Tag: astronomy

Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photo Winners

Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photo Winners
September 12, 2011
astronomy

On Sept. 8, the Royal Observatory Greenwich, home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian, announced winners from the …Click to read more…

A galactic rose

A galactic rose
April 20, 2011
astronomy

NASA Press release … April 20, 2011: To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment into space, …Click to read more…

Does Gliese 581g exist?

January 19, 2011
astronomy

Does Gliese 581g (the Earth likeish planet that was discovered last year) really exist? There appears to be some doubt …Click to read more…

In a galaxy far far away … for real …

In a galaxy far far away … for real …
August 22, 2010
astronomy

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope photographed this amazing, spectacular and stunning image of spiral galaxy NGC 4911. If planning to visit, …Click to read more…

Coronal mass ejection headed toward Earth

August 3, 2010
astronomy

Early Sunday morning, the Sun’s surface erupted and blasted tons of plasma (ionized atoms) into interplanetary space directly toward us. …Click to read more…

Massive Star Discovered

Massive Star Discovered
July 21, 2010
science

This is amazing … A newfound star has shattered the record as the most massive stellar monster ever seen, astronomers …Click to read more…