Current Astronomy News Today
Apache Point Observatory obtains $9 M grant
An observatory in Sunspot has received a $9 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:22:22 GMT
Astronomers get best view yet of infant stars at feeding time
Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer to conduct the first high resolution survey that combines spectroscopy and interferometry on intermediate-mass infant stars.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:41:51 GMT
Image: Cassini Buzzes Enceladus
What telling impurities taint the ice plumes of Enceladus? To help answer this question, the robotic Cassini spacecraft dove last week to within 30 kilometers of Saturn's ice-plume emitting moon.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:31:13 GMT
Space Fly-by Reveals New Data About Titan's Life
Cracking the secrets of the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's mysterious moon, and how planetary atmospheres evolve, have come a step closer after evaluation of data from a successful fly-by of its surface by the ...
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:23:04 GMT
Integral Proves Faint Gamma-Ray Bursts Exist
Gamma-ray bursts, powerful glares of high-energy that wash through the Universe once every day or so are, for a brief time, the brightest objects in the gamma-ray sky.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:21:25 GMT
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