Northern lights a 'big miss,' US space forecaster says
An initially promising U.S. forecast for the northern lights has gone bust.
Environment
Dec 10, 2020
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Two meteor showers peak this week: The Draconids and the Southern Taurids
A skywatcher's doubleheader is on tap this week as a pair of meteor showers will peak on back-to-back nights.
Space Exploration
Oct 8, 2019
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An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time
A 100-metre-wide asteroid passed just 70,000km from Earth on Thursday, Australian time. It was discovered by the Brazilian SONEAR survey just days ago, and its presence was announced mere hours before it zoomed past our planet. ...
Space Exploration
Jul 25, 2019
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New infrared telescope first to monitor entire northern sky
A new infrared telescope designed and built by astronomers at ANU and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the US will be the first of its kind to monitor the entire northern sky in search of new cosmic events.
Astronomy
Oct 16, 2018
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Meteor suspected as mystery flash lights up Scottish sky
Scientists say a meteor was the cause of a bright flash of light reported by people across Scotland and northern England.
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2016
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100m radio telescope maps the complete northern sky in the light of neutral hydrogen
Radio astronomers from Bonn University and the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie have reached a scientific milestone with their publication in the January issue of the international science journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Astronomy
Dec 15, 2015
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Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta's closest approach to the sun
A firework display is often the finale of a celebratory event, something that many people can experience and enjoy at the same time. This week, the 9 – 14th August, we should be seeing a firework display with a difference: ...
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2015
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PHOTOS: Millions in Europe view eclipse with odd devices
A solar eclipse briefly darkened the sky over northern Europe on Friday, and millions used sun viewers ranging from a welder's mask to a dental X-ray to watch the cosmic phenomenon.
Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2015
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Image: Sounding rockets launch into an aurora
The interaction of solar winds and Earth's atmosphere produces northern lights, or auroras, that dance across the night sky and mesmerize the casual observer. However, to scientists this interaction is more than a light display. ...
Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2015
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Research project to capture infrared view of distant universe
Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside have received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct a very large new survey of galaxies using a new instrument—MOSFIRE—on the Keck I ...
Astronomy
Sep 16, 2013
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