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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory investigates the Sun's cycle of highs and lows
A very dynamic sun compared to a Sun deep in solar minimum helps to illustrate the extremes of a solar cycle. SOHO/NASA/ESA This is the first mission of NASA’s Living With a Star program, which … more →
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory investigates the Sun's cycle of highs and lows
Neptune wrote 3 days ago: A very dynamic sun compared to a Sun deep in solar minimum helps to illustrate the extremes of a sol … more →
Galaxy on Edge
Neptune wrote 1 week ago: The magnificent galaxy NGC 4710 is tilted nearly edge-on to our view from Earth. This perspective al … more →
Live Shuttle Atlantis Mission Coverage
NEAS Blogger wrote 2 weeks ago: Watch continuing live coverage of space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-129 mission to the International … more →
There is definitely water on the Moon!
Neptune wrote 2 weeks ago: At a press conference today, researchers revealed preliminary data from NASA’s Lunar Crater Ob … more →
Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel
Neptune wrote 3 weeks ago: The spectacular new camera installed on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission … more →
Shedding Light on the Cosmic Skeleton
Neptune wrote 3 weeks ago: Astronomers have tracked down a gigantic, previously unknown assembly of galaxies located almost sev … more →
Astronomy-Astrophotography Site
Neptune wrote 1 month ago: Το Site αυτό δημιουργήθηκε με μοναδική αιτία την αγάπη μου για τη φυσική και την αστρονομία. Η προσπ … more →
The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) captures all phases of Centaur impact
Neptune wrote 1 month ago: Instruments successfully captured each phase of the impact sequence — the impact flash, the ej … more →
32 new exoplanets found
Neptune wrote 1 month ago: The High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher is the world’s foremost exoplanet hunter. So … more →
LHC gets colder than deep space.
Neptune wrote 1 month ago: The giant Atlas detector will search for hints of the elusive Higgs boson particle All eight sectors … more →
Moonwatch & Meteorwatch
NEAS Blogger wrote 1 month ago: As part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, Autumn Moonwatch (and Meteorwatch) will take pl … more →
October Public Meeting
NEAS Blogger wrote 1 month ago: For our October public meeting, we will welcome Jerry Workman for the second of two talk this year. … more →
The LCROSS has landed
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Neptune wrote 1 month ago: A closer view of the Moon as the LCROSS spacecraft approaches impact. NASA The LCROSS mission operat … more →
LCROSS Crashed to the Moon
ivanpankov wrote 1 month ago: For those, who still did not see the LCROSS crash: Nothing spectacular Unfortunately scientists did … more →
LCROSS Team Changes Impact Crater
ivanpankov wrote 1 month ago: Sometime ago I wrote about some LCROSS troubles, but they did not affect mission much and we still g … more →
Herschel views deep-space pearls on a cosmic string
Neptune wrote 1 month ago: Credits: ESA and the SPIRE & PACS consortia Herschel has delivered spectacular vistas of cold ga … more →
Sea-level stargazing: Astronomers make key sighting with Florida telescope
Neptune wrote 1 month ago: This model of HD 80606b shows the stormy response of the planet's atmosphere 4.4 days after it p … more →
Planck satellite snaps its first images of ancient cosmic light
Neptune wrote 2 months ago: One of Planck's first images is shown as a strip superimposed over a two-dimensional projection … more →
Zooming to the center of the Milky Way - GigaGalaxy Zoom phase 2
Neptune wrote 2 months ago: The two first images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project combined to show the whole panorama of the Mil … more →
