as well. Update: When I asked about the printed version, I got this reply back very...  

Be prepared to see far off worlds through a variety of amateur telescopes! Explore the rugged features of the moon as we view mountains, craters and valleys at optimum lighting conditions with striking three-dimensional vistas of the lunar terrain. See the planet Venus as a crescent shaped body as she swings around the sun in her orbit. See the bright polar cap of the “red planet,” Mars and then experience the serene beauty and wonder of...  

[Note: This post contains numerous links to articles showing antivax claims are misleading at best, and pose a huge health risk. I strongly urge you to read those links before leaving a comment.] In May 2011, an unvaccinated infant was brought on board American Airlines flight 3965. Measles is a highly contagious, dangerous, and potentially fatal disease, and because of this public health emergency officials had to track down 100 passengers...  

The framework will address current challenges in large-data simulations and connect fundamental physics with observation(PRWEB) April 24, 2012 Kitware, a leader in large-data scientific computing, today announces the award of $150,000 in SBIR funding from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for the development of a cosmology analysis framework for in-situ analysis and data-reduction of cosmological simulations. Such simulations play...  

UA astronomy students Kevin Hardegree-Ullman and Jake Turner designed, proposed, conducted and presented research on two recently discovered planets outside of our solar system while they were still undergraduates. They used the 61-inch Kuiper Telescope on Mount Lemmon to do their observing.  

Stars in the night sky have captured the imagination of humanity ever since the start of time. People had been astronomers prior to being farmers. And there are different marvels to be seen in the dark sky. Andromeda galaxy can be seen with an unaided eye from dark places. If you would like see craters on the Moon, cluster of millions of stars in the constellation Hercules, moons of Jupiter or  

Explanation: It was late in the northern martian spring when the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spied this local denizen. Tracking south and east (down and right) across the flat, dust-covered Amazonis Planitia the core of the whirling dust devil is about 30 meters in diameter. Lofting dust into the thin martian atmosphere, its plume reaches more than 800 meters above the surface. Not following the path of the dust devil...  

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 45 astronomy probes provide situations that will pique your students’ interest while helping you understand how your students think about key ideas related to the universe and how it operates.  

Explanation: The Omicron Cetians have been silenced. After alien-like monsters were reported to disturb his daughter's sleep for four nights in a row, this father took action. When last questioned, the daughter seemed to indicate that the hullabaloo might have come from a planetary system possibly sounding like "Omicron Ceti". Getting to the root of the problem, the dad then took his daughter outside and used a powerful laser to blast the...  

Explanation: Do you recognize the city lights of Paris in this picture? Taken on March 25 from the top of the 210 meter tall Montparnasse skyscraper, many will spot the looming Eiffel Tower, or the large domed structure of Les Invalides (right), or the colorfully lit elevated Metro train line gently curving toward picture center. You can even pick out the Arc de Triomphe close to the horizon on the right. But regardless of your location, the...  

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HarperCollins UK is launching its “Wonders of the Universe” 3D astronomy app for the new iPad, combining revolutionary technology and BBC video for an unparalleled interactive learning experience  

ADA The Ohio Northern University Astronomy Club will host an “Honors Day Star Party” from 9 to 11 p.m. Friday at the ONU Observatory. This is the start of Honors Day weekend at ONU, when students receive awards and honors within their...  

PLANETS TO VIEW: Venus is the prominent planet in the west after sunset. If you have a telescope, now is the time to aim it at Venus, which wanes to a thin but intensively bright crescent this week. Mars is in Leo near Regulus, and Saturn is in ...  

Astronomy tourism, a pastime which has grown in tandem with increasing light pollution, is set to be magnified further with plans to create in northern England the largest dark sky reserve in Europe. The International Dark Skies Association, which has ...  

Right from the smallest bug, a drop of water, a mote of dust or an idea that cannot be seen but only felt, to the largest animals (blue whales, elephants and rhinoceros), the biggest stars, trees, homes, schools, toys and the tiniest virus ...  

An astronomy program will be held Saturday night at Rush Ranch.Local astronomy enthusiast Jim Jerrell will host the free program beginning at 7 p.m. with a short presentation, followed by a telescope viewing at about 8:30 p.m.  

Early this morning, the SpaceX Dragon capsule passed just 2.4 kilometers below the International Space Station, completing another critical step in its mission profile that’ll lead to it docking with the orbiting station Friday morning. From the station, astronauts captured video as the capsule cruised by: [You may need to refresh this page to see the video load.] Very, very cool. You can see ...  

Barely had Brian Schmidt accepted the Nobel prize in physics than tension ... and allocated them to institutions. James Allison, an astrophysicist and former University of Oxford postdoctoral researcher, spotted the University of Sydney ad for a researcher ...  

