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Watch Live Webcast from the Keck Observatory
On Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, Keck Observatory will be hosting a live webcast of an astronomy talk by Dr. Tom…
New Research Suggests Fomalhaut b May Not Be a Planet After All
[/caption] When the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the apparent exoplanet Fomalhaut b in 2008, it was regarded as the first…
Citizen Scientist Project Finds Thousands of ‘Star Bubbles’
[/caption] Remember when you were a kid and blowing bubbles was such great fun? Well, stars kind of do that…
Space Telescopes Provide New Look at 2,000 Year Old Supernova
[/caption] What caused a huge explosion nearly 2,000 years ago, seen by early Chinese astronomers? Scientists have long known that…
Failed Star Is One Cool Companion
[/caption] Astronomers have located a planet-like star that's barely warmer than a balmy summer day on Earth... it's literally the…
Ancient Galaxies Fed On Gas, Not Collisions
[/caption]The traditional picture of galaxy growth is not pretty. In fact, it's a kind of cosmic cannibalism: two galaxies are…
Kepler Team Announces New Rocky Planet
[/caption] Today at the American Astronomical Society conference in Boston, the Kepler team announced the confirmation of a new…
Spitzer Captures a Pink Sunflower in Space
[/caption] Looking out my own window this morning provides a gloomy overcast view, so this new image from the Spitzer…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 207: Lyman Spitzer
Time for another action-packed double episode of Astronomy Cast. This week we focus on the Lyman Spitzer, a theoretical physicist…
Near Earth Asteroids Vary Widely in Composition, Origin
[/caption] From the Spitzer website: New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth…