The Universe can be a very gray place. But this week, we'll look at a fine example of a class of objects that defies this trend.(...)Read the rest of Seeing the Red of ‘La Superba,' a Magnificent Springtime Carbon Star (887 words) Â David Dickinson for Universe Today, 2013. | Permalink | One comment |
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Shapiro time delays are one of the four tests of general relativity possible in the solar system. Astronomers can use these timing delays to measure properties of binary pulsar systems.
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The Orion nebula Âis one of the most favorite spots for stargazers to explore in the heavens, but this week astronomers are releasing a stunning new look to this giant stellar nursery 1300 light years from Earth. A fiery cosmic ribbon glows with orange colors as grains of cold interstellar dust light up like…
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The lunar wall comes into view, three planets huddle, and the moon joins the Leo constellation in this week's best sky events.
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A pair of dead stars sitting in a star cluster about 150 light years from Earth appear to have their atmospheres polluted with debris from asteroids . Astronomers say this suggests that the basic ingredients for making Earth-like planets could be quite Âcommon in stellar nurseries across the cosmos. “We have identified chemical evidence…
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... system of Sun-like stars only 39. 5 light years away in the little constellation of Reticulum is strangely well-known. Why is it so famous? This system...
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If you couldn't tell, we love time-lapse videos… whether they're made of photos looking up at the sky from Earth or looking down at Earth from the sky! This latest assembly by photographer Bruce W. Berry takes us on a tour around the planet from orbit, created from images taken by astronauts aboard the International
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Straggler meteors, a solar eclipse, and the return of Venus are among the best sky events to watch this week.
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... But eventually even stars come to the
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After nearly four years of glorious service to science, the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory mission has come to the end this week. Running out of helium coolant needed to chill its instruments down to near absolute zero means that it has closed its far-infrared eyes to the Universe for good. ÂAfter a…
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If you find yourself in the great outdoors any evening during May and it's a cloudless night, turning your eyes towards the heavens could be an unusually interesting way for...
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We live on a planet dominated by weather. But not just the kind that comes in the form of wind, rain, and snow — we are also under the influence of space weather, generated by the incredible power of our home star a “mere” 93 million miles away. As we orbit the Sun our planet
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