Like the countless stars that dot the night skies, the universe holds infinite secrets in its vast space. Perhaps there really are other worlds that exist, with civilizations far more advanced than that of Earth's. Author Sergio Correa raises interesting ...  

South Africa has joined the international JIVE radio astronomy research institute, the National Research Foundation (NRF) said on Sunday. This marked a new level of partnership between Europe ...  

Radio astronomy refers to the astronomy software windows of science. They have been conjured up with four suggestions that I feel may help you identify the free astronomy software download, stars, black holes, galaxies, ...  

Japanese astronomy professor found dead in ChileMainichi Daily NewsTOKYO (Kyodo) -- A 58-year-old Japanese professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan was found collapsed Monday near his apartment in the Chilean capital of Santiago and later confirmed dead in hospital, NAOJ said Tuesday.and more »  

Stars-N-Parks astronomy program this Saturday at Rockhound State ParkSilver City Sun NewsDEMING A Stars-N-Parks astronomy program will be held this Saturday at Rockhound State Park. Stars-N-Parks attendees should arrive at the park at sunset so they can become familiar with their surroundings before nightfall. This is also an excellent ...and more »  

Expect bright sunshine over the weekend, except at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, when the sky will be darkened and only a ring of fire will be visible where the sun should be.  

Orlando Science Center is expanding its Astronomy Day event, sprinkling events over select weekends through June 2. Activities will include SunWatch sessions, where visitors will peer at the sun through the Crosby Observatory telescope; four NASA speakers; “Orlando by Night,” a live planetarium show in the Dr. Phillips CineDome; the “Science on a Sphere” exhibit and the Kinesthetic [...]  

By the astronomy research paper topics and Helium in them. Some are actually versions that use mirrors. They are generally found for a lower cost as well. They are all rocky in terrain and they were key to every civilization.  

Apropos of my last post… This Sci-ence webcomic went up around the same time I posted my Supermoon deflation a few hours ago. COINCIDENCE? Well, yeah. Still, funny. And man. Those two women must really be tired of me. First the Moon Illusion in the park , and now this. Related Posts: - The Supermoon stuff? AGAIN? - In which I disagree with cartoon Neil Tyson - Naked I astronomy - A new SMBC book ...  

Ryan Clark, 10, wants to know if we're alone in the universe. Ryan, a student at Randerson Ridge Elementary School and a member of the Nanaimo Astronomy Society, was eager to talk to people about his passion for planets, stars and galaxies on Saturday at ...  

Columbus DispatchAstronomy | Enter the DragonColumbus DispatchAlthough plenty of science came out of the Apollo missions to the moon, it's hard to see any significant science that has come from the International Space Station program. Kenneth Hicks is a professor of physics and astronomy at Ohio University in ...and more »  

PLANETS TO VIEW: We still have only three available in the sky, all in the evening. Brilliant Venus is in the west at sunset, with Mars high in the south and Saturn in the southeast. Jupiter and Mercury are lost to view. THE MOON is a waning ...  

has won the $20,000 grand prize in the University Co-operative Society’s George H. Mitchell Awards for Academic Excellence. Winners of the 13 th annual undergraduate student awards were announced May 2. The awards celebrate University of Texas ...  

Well we didn’t get any direct views of the eclipse here, which was unfortunate ... Basically, I stumbled into an impromptu eclipse-viewing festival, and the best part was that everyone had brought different viewing equipment.  

"Secrets In Plain Sight" is an exploration of great art, architecture, and urban design which skillfully unveils an unlikely intersection of geometry, politics, numerical philosophy, religious mysticism, new physics, music, astronomy, and world history.  

Every second of every day, the Earth is bombarded with cosmic-rays -- high-energy particles soaring in from the outer reaches of space at nearly the speed of light. When such a particle enters the atmosphere, it sets off a fireworks show invisible to the ...  

ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)Lawmakers, astronomy community hammer out deal for electronic billboard ...East Valley TribuneCentral and Western Arizona will be wide open for illuminated billboards with changing messages under the terms of a deal hammered out Tuesday between sign owners and the astronomy community. A draft map of the plan creates what amounts to buffer zones ...Proposal makes Northern Arizona 'dark sky' zoneVerde IndependentAriz. lawmaker...  

The film focuses on the history and consequences of light pollution. Planetarium educator Heather Smith will also give a special presentation about her experiences as a special guest at NASA's final launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery earlier this year.  

There will be solar viewing and planetarium shows. Also, Heather Smith, 23, a student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, will share her experiences and stories at 1 p.m. Saturday in the planetarium. In 2004, she became a high school intern ...  

