A NASA JPL preview of night sky highlights for the coming month:
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A new report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): ALMA Catches Stellar Cocoon with Curious Chemistry A hot and dense mass of complex molecules, cocooning a newborn star, has been discovered by a Japanese team of astronomers using [the Atacama Large […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The new finding from a group using the Hubble Space Telescope. (Someone living on a moon orbiting this gas giant would have quite a skyscape to enjoy.) Hubble Finds Planet Orbiting Pair of Stars Two’s company, but three might not always be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a new report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): ALMA Explores the Hubble Ultra Deep Field International teams of astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to explore the distant corner of the Universe first revealed in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A new report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): ALMA Uncovers Secrets of Giant Space Blob An international team using ALMA, along with ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other telescopes, has discovered the true nature of a rare object in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yet another interesting report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): Starving Black Hole Returns Brilliant Galaxy to the Shadows The mystery of a rare change in the behaviour of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A report from a team using the Hubble telescope: Astronomers observe star reborn in a flash Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the temperature of the star SAO 244567 have been observed. Now the star is cooling again, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The discovery of an Earth scale planet in the habitable zone of our nearest star, Proxima Centauri was recent big news. Here is a video of a SETI Institute panel discussion of the finding: A Terrestrial Exoplanet at Proxima Centauri | SETI Institute. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A team of astronomers using the Hubble space telescope release a new finding: Hubble discovers rare fossil relic of early Milky Way A fossilised remnant of the early Milky Way harbouring stars of hugely different ages has been revealed by an international […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out the latest version of MPL3D Solar System – an interactive 3D space simulation – MPL3D Solar System is a visual tool to arouse interest for astronomy and to divulge science in an entertaining way. MPL3D Solar System maps out the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the NASA JPL update on night sky highlights for the month ahead: What’s up in the sky this month? An eclipse in Africa, two minor meteor showers, and planet and moon pair-ups. Plus: Get information now to help […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This ESO (European Southern Observatory) report has had probably the most violated embargo of any ESO news. Great to see the full report finally made available to everyone: Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star Pale Red Dot campaign reveals Earth-mass world […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest ESO (European Southern Observatory) report: Stellar Lab in Sagittarius The small smattering of bright blue stars in the upper left of this vast new 615 megapixel ESO image is the perfect cosmic laboratory in which to study the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I mentioned the Perseid meteor showers in a recent posting. Here is an infographic from Universe2go about the upcoming peak shower period over August 11th and 12th:
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A star displaying peculiar light patterns was first noticed in Kepler space telescope data by a group of citizen scientists working in the Planet Hunters program. Their work convinced astronomer Tabetha Boyajian to investigate star KIC 8462852, which is also known as Tabby’s Star […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The annual Perseid meteor showers are underway. Here is a guide for observing the shooting stars: Viewing the 2016 Perseids – American Meteor Society The Perseids are active from July 13th through August 26th. Maximum activity is predicted to occur on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here’s the latest episode in NASA JPL’s “What’s Up” series on night sky highlights for the coming month:
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The annual Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition, which is run by the Royal Museums Greenwich, had over 4500 entries this year from amateur and professional astrophotographers from around the world. The RMG just announced this week that they have shortlisted […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Below is a video of Sarah Ballard of MIT giving a recent SETI Institute talk titled, Exoplanets: Under a Microscope, and Through a Wide-field Lens – The Solar System furnishes the most familiar planetary architecture: many planets, orbiting nearly coplanar to one another. We […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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ESO (European Southern Observatory) released this report today about an unusual star system first observed by a group of amateur astronomers: White Dwarf Lashes Red Dwarf with Mystery Ray Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, along with other telescopes on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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