... 2015 February 20 . An Evening Sky Conjunction . ... Explanation: Eight years ago, an evening sky held this lovely pairing of a young crescent Moon and brilliant Venus . ... And since every 8 years the Moon also nearly repeats its phases for a given time of year, a very similar crescent Moon-Venus conjunction will again appear in planet Earth's evening skies tonight . But the February 20, 2015 version of the conjunction will also include planet Mars . ... About APOD | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Exoplanets . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . ... August . ... By admin August 18, 2011 Posted in: August . Artist's impressions of Kepler and the light curve of transiting planet (Image credit: NASA) . ... In 1995 we knew of only nine planets (including Pluto, how times change), but in that year the first of the extra-solar planets or exoplanets was confirmed. ... Another is one of the most Earth-like worlds yet discovered . ...

Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

... Credit Copyright: David A. Aguilar ( CfA ) Explanation: Even though Kepler-78b is only slightly larger than the Earth, it should not exist. ... Illustrated above in comparison with the Earth, Kepler-78b was discovered by eclipse with the Earth-orbiting Kepler spacecraft and further monitored for subtle wobbles by the HARPS - North , a spectrograph attached to the 3.6-meter Telescopio Nazionale Galileo in the Canary Islands . ... Publications with keywords: extrasolar planet . ...

A team of U.S. and German astrophysicists have made the first ever detection of X-rays coming from a comet. ... Following the initial detection, the team reported repeated X-ray emissions from the comet over the next 24 hours. ... One preliminary theory is that X-ray emission from the Sun was absorbed by a cloud of gaseous water molecules surrounding the nucleus of the comet, and then were re-emitted by the molecules in a process physicists call "fluorescence." ... Comets . ...

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... Youth for Astronomy and Engineering (YAE) is a program at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) for youth interested in astronomy and engineering as a career. ... The Youth for Astronomy and Engineering program provides a supportive environment that encourages diversity in the astronomical and engineering community by increasing awareness to young men and women, minorities, and those with special needs. ... American Astronomical Society Careers in Astronomy . ... Society of Women Engineers ....

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 November 8 . October Skylights . ... Explanation: With brilliant Venus above the western horizon at sunset and Jupiter and Saturn high in the east by early evening, November's night sky is filled with bright planets. October's sky featured bright planets as well and, triggered by the active Sun, some lovely auroral displays . ...

Next: References Up: No Title Previous: Scientifically discovered God . What does it mean, God being discovered scientifically, or Superintelligence? And what is the future science dealing with an endlessly complicated world? ... But a human lexicon has also so important words as ``to understand'' and ``to believe''. ... And how the scientifically discovered God which has been inevitably reached by the modern simple science correlates with the religious God? ...

... IAA Public Astronomy Evening, at WWT, Castle Espie, Friday 2 December, 7.30 p.m. ѓЉEveryone is invited to another of the very successful and popular public astronomy evenings run by the Irish Astronomical Association at WWT, Castle Espie, near Comber, Co Down. ... So it will be an astronomical treat, even if it's cloudy. ... IAA LECTURE,ѓЉ30 November: ѓЉ The Astronomical Association'sѓЉnext public lecture will be ѓЉ given byѓЉTom Boles, founder and owner of Coddenham Observatory in Suffolk. ...

Mira's comet-like tail . Ultraviolet images from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer show a speeding star that is leaving an enormous trail of "seeds" for new solar systems. The star, named Mira after the Latin word for "wonderful," is shedding material that will be recycled into new stars, planets and possibly even life as it hurls through our galaxy. The Galaxy Evolution Explorer discovered the strange tail during part of its routine survey of the entire sky at ultraviolet wavelengths. ...

For Astronomers: Finding a Partner Teacher . ... By now you've decided you want to start a Project ASTRO partnership, but you don't have a partner. ... When you contact a teacher, explain that you want to volunteer as a Project ASTRO astronomer and describe some of what you'd like to offer. ... Bring a copy of the Project ASTRO How-To Manual, The Universe at Your Fingertips, and other Project ASTRO resource materials you may have to a meeting with the school principal or classroom teacher. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Green ESO . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope . ... The Comet€аMcNaught€а2007 . ... Catch a Star 2013 . Catch a Star 2011 . Catch a Star 2008 . ... Strange Comet Discovered at ESO . ...

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Partners in Learning: a 12-minute videotape from Project ASTRO funded by NASA's Office of Space Science . How does Project ASTRO work? ... Listen to project participants share the rewards of their efforts and see students' enthusiasm for learning about science in Project ASTRO classrooms. This video is available as part of the Universe at Your Fingertips 2.0 DVD-ROM. 390 Ashton Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112 . ...

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... M51 plus Supernova 2011dh . This image of the Whirlpool galaxy M51 and the supernova 2011dh was taken at the Clubhouse after the Friday evening "Introduction to Astronomy DVD class". ... The type IIP supernova was discovered on May 30-31 by Amedee Riou and credit given to Tom Reiland, Amedee Riou, Thomas Griga, and Stephane Lamotte Bailey. 16 images x 240-seconds subframe, Total= 1 hr. 4 minutes. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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... Sun's commitment to open systems and quality products means that I can have confidence in running my entire company on their architecture, from technical applications that empower our engineers and scientists to enterprise-wide solutions that keep the business running!' ... Open systems open new possibilities. ... And because Sun systems are already the popular choice of the petroleum industry, software vendors typically develop new applications for our platform first. ...

Next: Non emission-line objects Up: Results of follow-up spectroscopy Previous: Emission-line galaxies . In the course of our follow-up spectroscopy six QSOs were discovered with a strong emission line in the wavelength region between 5000 ? ... This strong line produces an easily visible emission peak in the digitized prism spectra even for very faint objects (B ) which is hard to distinguish from low-redshifted [O III ] features. ...