News
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A "Briny Deep" Inside Enceladus?
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June 24, 2009 | Planetary scientists are crazy about Saturn's most active
moon but can't agree on what powers the towering plumes gas and particles
erupting from near its south pole. New findings, published this week, hint
that the water vapor might be slowly evaporating from a salt-laced ocean in
deeply buried caverns.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/49027426.html
U.S. Physicians Join Light-Pollution Fight
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June 22, 2009 | Thanks to a full-court press by a cardiologist with a
passion for astronomy, the American Medical Association has taken a stance
in the fight to make outdoor lighting more benign to humans - and to the
stars above.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/48814012.html
U.S. Lunar Probes Go Loopy
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June 26, 2009 | Two NASA spacecraft, launched last week, have successfully
swung past the Moon. One is getting ready to study it; the other is a few
months away from crashing into it.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/49176097.html
Supernovae: Cosmic-Ray Superfactories
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June 25, 2009 | Now we know for sure. The cosmic-ray particles that bombard
Earth from deep space originate in very exotic places: the shock waves in
supernova remnants.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/49089086.html
A Glowing Vision of the Early Universe
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June 24, 2009 | Astronomers shed new light on our picture of the early
Universe.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/49035521.html
Solar Sleuths Tackle the "Quiet Sun"
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June 21, 2009 | New insights, announced this week, help explain why solar
activity has been in the doldrums for an unexpectedly long time.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/48607432.html
Observing
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U Scorpii: Recurrent Nova About to Blow Up?
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April 29, 2009 | The recurrent nova U Scorpii leaps from 18th to 8th
magnitude in just a few hours about every decade. A new prediction method
says it's likely to blow in 2009. Here's where to keep watch.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/434352...
Tour June's Sky - By Ear and Eye!
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June 1, 2009 | You can hunt planets in the evening and early-morning sky by
listening to Sky & Telescope downloadable guided tour.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/46814582.html
This Week's Sky at a Glance
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June 26, 2009 | The waxing Moon passes Regulus and Saturn, then Spica and
Antares this week. And the Little Dipper is in its toy-balloon position.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/letsgo/whatsuptonight/49108262.html
More from Skyblogs
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Whirlpool Awash with Hints and Promise
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June 22, 2009 | A picture perfect Whirlpool galaxy bodes well for the
scientific promise of the newly launched Herschel Space Telescope.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/semeniuk/48630842.html
Of Asteroids and Star B.Q.s
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June 22, 2009 | The naming of asteroid 120349 Kalas is announced at last
weekend's C-Row Star B.Q. hosted by southeastern Arizona's Huachuca
Astronomy Club.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/davidlevy/48776542.html
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