Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Planets Align for the 4th of July

I hope that I remember to check this one out while we are watching the fireworks.

News Flash: On 4th of July weekend, NASA forecasts lights in the sky.

No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of sunset, a trio of worlds is gathering: Saturn, Mars and the crescent Moon.

See the full article and information posted yesterday Nasa.gov.

SKY MAP - Nasa - Looking West @ Sunset

Sunday, November 11, 2007

iKnowthat.com Science Lab Games

With a multitude of subjects from Gravity, Atoms, Vision, Volcanoes, Human Body, Earthquakes, Sound, Cells, Matter, Solar System and Weather, iKnowthat.com's Science Lab Games has everything you want to know.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Photo in the News: Bizarre Object Found Circling Star

There are many different types of stars in the universe. Over time, they go through changes and life cycle, just like living things. They are born, they grow and they grow old. Some stars are far away from other stars and some are very close relatively. Scientists have recently discovered a pair of dying stars orbiting each other that exhibit some interesting behaviour.

An object recently detected orbiting a neutron star is among the strangest planet-mass bodies ever found, astronomers say.

Instead of circling around a normal star, the low-mass object --likely the "skeleton" of a smaller star-- orbits a rapidly spinning pulsar, or neutron star.

The neutron star spins hundreds of times a second --faster than a kitchen blender.

The odd mass, which was spotted on June 7 by NASA's Swift and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellites, orbits the bigger star in a little under once an hour.

Skeleton Star

Read more about it at National Geographic.com - Bizarre Object Found Circling Star.

Monday, July 23, 2007

LiveLeak.com - Spectacular Video of A Meteor / Space Debris

Apparently a news chopper crew captured video of a meteor or some other debris from space while flying before the sun came up.

An awesome video of space debris breaking up in the atmosphere LIVE during Good Day Colorado around 6:15 a.m. Thursday, January 4, 2007.

SkyFOX pilot Rob Marshall and photojournalist Josh White captured the event at about 6:15 a.m. Mountain Standard Time while they were flying over Denver.

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See this Spectacular Video of A Meteor at it's original source.

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Discovery Channel • Space

These space-related news headlines are courtesy of the Discovery Channel.

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Stars & Planets in Scale

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