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If you think we’re looking straight down the maul of the “Doomsday Machine”, you’d be pretty much correct. While the fictionalized Star Trek account had the planet killer slowly destroying a distant solar system, this particular “star eater” is very real and still exists along the Auriga-Taurus border… Named Simeis 147, this ancient supernova remnant …
The answer to ”how long is a year on Jupiter” is 11.86 Earth years. There is so much more to know about the Jovian system, that we can not just leave you with one fact, so here are some more interesting facts about Jupiter. At perihelion Jupiter is 741 million km from the Sun(4.95 AU). …
In the easternmost part of Switzerland near the Italian border, lies a pristine area of land ranging from 1,400 to 3,173 meters above sea level. It encompasses 172,400 hectares of forests, alpine grasslands and bare rocks or screes that are strictly protected and not inhabited. Each year, around 50 researchers from Switzerland and abroad carry …
Continue reading “Unique Telescope Facility Opens In Swiss Biosphere”
Back a few month’s ago, we had an article about Galaxy Zoo. In essence, it’s a type of consortium that studies galaxies and works towards classifying them. In the process of studying the images, they made a rather unusual discovery… One that’s still around. According to the Galaxy Zoo blog: “Ever since it was first …
Continue reading “Hanny’s Voorwerp – Still Alive and Kicking….”
Over the past few weeks we’ve taken a look at some pretty incredible regions of space through astrophotography – Wolf Rayet stars, Thackeray’s Globules, tidal interactions and even giant dust clouds bursting with star birth. This time, let’s take a look at something so obscure that it might even be the first time that it’s …
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Like I said, you buried me with photos of last week’s total lunar eclipse. So here’s another batch. Thanks to everyone who went outside and remembered to bring a camera. If you’re a budding (or veteran) astrophotographer, I highly recommend you check out the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum. We have a section just for people …
Your astrophoto of the day is another image of Comet Holmes, captured by John Chumack. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has made a series of astronomy lectures available for podcast and download. There are some really cool speakers in there, like Dr. Frank Drake (SETI Institute): “Estimating the Chances of Life Out There”. Sean …
For your astrophoto of the day, please enjoy this great image of the Horsehead Nebula captured by Phil22. I wonder what kind of holiday creature it might look like? What’s your favourite Cassini image for 2007? I know, how could you possibly choose from all those images. Still, now’s your chance to vote. Dilbert is …
With the Moon quickly departing early evening skies, now is the time to find a hero. Thanks to attention Comet 17/P Holmes has generated, many SkyWatchers have now become familiar with the constellation Perseus, but there’s a lot more there than just a comet! Only a few days ago, Holmes passed a wonderful bright star …