Astronomy News

Don't feel left out, lawn games and crustaceans, it is also called the Horseshoe and the Lobster Nebula.

An international team of astronomers has found a better way to examine the origins and evolution of galaxies that form following supernova explosions a ' the starting point for the formation of galaxies when a star explodes a ' and they have discovered new supernovae in the process.

Astronomers say they had found the farthest supernova ever detected, a giant star that ripped apart around 11 billion years ago.

This method has the potential to allow astronomers to study some of the very first supernovae and will advance the understanding of how galaxies form, how they change over time and how Earth came to be.

WASHINGTON: Astronomers have spotted the most distant and oldest star explosions yet in the universe.

The ministry will launch a series of activities, spread over a year, to generate interest and excitement among all Bhutanese in science and its possibilities, say education officials.

Season 4, Episode 2 of 8 : Series 4, Episode 2 Astronomers on the brink of finding "another Earth" in our galaxy, using a new planet-hunting machine: the Kepler telescope; Rudy Tanzi, a pioneer in discovering genes for Alzheimer's disease, and others who are on the hunt for the genetic key to autism; the use of computers to authenticate paintings; ...

This is a three-color composite image of the Omega Nebula , based on images obtained with the EMMI instrument on the ESO 3.58-meter New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory.

This is a composite image showing the size of the radio glow from the galaxy Centaurus A in comparison to the full Moon.

In December 2007, the United Nations 62nd General Assembly proclaimed 2009 the International Year of Astronomy to mark the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei.

Heavyweight and lightweight black holes abound in the universe, but nobody has detected a middleweight--and some scientists argue they don't exist.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, July 6, 2009 Source: Texas State University-San Marcos - Comments San Marcos -- Famed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch has long been a favorite of Texas State University-San Marcos faculty members Don Olson and Russell Doescher.

The observatory that was used to search the night sky above Rattlesnake Mountain for more than 35 years has been dismantled and hauled down the mountain.

Sagittarius B2 is one of the largest clouds of molecular gas in the Milky Way, shown here as the bright orange-red region at left and center .

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Saturday, July 4, 2009 Source: European Southern Observatory - Comments Paris: As the International Year of Astronomy 2009 reaches its six-month milestone, over a million people have already looked at the sky through a telescope for the first time, and even more have newly engaged in astronomy.

The recordings from Jodrell's Lovell radio telescope, which were hidden in archives until researchers found them, show the Russian craft orbited the Moon and crash-landed onto its surface at 15:50 on July 21 ? just a few hours before the Americans lifted Photo: AP In July 1969, the telescopes at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, in Cheshire, were ...

When the giant radio galaxy Messier 87 unleashed a torrent of gamma radiation and radio flux, an international collaboration of 390 scientists happened to be watching.

Sydney, June 30 : A team of astronomers from Spain and the US has suggested that scientists looking for Earth-like planets in distant solar systems might find it more productive to focus on pale red dots, rather than blue ones.

On July 7, a penumbral lunar eclipse will occur as the moon rises over Australia and sets in western north and south America in the early pre-dawn hours, said C.B. Devgun, director of Science Popularization Association of Communicators and Educators .

Kolkata, July 4 India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-II is likely to be launched by 2013, Indian Space Research Organisation chairman G. Madhavan Nair said Saturday.