Category: Astronomy
No K8538.
Cuneiform tablet is deciphered and believed to be a Sumerian account of a meteor impact.
Post date: Monday, March 31st, 2008.
HD 189733b.
Astronomers detect the life-forming molecule methane on a planet 63 light years away.
Post date: Wednesday, March 19th, 2008.
7.6 billion years.
Astronomers calculate when the Earth will be vaporized by the Sun.
Post date: Thursday, February 21st, 2008.
Lyman alpha blobs.
Astronomers discover a massive object containing galaxies and gas bubbles that is 200 million light-years wide.
Post date: Friday, July 28th, 2006.
New Worlds Observer.
Space shield that will shade orbiting telescopes from star light allowing astronomers to look for Earth-like planets.
Post date: Monday, July 10th, 2006.
Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Astronomers discover a possible Jupiter-size planet orbiting the Beta Pictoris. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
2004 XP14.
Asteroid at least a half-mile in diameter will fly past Earth on July 3. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 26th, 2006.
Nix and Hydra.
Twin moons of Pluto formerly known as S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2 are given formal names. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 22nd, 2006.
David’s stone.
Researchers have proposed the idea of capturing an asteroid and engineering it to take out any Earth-bound threats. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Abell 3266.
Gas ball of fire discovered in a distant galaxy cluster that is five thousand million times the size of our solar system. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006.
XMMXCS 2215-1734.
Galaxy cluster discovered 10 billion light-years from Earth that weighs 500 trillion times the mass of the Sun. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 6th, 2006.
SkyScout.
Handheld device that uses GPS technology to identify what celestial body you are pointing at. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 5th, 2006.
Temple of the Fox.
Observatory dating back to 2200 B.C. discovered in Peru.
Post date: Thursday, May 18th, 2006.
Exchange reaction.
Neptune probably captured its moon Triton from an orbit around the Sun. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
A galaxy far, far away.
Astronomers discover molecular hydrogen 12.3 billion light-years away. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
73P Schwassmann-Wachmann.
Comet that an air traffic controller believes a fragment of will catastrophically strike Earth on May 25.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Lobster All-Sky X-ray Monitor.
Telescope designed to view 180° at once can take a picture of the entire sky in 90 minutes.
Post date: Thursday, April 6th, 2006.
Super-supermassive black hole.
Scientists discover two black holes that are on a collision course with each other.
Post date: Thursday, April 6th, 2006.
Maser.
Astronomers discover a 300-billion mile across cloud of methyl alcohol floating in space. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Big Bang.
Post date: Friday, March 17th, 2006.
Enceladus.
Cassini has discovered potential liquid water on one of Saturn’s moons.
Post date: Thursday, March 9th, 2006.
Anti-planetary particles.
Scientists discover electron rays on Saturn’s polar region that accelerate away from the planet. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, March 7th, 2006.
Kebira.
Impact crater made by ancient meteor discovered in the Sahara desert.
Post date: Monday, March 6th, 2006.
Sky Disc of Nebra.
Bronze Age disc was used 3,600 years ago to calculate a thirteenth month. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 2nd, 2006.
2004 VD17.
Asteroid that may strike the Earth on May 4, 2102.
Post date: Wednesday, March 1st, 2006.
Optical vortex mask.
Device that allows astronomers to better see distant planets by cancelling surrounding starlight.
Post date: Wednesday, March 1st, 2006.
GRB 060218.
NASA telescope picks up mysterious cosmic explosion.
Post date: Friday, February 24th, 2006.
Kuiper Belt Objects.
Scientists confirm that Pluto has three moons.
Post date: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006.
Final note.
Scientists discover that dying stars emit a middle C range sound which ultimately causes them to explode.
Post date: Friday, January 27th, 2006.
THOR.
NASA planning to drop a quarter-ton impactor ball on Mars to study the ejecta that it blasts.
Post date: Thursday, January 26th, 2006.
Gravitational microlensing.
New telescopic technique has lead to the discovery of an Earth-like planet.
Post date: Wednesday, January 25th, 2006.
Square Kilometre Array.
Europe is building a radio telescope so sensitive that it could ‘pick up tv broadcasts coming from the nearest stars‘. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 24th, 2006.
Event horizon.
Scientists have located the theoretical border of a Black Hole from beyond which not even light can escape.
Post date: Tuesday, January 10th, 2006.
NGC1097.
Astronomers say one-way trip into black hole takes 200,000 years.
Post date: Monday, January 9th, 2006.
CH5+.
Scientists have finally calculated the atomic structure of a highly caustic, “super acid” molecule. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 9th, 2006.
N44 superbubble complex.
Gemini South Telescope captures image of mysterious gas bubble spanning 325 light years. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 6th, 2006.
No need for Bruce Willis.
Scientists plan to divert asteroids from hitting Earth by spraying paint on them.
Post date: Sunday, January 1st, 2006.
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