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An Island Of Stars In The Making On The Outskirts Of Orion Paris, France (SPX) Mar 04, 2010 
The delicate nebula NGC 1788, located in a dark and often neglected corner of the Orion constellation, is revealed in a new and finely nuanced image released by ESO. Although this ghostly cloud is rather isolated from Orion's bright stars, the latter's powerful winds and light have had a strong impact on the nebula, forging its shape and making it home to a multitude of infant suns.
Starga ... read moreESO: Orion In A New Light 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 11, 2010The Orion Nebula reveals many of its hidden secrets in a dramatic image taken by ESO's new VISTA survey telescope. The telescope's huge field of view can show the full splendor of the whole nebula and VISTA's infrared vision also allows it to peer deeply into dusty regions that are normally hidden and expose the curious behavior of the very active young stars buried there. VISTA - the Visi ... more
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PCs Around The World Unite To Map The Milky Way
Troy NY (SPX) Feb 11, 2010Troy NY (SPX) Feb 11, 2010 At this very moment, tens of thousands of home computers around the world are quietly working together to solve the largest and most basic mysteries of our galaxy. Enthusiastic and inquisitive volunteers from Africa to Australia are donating the computing power of everything from decade-old desktops to sleek new netbooks to help computer scientists and astronome ... more Astronomy On The Rails 
Parkes, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2010Who would think you could talk about planets and stars, telescopes and even show people the night sky, all from a moving train while indulging in 5 star service at the same time? Well you can and last month well known mid north coast astronomer Dave Reneke from Australasian Science magazine did just that, on board the new Southern Spirit, a sister train to the GHAN. David was invited by Gr ... more Amateur Astronomers Discover Stellar Outburst 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 29, 2010A discovery by two amateur astronomers in central Florida helped to set in motion a global network of ground- and space-based telescopes today, observing a violent explosion of a distant star in our Galaxy. The two astronomers, Dr. Barbara Harris of New Smyrna Beach and Shawn Dvorak of Clermont, were active participants in a global research campaign to monitor activity of the star U Scorpi ... more Mars Pairs Up With Full Moon 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2010One of the skywatching highlights of the year takes place on the night of January 29, as the full Moon and the planet Mars march high across the sky, according to the editors of StarDate magazine. Mars and the Moon are low in the east-northeast at nightfall, with the Red Planet to the left of the Moon. Mars looks like a brilliant orange star. One reason this is such a grand spectacle is th ... more |
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365 Days Of Astronomy Podcast To Continue In 2010
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2009The award-winning 365 Days of Astronomy podcast is proud to announce that the project will continue for another 365 days and is now accepting sign-ups for participants for 2010. This is a legacy project of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) and is being managed by Astrosphere New Media Association. In 2009, the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast was a major project of the IYA, publishing ... more Adler Planetarium Unveils World's Largest Image Of Milky Way Galaxy 
Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 03, 2009In a picture of truly galactic proportions, the world's largest image of our Milky Way galaxy, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, is on display at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. On Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 at 2 p.m. CST, the scientists who created the image and representatives from NASA presented the image to members of the public. The image spans a mind-boggling area of 120 ... more Blushing Dusty Nebula 
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 02, 2009A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of part of NGC 7023, or the Iris Nebula, highlights a perfect dust laboratory in the sky. On Earth, we tend to find dust nothing more than a nuisance that blankets our furniture and causes us to sneeze. Cosmic dust can also be a hindrance to astronomers because cameras using visible light cannot see through it. However, studying cosmic dust in ... more Astronomy Question Of The Week: Is There A Photograph Of The Universe 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 02, 2009If the question means "Has anyone stepped outside of the universe with a camera and taken a picture of it?" then the answer is, of course, no. The concept of 'universe' means the totality of all things, including space and time. So logically, there can be no 'outside' to the universe. (Although speculative cosmological theories propose other concepts.) One - very abstract - representation ... more |
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