Astronomy: Search The Galaxy

The images printed in many astronomy books and magazines up to that date, even from the largest professional ground-based telescopes, were often relatively poor. Then, with the coming of the Phillips ToUcam, video images combined with …
Original post by Jonathan Maron

It’s difficult to express just how fracking impressive the Large Hadron Collider is. You really have to be there to understand how overwhelming and ginormous it is. Still and all, maybe the video I took of the tour will help get the …
Original post by The Bad Astronomer

From The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Visit our Monthly Sky Highlights and Moon Phase Calendars page for more information.
Original post by The Old Farmer’s Almanac

Imagine being able to listen to the music of the ringed planet Saturn. Now you can! Musician Jeff Oster has turned the eerie sounds coming from the Cassini spacecraft into “Saturn Calling,” a beautiful, ambient, new age jazz piece. …
Original post by 01101001

Did something happen astronomically in 1962 that will not be repeated for 4000 years? (answer). From The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
Original post by The Old Farmer’s Almanac

Here is my latest project. It is a region of the sky not imaged before by an amateur (as far as I can find). This obscure region in Cepheus has any clouds of dust sculpted by the winds of nearby stars. …
Original post by tvdavis

This is the official trailer video for the UN-declared International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009), marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of a telescope for astronomical observations. Additional info and video formats here. …
Original post by FlyingSinger

Astronomy Campsite Camping and astronomy are two of my favorite summer pass times. I love to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life and surround myself with the wonders of nature. The silence of a clear mornings sunrise is …
Original post by anthony

What happens when a robotic space probe breaks down millions of miles away from the nearest spacecraft engineer? If there is a software bug, engineers can sometimes correct the problem by uploading new commands, but what if the computer …
Original post by Fraser

The subject says it all. Blondin et al. (2008), recently accepted to ApJ, and posted to the astro-ph preprint server this past Friday finds unambiguously confirms time dilation in 13 supernova spectra up to z~0.62. …
Original post by parejkoj