News About Tjhe NIght Sky 09-FEB-10 en-us Parkes, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 - Who 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.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jan 29, 2010 - A 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.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2010 - One 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.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jan 15, 2010 - Interactive museum exhibits about climate change, Earth science, and missions beyond Earth are among the projects NASA has selected to receive agency funding. Nine informal education providers from Alaska to New York will share $6.2 million in grants through NASA's Competitive Program for Science Museums and Planetariums.]]> Padova, Italy (SPX) Jan 11, 2010 - As the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) comes to a close, the true scope of the venture is becoming clear. The final count of countries involved stands at 148, a staggering number that confirms that the IYA2009 network is the largest ever in science.]]> Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2010 - In the field of archaeology the age of finds or the time of events can sometimes be determined relatively easily, for example via the number of tree rings or the rate of decomposition of radioactive elements. However, there is unfortunately no direct and absolute indicator for the age of the Universe.]]> Boston MA (SPX) Dec 15, 2009 - A collection of 30 never-before-released images of embryonic planetary systems in the Orion Nebula are the highlight of the longest single Hubble Space Telescope project ever dedicated to the topic of star and planet formation.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2009 - The 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.]]> Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 03, 2009 - In 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.]]> Boston MA (SPX) Dec 02, 2009 - A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of part of NGC 7023, or the Iris Nebula, highlights a perfect dust laboratory in the sky.]]>