News tagged with big dipper
Juno spacecraft images 'Big Dipper'
(Phys.org) -- In England it is known as the "Plough," in Germany the "Great Cart," and in Malaysia the "Seven Ploughs." Since humanity first turned its eyes skyward, the seven northern hemisphere stars that ...
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May 11, 2012 |
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A faint star orbiting the Big Dipper's Alcor discovered
Next time you spy the Big Dipper, keep in mind that there is another star, invisible to the unaided eye, contributing to this constellation.
Dec 10, 2009 |
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A pinwheel in many colors
(Phys.org) -- This image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, or also known as M101, combines data in the infrared, visible, ultraviolet and X-rays from four of NASA's space-based telescopes. This multi-spectral view shows ...
May 25, 2012 |
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The 3D Lyrid meteor shower
This weekend, NASA scientists, amateur astronomers, and an astronaut on board the International Space Station will attempt the first-ever 3D photography of meteors from Earth and space.
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Apr 19, 2012 |
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STAR TRAK for January 2012
The planets Venus and Jupiter will dominate the sky as darkness falls during January. Jupiter will be twice as bright as any star, and Venus will be four times brighter than Jupiter.
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Jan 05, 2012 |
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Stellar discovery
On August 24, astrophysicist Peter Nugent was playing a little catch-up. Nugent, an adjunct professor at Berkeley and group leader of the Computational Cosmology Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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'Instant cosmic classic' supernova discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- A supernova discovered yesterday is closer to Earth—approximately 21 million light-years away—than any other of its kind in a generation. Astronomers believe they caught the supernova ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Utah rock art provides glimpse of Hawaiian life
Halfway up Salt Mountain in Utah, petroglyphs on a limestone rock bear witness to an obscure twist of history: a Hawaiian Mormon settlement that flourished briefly more than a century ago.
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Apr 05, 2011 |
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Companion stars could cause unexpected X-rays
Many types of main sequence stars emit in the X-ray portion of the spectra. In massive stars, strong stellar winds ripping through the extended atmosphere of the star create X-ray photons. On lower mass stars, ...
Mar 25, 2011 |
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New look at Messier 82 reveals superwind source, young star clusters
Messier 82′s galactic windstorms emanate from many young star clusters, rather than any single source, say astronomers who released this new image today.
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Partner galaxies different in new image
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a new view of two companion galaxies -- a somewhat tranquil spiral beauty and its rambunctious partner blazing with smoky star formation.
Jan 14, 2011 |
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STAR TRAK for January 2011
As the new year begins, Jupiter will be the only planet visible after sunset, about halfway up the sky in the south-southwest. It will dominate the evening sky as the brightest object in view. January will ...
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Jan 04, 2011 |
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