Portuguese American Journal (blog)Astronomy: Portuguese astrophysicists reveal new data on the formation of ...Portuguese American Journal (blog)According to Pedro Figueira, the first author of the study accepted for publication in the Astronomy & Astrophysics online magazine, “These results show us that the way our solar system formed must be common. Its structure is the same as the other ...  

One of the great challenges in cosmology is understanding the nature of the universe's so-called missing mass. Astronomers have long known that galaxies are held together by gravity, a force that depends on the amount of mass a galaxy contains. Galaxies ...  

The observatory in Riverview Park was a leader in astrophysics dating back to the 1800s, a place where researchers discovered and ... The film will premiere on Wednesday night at the Heinz History Center . It's narrated by actor David Conrad, a Pittsburgh ...  

(Now if only they'd lined up a screening of the awesome, long-lost Disney sci-fi film "The Black Hole," with Robert Forster and Ernest Borgnine.) More information about Astronomy Day events at the planetarium is available at clarkplanetarium.org.  

United States Senator Barbara Mikulski can now add a couple more distinctions to her name, after it was announced today (April 5) that one of the world's largest astronomy archives and an exploding star in space have been named after the veteran politician.  

The blackened night sky is filled, dark with a looming orb of light floating through a sea of bright white lights. It’s the moon, the stars and the unyieldingly vast universe casting over the Earth. As a child, freshman DeShawn Mims would walk ...  

Cape Town — Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy project could be a powerful driver for socio-economic development, South Africa's Minister for Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, said this week. The bid, led by South ...  

In the evening (weather permitting), guests can stargaze through a large, 32-inch telescope on the roof of the Bob Wright Centre. McDonald will share his views on how space has evolved during his lifetime, in a presentation titled Vacations in ...  

But this galaxy-bending demo of David Brown’s NUIverse astronomy app might be enough to convince you. It’s like something out of Star Trek, as if Brown crammed the guts of the Enterprise’s cartography room into a 40-inch touchscreen that let’s you ...  

#surface Unless you run a restaurant or need an eye-catching trade show demo, you've probably never considered dropping $8,400 on a Microsoft Surface table. But this galaxy-bending demo of David Brown's NUIverse astronomy app might be enough to convince you. More »  

Info: "Dr. Thebe Medupe, South African Astronomical Observatory. In a journey that has stretched from the coastline of Namibia to the steamy jungles of Ghana, across crocodile infested lakes and the deserts of Northern Kenya, the cliff-side dwellings of the Dogon in Mali and onto the mysterious archaeological sites of the Egyptian Sahara, this lecture (and the film Cosmic Africa / purchase here) explores Africa's ancient astronomical history...  

The Southwest Montana Astronomical Society invites the public to its March winter lecture series on Friday March 30, 7 p.m. in the Hager Auditorium at the Museum of the Rockies. Ivy Merriot will discuss “Archaeoastronomy of the Big Horn Medicine Wheel.”  

One of the free astronomy software download and want to start out teaching children about the free astronomy software download in astronomy, I hope these tips might be a way to act scientifically. It is, as it began and the ccd ...  

Is this 2-meter-high slab of lichen-covered rock in a UK park an astronomical marker used by Neolithic people? Researchers from Nottingham Trent University are suggesting that may in fact be the case, based on the stone’s alignment, angle and proximity ...  

Special activities include information on biodiesel, worm composting and a farmers market with the UH Hilo College of Agriculture. The ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi is a world-class informal science education center and is a Leadership ...  

I believe this compromise proposal does just that. It helps to protect a unique and important part of Arizona's economy while preserving the use of this technology along heavily traveled corridors in our state. This is the win-win the governor ...  

PLANETS TO VIEW: You can't see Jupiter or Mercury this month, but you can see Venus (extremely bright in the west), Mars and Saturn after sunset. Mars is in Leo and near Regulus, and Saturn is in Virgo, near bright Spica. THE MOON is full ...  

PLANETS TO VIEW: Jupiter starts the evening very low in the west and quickly sets, leaving brighter Venus well above it for the next few hours. Mars is high in the south at 8 p.m., and Saturn is midway up in the southeast by 9 p.m. Mercury in ...  

Today is the beginning of National Astronomy Week for 2012, culminating with Astronomy Day on April 28. Astronomy Day occurs on a Saturday between mid-April and mid-May, scheduled to occur at or just ..  

It's difficult to get high-quality, close-up pictures of the moon or any planet with basic photographic equipment ... to a computer and fired up the control software, you should see an image, perhaps an out-of-focus one, but an image all ...  

