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Sunday, 03 January 2010 20:59
Kreutz Sungrazing comet readies for battle with Sun
A so-far unnamed comet is heading toward the Sun for a January 3, 2010 encounter that will probably result in its demise—but you never know for sure until the actual collision results. See the images of the comet heading toward the Sun.
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 04:24
Asians, N. Americans have best seats for 2009 Leonid meteor shower
The peak of the Leonid meteor shower for 2009 is Tuesday, November 17. Asia has the best viewing for the Leonids, with up to 500 per hour. North Americans will be missing some of the action, with only a prediction of up to 30 per hour.
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Friday, 16 October 2009 20:34
NASA surprised with strange ribbon circling solar system
THE NASA spacecraft IBEX is making a map of the edge of the heliosphere, the magnetic boundary formed by the solar wind and interstellar matter at the edge of the solar system. Unexpectedly, IBEX imaged a "bright, winding ribbon of unknown origin" that goes about 80% away around the solar system.
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Friday, 18 September 2009 19:22
Need to find a meteorite? Call your fireball astronomers!
An international team of scientists found a small meteorite on the giant Nullarbor Plain, but even more amazing was the fact that they were able to retrace its orbit back to its parent asteroid.
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Tuesday, 25 August 2009 18:52
Theory wrong: Star-mass ratio isn't same in all galaxies
A theory was found to be wrong by a group of astronomers after their research shows that there isn’t a particular ratio of high-mass newborn stars to low-mass newborn stars in all types of galaxies. Instead, stars come in a random mix of masses.
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Saturday, 04 April 2009 19:57
Most detailed map of Universe charts 125,071 galaxies
Australian, American, and English astronomers have completed the most detailed survey of galaxies from as far out as two thousand million light-years from Earth—that’s two billion light-years away!
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Thursday, 19 February 2009 21:18
Update to Comet Lulin (and transit of Saturn's moons)
Comet Lulin will be making its closest approach to Earth on February 24, 2009. It has already given quite a few surprises as it heads toward us. Now, it is even visible without a telescope, just with your two eyeballs. As a plus, see the comet next to Saturn and four of its moons transiting the planet.
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 22:22
Moon magnetic discovery shows how much we don't know
MIT astronomers have discovered that a lunar liquid core, which existed about 4.2 billion years ago, generated the Moon’s current magnetic field. Concerning why we should go back to the Moon, one of the MIT scientists said we have literally "only scratched the surface."
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 23:46
IYA2009: The International Year of Astronomy
The International Year of Astronomy 2009, as declared by the United Nations and coordinated by the International Astronomical Union, is coming to your local universe.
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 21:41
Brahe's 1572 supernova changed astronomy: Now it's explained!
Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe saw a "new and unusual star" in the November 1572 sky. He called it a new star, or "stella nova". This astronomical event changed the way the scientific world viewed the ancient beliefs of the heavens. Now, in 2008, Brahe’s supernova has been explained!
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Sunday, 23 November 2008 21:17
Copernicus centered on Sun. Scientists now center on his grave.
Nicolaus Copernicus is considered the first scientist to have removed the Earth from the center of the solar system (universe at the time) and replaced it with the Sun. Now, 465 years later, forensic scientists confirm the location of Copernicus’ grave (and his remains) with hair DNA and computer reconstruction of his skull.
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