News tagged with backyard observatory
Green Comet Approaches Earth
In 1996, a 7-year-old boy in China bent over the eyepiece of a small telescope and saw something that would change his life--a comet of flamboyant beauty, bright and puffy with an active tail. At first he ...
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Amateur astronomers to 'Target Asteroids!'
(Phys.org) -- Researchers on NASA's robotic asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, are turning to amateur astronomers for new data on near-Earth asteroids in a citizen science observing campaign called ...
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Apr 19, 2012 |
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A planetary system from the early Universe
A group of European astronomers has discovered an ancient planetary system that is likely to be a survivor from one of the earliest cosmic eras, 13 billion years ago. The system consists of the star HIP 11952 ...
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Is another Earth out there?
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the search for another Earth, "the stage is only just coming into view" as new mega-telescopes come online, but there is plenty of room for amateurs with less sophisticated telescopes to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 21, 2011 |
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The secret lives of solar flares
One hundred and fifty two years ago, a man in England named Richard Carrington discovered solar flares.
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Sep 21, 2011 |
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Backgrounds
You’ve probably heard of the cosmic microwave background, but it doesn’t stop there. The as-yet-undetectable cosmic neutrino background is out there waiting to give us a view into the first seconds ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Hubble views the star that changed the universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though the universe is filled with billions upon billions of stars, the discovery of a single variable star in 1923 altered the course of modern astronomy. And, at least one famous astronomer ...
May 23, 2011 |
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Hunting for the Milky Way's heaviest stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA observatories have located strong infrared signals near the plane of the Milky Way, suggesting the possible presence of massive stars.
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Backyard astronomer in Ireland finds supernova
(PhysOrg.com) -- An amateur astronomer working from his backyard shed in Ireland was the first in the world to spot a supernova explosion last month. The discovery is the biggest ever in amateur astronomy ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Objects impacting Jupiter detected first by amateur astronomers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amateur astronomers using backyard telescopes were the first to detect two small objects that burned up in Jupiter’s atmosphere on June 3 and Aug. 20.
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Hubble observations of supernova reveal composition of 'star guts' pouring out
Observations made with NASA's newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope of a nearby supernova are allowing astronomers to measure the velocity and composition of "star guts" being ejected into space following ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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