Largest ever Cherenkov telescope sees first light
The HESS project: an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes...See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View ArticleNasa rover touches down on Mars
The US space agency, Nasa, successfully lands its huge new robot rover in a deep crater on the Red Planet.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View ArticleCERN scientists may have set new man-made heat record: 9.9 trillion degrees...
Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider may have generated the hottest temperatures ever made by human beings, beating the previous record over a trillion degrees Celsius, reports Nature....
View ArticleStar births seen on cosmic scale in distant galaxy - R & D Magazine
R & D MagazineStar births seen on cosmic scale in distant galaxyR & D MagazineThere's a constant "tussle between black holes and star formation," said Sir Martin Rees, a prominent...
View ArticleA fresh Martian impact | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Cool stuff | craters | Because the planets are so terribly old, and impacts so rare, I still have this (very slight) prejudice that craters are old too. The Moon was bombarded billion.See it on...
View ArticleAPOD: 2012 August 23 - Conjunction Colours
Explanation: During the past week, nightfall on planet Earth has featured Mars, Saturn, and Spica in a lovely conjunction near the western horizon. Still forming the corners of a distinctive celestial...
View ArticleMan builds $20,000 space observatory in backyard | Geek.com
There's nothing amateur about these deep space shots.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View ArticleBig Bang Tracked With Hydrogen Atoms - Space News - redOrbit
If the eyes are the windows to your soul, the stars are the windows to our galactic past because they can unveil the history of our Universe. The farther away a star is, the older it is.See it on...
View ArticleVoyager 1 farther from solar system's edge than thought
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, which launched 35 years ago Wednesday, surprisingly may have far more to travel before it leaves the solar system, researchers say.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View ArticleAPOD: 2012 September 17 - A Solar Filament Erupts
Explanation: What's happened to our Sun? Nothing very unusual -- it just threw a filament. At the end of last month, a long standing solar filament suddenly erupted into space producing an energetic...
View ArticleAPOD: 2012 September 20 - Sunrise Analemma (with a little extra)
Explanation: An analemma is that figure-8 curve that you get when you mark the position of the Sun at the same time each day throughout planet Earth's year. In this case, 17 individual images taken at...
View ArticleAdieu Navette Spatiale | La boite verte
Quelques belles photos (souvenirs).See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View ArticleWarp drive looks more promising than ever in recent NASA studies
"The first steps towards interstellar travel have been taken, but the stars are very far away. Voyager 1 is about 17 light-hours distant from Earth and is traveling with a velocity of 0.006 percent of...
View ArticleWhy We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
A Lunar supercomputer could ease our deep-space networking bottleneck Image: Simon Lutrin/Wired Should we build a supercomputer on the moon?See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View ArticleAPOD: 2012 October 23 - Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan
These mammatus clouds were photographed over Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada during the past summer.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View ArticleVISTA creates huge nine-gigapixel zoomable image of 84 million stars | STFC
VISTA creates huge nine-gigapixel zoomable image of 84 million stars...See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View ArticleHD 40307g, une exoplanète potentiellement habitable et proche de la Terre
Une exoplanète dont la masse équivaudrait à sept fois celle de la Terre et potentiellement habitable a été découverte à quelque 42 années-lumière de nous.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View ArticleHubbleSite - NewsCenter - NASA Great Observatories Find Candidate for Most...
By combining the power of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new distance record for finding the...
View ArticleUne planète errante détectée non loin de la Terre | Ciel et Espace
Cette planète flottante navigue à 100 années-lumière de la Terre. Elle a peut-être été éjectée de son système.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
View Article100,000 Stars
An interactive 3D visualization of the stellar neighborhood, including over 100,000 nearby stars. Created for the Google Chrome web browser.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain
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