Updated: 2010-04-30 07:00:40
Phew! It was a loooong break. As you can see, my previous post is from last Christmas. It has been really busy ride at my work, so I had to skip blogging this site. Now the situation looks better, so it is time to continue writing Homeboy's Astronomy Blog. Today ...
Updated: 2010-04-30 07:00:40
Merry Christmas to all our readers. Take it relaxed and enjoy the wonderful time of Christmas. We are going to eat a lot, open and give gifts, read books and just be together with our families. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.
Photo: krisdecurtis
Updated: 2010-04-30 07:00:40
Oh boy, it was a long break! I'm sorry for this blogging hiatus. I've been very busy at work lately, and therefore I haven't been able to write much. Anyhow, now the rush seems to be over and I can continue writing some astronomy articles.
Astronomy season here in northern hemisphere ...
Updated: 2010-04-30 07:00:40
There are four planets we can see in northern hemisphere in October 2008. Unfortunately the planets won't be close to each other in October, but Mercury has something interesting going on in this month. Let's now have a look what's up with the planets in northern hemisphere in October 2008.
Shortly ...
Updated: 2010-04-30 07:00:40
Probably the very first photograph of an Earth-like planet was released a couple of days ago. This is the first time scientists have managed to photograph an exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star. Although this information is not 100% sure yet, we can say this is a great breakthrough in astronomy.
The ...
Updated: 2010-04-30 07:00:40
September nights in northern hemisphere are dark enough for early-season stargazing. There are a number of interesting planets to observe in September in northern hemisphere. In this article we summarize which planets can be seen in northern hemisphere in September 2008.
Before going through the planets we can be seen in ...
Updated: 2010-04-30 07:00:40
CERN's new LHC collider was started up yesterday morning. While some people were called this a kind of a doom's day, so far we haven't been "eaten" by a black hole. I already discussed about the possible microscopic black holes of Switzerland, so today I am not going to continue ...
Updated: 2010-04-30 07:00:40
While I was driving to gas station last night, I noticed lots of stars above. I realized that we are already in September and the nights are getting darker. I have been working way too much because I haven't even realized that stargazing season has already began. Anyhow, as soon ...
Updated: 2010-04-29 22:21:13
This attempt at a balloon launch ended in disaster for NASA. Apparently the balloon was trying to carry a payload of telescopes. I hate to see these failures, still I find it difficult to suppress a chuckle – sorry.
Updated: 2010-04-29 20:31:35
Amy Roth — that’s Skepchick Surly Amy to you — interviewed Cassini tour designer John Smith. It’s part of a new segment on Skepchick called Keep your day job:
Amy is a cool chick: artistic, skeptical, tattooed, photographically inclined, and loves astronomy. I got to hang with her and other skepchicks last week in Pasadena, and [...]
Updated: 2010-04-29 05:02:24
Improbable.com: Case of the missing giant slide rule
Cracked: Six supposedly ancient traditions that aren't
Tech Review: Ten emerging technologies for 2010
ArXiv.org: Is there a Planet X out there? (via Daily Grail)
Bruceleeeowe's Blog: Carnival of Space 151 ...(read more)
Updated: 2010-04-27 04:18:27
'Nova' on PBS: 'Mind Over Money'
The Register: How to grow a new head
NASA/YouTube: "Hubble: 20 Years of Discovery"
Nature: Sexual experimentation ith Neanderthals
UCSD: Soviets' long-lost reflector spotted on moon ...(read more)
Updated: 2010-04-26 03:58:39
National Geographic has a very interesting program coming up on Thursday (29 April). The episode is called Decoding the Skies and it explores our ancestors relationship with the night sky. Earlier generations (and not all that many back) depended on knowing what was going on with the night sky. I always find it interesting to [...]
Updated: 2010-04-25 03:38:29
Enceladus as seen by Cassini. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Saturn’s moon Enceladus is a mysterious world. Measuring just 512km in diameter it should be a cold lifeless body, practically unchanged since its formation. Yet it isn’t. It’s very much alive. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has shown that this remarkable moon’s surface has, in parts, been smoothed [...]
Updated: 2010-04-24 03:18:25
Twenty years ago tomorrow the Hubble Space Telescope was launched. I can hardly believe the telescope has been in space twenty years already. Along with this remarkable image, the Hubble folks have a whole series of other things lined up to mark the occasion. Be SURE to read the press release below OR just click [...]
Updated: 2010-04-23 02:58:38
Here’s a compilation video from NASA of some of the views from the new Solar Dynamics Observatory or SDO. This spacecraft will return about 1.5 terrabits of data per DAY!
Visit the SDO website for more information on the mission.
Updated: 2010-04-22 02:38:30
watch it LIVE on NASA TV.
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
NASA Science News Conference on the Solar Dynamics Observatory
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM CDT
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/docs/SDOfirstlight.pdf
Updated: 2010-04-22 02:38:17
N.Y. Times: A Saturn spectacular, with gravity's help
National Review: In space, Obama's right-winger
Daily Grail: Murmurs of the paranormal Next Big Future: Carnival of Space 150 ...(read more)
Updated: 2010-04-12 23:30:07
Astronomy Blog You are : in Astronomy Blog archive NAM2010 An astronomy blog usually but not always based in the UK . Pondering questions such as What is in an exoplanet name NAM2010 It is that time again the UK's National Astronomy Meeting 2010 I may or may not blog depending on how busy I get but I will certainly be tweeting along with many others using the hashtag NAM2010 We've already had a series of nice images of baby stars in the Rosette Nebula from Herschel a re-make of one shown on Rob's blog previously an animation of Saturn's aurorae taken in-situ by the Cassini spacecraft and an image of the GOODS-North field from Herschel . I couldn't find the last one online yet but you can keep up-to-date with Herschel's released images using the Online Showcase of Herschel Images Expect
Updated: 2010-04-11 23:05:05
Our latest contributions to The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast featured a two-part interview with Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine. Mike Simonsen talks to Bob about amateur astronomy in Part 1 and science journalism in Part 2. In the extended versions, we hear more from Mike and Bob as [...]
Updated: 2010-04-11 23:05:05
FYI:
Some in 3D.
–Ben
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
After spending some quality time poring over the images and data Cassini collected
last month during its closest flyby yet of Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon, Mimas, we are
finally ready to release the goods. And they are outta sight!
After much deliberation, we have concluded: Mimas is NOT boring. [...]
Updated: 2010-04-08 09:05:16
In April, NOVA will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a two-hour special that examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe. NOVA sent me an advance copy of this two part series to review and share with you.
The episodes will [...]
Updated: 2010-04-08 09:04:57
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more armchair astronomy work for the internet masses.
–Ben
Amateur astronomers to shed light on solar storms
“…Becoming a solar storm tracker involves setting up a ‘Zooniverse account,’ logging into the Solar Stormwatch site at http://solarstormwatch.com and completing a short interactive training programme. Almost anyone can help the project says Dr Davis. “Many motivated individuals will always be [...]
Updated: 2010-04-08 09:04:40
This is a solar image from St. Patrick’s Day sent in by one of our Slacker friends, Glen Ward. You can clearly see a solar prominence in profile here. A prominence is usually in the form of a large, bright loop extending outward from the Sun’s surface into the corona. A prominence forms in about [...]