The photos are NASA space photos. (NASA did not participate in the writing or publication of this eBook.) NOTE: 10 new slides wer added on March 18, 2012. (Allow 48 hours for this to take effect.) There are now 50 slides all together (with no ...  

Regarding the My Turn column by Angela Cotera on March 19, "Bill would imperil future of astronomy in Ariz.": I do not know a thing about astronomy, but obviously Ms. Cotera does. After reading her well-researched and well-written column, I ...  

April is Global Astronomy Month, and Southern Stars Group, LLC ... This year's Global Star Party promises to be even bigger. Rare astronomical events that the public can enjoy - like an annular solar eclipse on May 20th, and the Transit of ...  

Rome’s artistic bent would usually be described as a mix of Renaissance and Baroque, with dusting of ancient. But through April 22, the Fondazione Alda Fendi is showing “Transit of Venus,” its new Esperimenti, which runs counter to that trend.  

Did you know, that the astronomy research topics around the astronomy research topics, not the individual using the astronomy research paper, a special type of binocular glass call long eye relief is needed. Therefore it is ...  

Pittsburgh actor David Conrad narrated the film, and Pittsburgh City Councilman William Peduto was the executive producer. The film features interviews with Dr. Neil deGrasse ... at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and documentary ...  

Lawrence Krauss, internationally known theoretical physicist and foundation professor in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Department of Physics, will speak on “A Universe From Nothing” at 7 p.m., April 27, in Bateman ...  

PLANETS TO WATCH: Venus and Jupiter are prominent in the west, and Venus provides a fine binocular opportunity Monday and Tuesday evening when it is near the Pleiades cluster. Mars is bright and high in the southeast as darkness sets in ...  

M42 & M43 Emission Nebula in Orion Maui, Hawaii elevation 4000 ft 27mm Panoptic, 56x 12/29/11 9:20pm. Graphite pencil and white paper, inverted using PhotoScape. I have observed this amazing region many times ...  

NEW PALTZ — The Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association will present “Weekend Astronomy Night” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the John R. Kirk Planetarium in the Coykendall Science Building at SUNY New Paltz. Multiple shows will be offered ...  

I like to redesign my years old www.asynx-planetarium.com website into the current state of the art design. Lots of CSS and nice graphic design. I started this project in 1996 (DOS version) and had several different websites ...  

But at that age I'm just not familiar with the literature that's out there. And honestly, I don't know all the books available anyway! So what's an internationally beloved astronomy blogger to do? Ah HA! Ask the readers. You folks ...  

S PERRY - Last Saturday, eager members of the Southeastern Iowa Astronomy Club opened up a 9-inch-by-3-foot metal box stuffed with 25 years of memories.  

Because you simply cannot have enough incredibly beautiful photographs of aurorae in your life, here's one taken near Tromso, Norway, on March 28, 2012 by photographer Helge Mortensen: [Click to coronalmassejectenate ...  

Astronomy '12 Research Papers. As worked out in class, your individual research paper must include: 1. cover page w/ name, date, title of paper. 2. 3 – 10 pages of text (1.5 spacing, 12 point). 3. illustrations with captions on ...  

and it looks good, you can have it too – read on. This is of course the shuttle Discovery on top of the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft as it comes in for a landing at Washington Dulles International Airport on Tuesday (17 Apr 2012).  

Astronomy | eclipse | [UPDATE: The hangout's over. Thanks to all who watched! I'll have the YouTube video up as soon as I can!]I know this is last minute, but I decided to do a live.  

On the afternoon of June 5, 2012, the planet Venus will pass in front of the sun as seen from Earth, an extremely rare event that will not happen again until December 2117.  

Linux.com Considering Linux's foothold in everything from embedded devices to supercomputers, describing the project's growth as astronomical is no exaggeration.  

High school students from around New Hampshire are competing for scholarships and other prizes at the state's sixth annual Astronomy Bowl.  

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Through April 22, the Fondazione Alda Fendi is showing "Transit of Venus," the latest in its occasional multimedia shows that blend projection and displays.  

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Owen Gingerich enjoys two histories of the expeditions that aimed to measure the passage of Venus across the face of the Sun.  

The Air Zoo and Kalamazoo Astronomical Society (KAS) have joined forces to host daytime activities for Astronomy Day on April 21.  

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SIR PATRICK Moore has picked his 55 favourite night sky objects and over the month of April would like you to see as many as you can.   

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Here's another reason to hope for clear skies this weekend.  

Amazon has Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy for $4.99 today.  

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What’s at the end of the universe?  

Historic orator, Edward Everett, expounds on the various uses of Astronomy.Buy Now: $0.99  

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THIS BELONGS IN A MUSEUM! more precisely a planetarium Jose Victor Villarreal