Astrosphere for May 11, 2007

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Slacker Astronomy's

Aaron Price has

written up a detailed review

on the state of blogging and podcasting in astronomy.

Stuart

from the Astronomy Blog has written up a

nice review of the review

.

With the recent discovery of the most powerful supernova ever witnessed, it raises the question, what will happen when the much closer Eta Carina blows up? Alan Boyle from

MSNBC's Cosmic Log

finds the answer

.

How do you determine the age of a star?

Pamela Gay

from Star Stryder (and

Astronomy Cast

co-host)

shows you how it's done

.

Andy the

e-Astronomer

thinks that the golden age of astronomy surveys is coming to a close, because all the low-hanging fruit has been found. He suggests

new avenues for productive discovery

.

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.