Image Gallery: Beauty of the Universe
Source: The New York Times
Here are stars packed like golden sand, gas combed in delicate blue threads, piled into burgundy thunderheads and carved into sinuous rilles and ribbons, and galaxies clotted with star clusters dancing like spiders on the ceiling. More Articles
Russia Plans Mission to Deflect Asteroid From Earth
Source: The New York Times
Russia's top space researchers will hold a closed-door meeting to plan a mission to deflect 99942 Apophis, an asteroid that will fly close to Earth two decades from now, said Anatoly N.
Help a Needy Astronomer's Play the "Cosmic Slot Machine"
Source: discovermagazine.com
Astronomers want you… to help them match pictures of cosmic collisions, which are known as "galactic mergers." Studying these mergers could explain why the universe has the mix of galaxy types – from those with wound-up spiral arms to compact balls of stars – that it do …
Happy Carl Sagan Day!
Source: carlsaganday.com
Welcome to the home of Carl Sagan Day. This November 7, 2009, we will celebrate the life and contributions of the great astronomer, author, and philosopher, Carl Sagan, on the 75th anniversary of his birth.
Baby Neutron Star Found Inside Supernova Remnant
Source: Wired News
Scientists have finally identified the mysterious source of X-ray emissions at the center of our galaxy's youngest supernova: Inside the remains of Cassiopeia A sits a baby neutron star surrounded by a thin layer of carbon dioxide.
WirelessTech Taking a Toll on Earth Science and Astronomy
Source: scientificamerican.com
Nearly lost amidst the breathless anticipation of all things wireless...is the potential impact these gadgets may have on scientific instruments that likewise need access to the electromagnetic spectrum.
Hunting ET: Astrobiology and the quest for extraterrestrial life
Source: Guardian Unlimited
The discovery of life elsewhere in the Solar System would 'profoundly change our understanding of where we came from and our place in the cosmos', astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell told Sam Wong ahead of his public lecture on the subject this week
An intrepid, ragged band of bloggers
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Today the Australian magazine Cosmos, along with a vast number of other blogs and publications, reprinted an article by Simon Singh, in slightly tweaked form, in an act of solidarity.
Quantum Goes Massive :: LIGO Lends an Eye
Source: scienceblog.com
While the effort to detect gravitational waves is ongoing, the researchers have now used the LIGO apparatus to observe the oscillations of a 2.7 kg pendulum mode at a level close to its quantum ground state.
Venus Probe Images Hint at Ancient Ocean
Source: CBC
Long before Venus became a hot, dry and barren planet with a choking mass of carbon dioxide for an atmosphere, it might have once been home to shifting continents and an ocean of water, according to the latest data from a European space probe. More Articles
New Kind Of Astronomical Object - Hypercompact Stellar System
Source: Science Daily
Hypercompact stellar systems result when a supermassive black hole is violently ejected from a galaxy, following a merger with another supermassive black hole. The evicted black hole rips stars from the galaxy as it is thrown out.