Jon Voisey
Gravitational Redshifts: Main Sequence vs. Giants
[/caption]One of the consequences of Einsteins theories of relativity is that everything will be affected by gravitational potentials, regardless of…
Moon’s Mini-Magnetosphere
Many objects in the solar system have strong magnetic fields which deflect the charged particles of the solar wind, creating…
The Atmosphere of WASP-17b
One of the greatest potentials of transiting exoplanets is the ability to monitor the spectra and examine the composition of…
Catching Planets in the Womb
[/caption]Awhile ago I wrote on the difficulty of finding young planets. There, I mentioned one team announcing the potential discovery…
Dissolving Star Systems Create Mess in Orion
For young stars, stellar outflows are the rule. T Tauri stars and other young stars eject matter in generally collimated…
Spectroscopy in 1881
[/caption]Presently, I've been reading a lot of very old papers and books in astronomy. The work I'm currently reading a…
Galaxy Zoo Searches for Supernovae
Aside from categorizing galaxies, another component of the Galaxy Zoo project has been asking participants to identify potential supernovae (SNe).…
ω Centauri’s Red Giants Confirm Stellar Evolution Models
[/caption] While science education often focuses on teaching the scientific method (or at least tries to), the real process of…
PSA: Bars Kill Galaxies
[/caption]Many spiral galaxies are known to harbor bars. Not the sort in which liquor is served as a social lubricant,…
Missing Milky Way Dark Matter
[/caption]Although dark matter is inherently difficult to observe, an understanding of its properties (even if not its nature) allows astronomers…