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Bill Nye, The Science Guy, named director of The Planetary Society
Bill Nye “The Science Guy,” who first gained celebrity on Seattle television, has been named the new executive director of the Planetary Society. Nye will be just the second executive director in the organization’s 30-year history, taking the reins in September from Louis Friedman who, along with Carl Sagan and Bruce Murray, founded the Planetary Society in 1980.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/08 6:21pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/08 6:21pm
Galileo lost tooth, fingers go on show in Florence
A tooth, thumb and finger cut off from the body of renowned Italian scientist Galileo, who died in 1642, go on display this week in Florence after an art collector found them by chance last year.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/08 6:20pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/08 6:20pm
Pictured: spectacular moment space missile smashes into Jupiter
The spectacular moment that a space missile smashed into the planet Jupiter has been captured by amateur astronomers for the first time.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/08 6:18pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/08 6:18pm
Hopkins scientist wins 2010 Shaw Prize in astronomy
A Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist whose work helped determine the precise age and composition of the universe will share the $1 million Shaw Prize in astronomy for 2010, the school announced Thursday.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/27 9:04pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/27 9:04pm
Unusual exoplanet orbits suggest violent past
Two planets discovered orbiting their host star at highly inclined angles could impact theories of how multi-planet systems evolve.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 10:40pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 10:40pm
A rundown of the best iPad astronomy apps
If the thought of planets, stars, and galaxies excites you, then you'll want to download these astronomy-based iPad apps.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 10:39pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 10:39pm
Astronomer Copernicus reburied with fanfare and accolades
Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings that the sun was the center of the solar system and not the earth were condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical is finally appreciated. He's now been reburied as a hero by Polish priests on Saturday, May 22nd according to Associated Press reports. You can now visit his grave as well as his musuem in Frombork.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 10:33pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 10:33pm
Astronomers find new Milky Way regions
MIAMI, May 26 (UPI) -- Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope say they have discovered a number of previously unknown regions where massive stars are forming.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 10:32pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 10:32pm
Astronomical mystery: How does the sun remain the same size?
Observations indicate the size of the enormous and violently active sun changes by less than a kilometer every year.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/18 8:23pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/18 8:23pm
Astronomers spy massive stars in the making
Scientists have discovered a massive cloud of molecular gas and dust that is collapsing in on itself, giving birth to a collection of giant stars.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/11 12:31am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/11 12:31am
Astronomy: better than astrology. Tell your friends
The estimable Simon Singh, on Twitter, has drawn my attention to a truly magnificent 10-second video of a solar flare, courtesy of NASA. It’s the space agency’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, and so – with characteristic perversity – I want to use it as an excuse to talk about astrology. Eventually.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/11 12:30am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/11 12:30am
Astronomers Could Soon Find Moons Outside the Solar System--Even Habitable Ones
Ewoks and the Na'vi may be pure fiction, but Endor and Pandora, the moons they inhabit, appear closer to reality
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/11 12:29am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/11 12:29amPuerto Rican-Uruguayan astronomer Daniel Altschuler wins 2010 Gemant Award
COLLEGE PARK, MD (May 10, 2010) -- The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is awarding its 2010 Andrew W. Gemant Award to Daniel Roberto Altschuler Stern, an astronomer and author from Puerto Rico who has written that we are all just "hijos de las estrellas" (children of the stars).
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/11 12:28am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/11 12:28am
The Astronomy of Mother's Day
Looking for a great Mother's Day gift? Your search is over. Mom wants a wakeup call. At dawn on Sunday, May 9th - Mother's Day - the crescent Moon and Jupiter are getting together for a lovely conjunction. Only 5 degrees of arc will separate the two bright celestial delights as they hang together in the sunrise-colored sky.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/09 10:34pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/09 10:34pm
Astronomers Upset the Theory of Planetary Formation
The discovery of nine new planets challenges the reigning theory of the formation of planets, according to new observations by astronomers. Two of the astronomers involved in the discoveries are based at the UC Santa Barbara-affiliated Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT), based in Goleta, Calif., near UCSB.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/05 11:36pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/05 11:36pm