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Wednesday, 29 February 2012

ASTRONOMY NEWS


News9 new results for astronomy
 
Astronomy Night returns to SUNY-New Paltz
Almanac Weekly
SUNY-New Paltz's Astronomy Night, scheduled for the first and third Thursdays of the month, features a show at the college's indoor planetarium, located in the Coykendall Science Building lobby, followed by a viewing at the outdoor telescope, ...
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Almanac Weekly
Solid buckyballs discovered in space
Astronomy Now Online
by Amanda Doyle Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected a particular type of molecule, given the nickname “buckyball”, in a solid form for the first time. A buckyball is comprised of 60 carbon atoms (it therefore also goes by the ...
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Astronomy Now Online
Leapin' Logic: Extra day makes astronomical sense
Louisville Courier-Journal
Although the leap year and the leap second aren't related, they're both methods of harmonizing human systems of measuring time with the inconvenient facts of astronomy. But there's another traditional means of reckoning the seasons unaffected by leap ...
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Are we alone in the universe?
Deccan Herald
In astronomy and astrobiology, the habitable zone is the region around a star where a planet of earth-like size, composition and atmospheric pressure can maintain liquid water on its surface. In other words, it refers to the belt of orbits around ...
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Astronomy Nights: Variable Stars: What are They and Who Studies Them?
Fairfield County Online
The Museum is a vital cultural and educational resource for the community, and a focal point for family activity through exhibitions, educational programs and special events.Astronomy Nights : Variable Stars : What are They and Who Studies Them ?
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Fairfield County Online
Plymouth Elementary Competes in 26th Science Olympiad
Patch.com
From 'egg drop' to astronomy, the tournament at Occidental College tested the scientific mettle of some 2000 students. By Ajay Singh Students and teachers from Plymouth Elementary School in the Monrovia Unified School District. From left to right, ...
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Heritage Walk organized to celebrate National Science Day
Punjab Newsline
NEW DELHI:Around a hundred Delhiites, including school and college students, astronomyenthusiasts and several tourists Tuesday participated in a heritage walk to celebrate National Science Day. Organised by an NGO Science Popularisation Association of ...
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Spaced Out! aurorae and water worlds
ABC Online
This week astronomy Dave Reneke looks at aurorae on other worlds, and some news on water on planets outside our solar system. Plus March is a big month for sky-gazing. Dave Reneke might have stars in his eyes, but he's as down to Earth as they come!
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Dwarf Galaxy Questions Current Galaxy Formation Models
Space Ref (press release)
CAUP Astronomer Polychronis Papaderos, along with his colleague Goeran Oestlin (Oskar Klein Center, U. Stockholm), used the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to get extremely accurate observations of the I Zw 18 galaxy. Their research led to the conclusion ...
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Blogs5 new results for astronomy
 
Hot image of the Sun by John Chumack - Astronomy Magazine
By David Eicher
Check out this amazing shot of a solar prominence captured by astroimager John Chumack last Wednesday, February 22, from his backyard observatory in Dayton, Ohio. Enormous towers of plasma lift off the Sun's disk in this spectacular shot.
Dave's Universe
Zen Pencils and words of wisdom | Bad Astronomy | Discover ...
By Phil Plait
Cool stuff | Carl Sagan | I'm a big fan of Carl Sagan... of course. His books are simply amazing, and they are all worth your time reading. He had a way with words that made them not jus.
Bad Astronomy
February 28th: Astronomy Word of the Week : Declination
By kortney.hogan
Podcaster: Christopher Crockett Description: In this astronomy word of the week podcast, we'll start to explore the tools that astronomers use to chart the night sky. If you've ever wondered how anastronomer knows how to point a telescope ...
365 Days of Astronomy
Andromeda's Black Hole | Tom's Astronomy Blog
By Tom
Two Clemson University researchers joined an an international team of astronomers, including scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, in publishing their findings in a pair of scientific journals this week.
Tom's Astronomy Blog
What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Monday thru Tuesday | Astronomy.FM
By Tavi Greiner
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Today's Radio Schedule at a GLANCE: SET #1: 60-Second Earth ~ Discovery Now ~ York∞Universe! SET.
Astronomy.FM


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