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02 June 2008
AAS Meeting in St. Louis, June 1-5
It's going be another busy week of space news. That's because thousands of professional astronomers have descended into St. Louis for the 212th meeting of the American Astronomical Society. We're trying to outdo our previous effort with full coverage of the meeting. Phil Plait, Pamela Gay, Chris Lintott are at the conference, as well as [...]
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01 May 2008
Questions for May 1, 2008
How Far are the Planets from the Sun? What is the Closest Star to Earth? Why Does Jupiter Have the Great Red Spot? Why Can't We Launch Garbage Into Space? © Fraser Cain for Universe Today, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under Blog.
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29 April 2008
I'm using Twitter?
I signed up for Twitter a couple of years ago, but I never got around to actually using it. Some part of my brain thinks it would be a great way to do… something. But I have no idea what that would be. I'll need you to teach me, and help me understand what you'd [...]
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25 April 2008
Trailer for the International Year of Astronomy 2009
Okay, now I'm getting excited. As I've mentioned in the past, and will bring up again and again, the UN has designated 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy. There are some really great projects planned that will try to get as many people as possible interested in astronomy. The IYA has released a cool [...]
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22 April 2008
Questions for April 22, 2008
How Long Will Life Survive on Earth? How Does the Earth Protect Us From Space? Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the Earth? Why are Distant Galaxies Moving Away Faster? How Can Galaxies Recede Faster Than the Speed of Light? If you've got space and astronomy questions, just send them in to info@universetoday.com. © Fraser Cain for Universe Today, 2008. | Permalink [...]
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21 April 2008
Space Questions for the Week Ending April 21st, 2008
Here is a round up of all the space questions answered on Universe Today for the week ending April 21st, 2008. If you have questions for our team, visit this page. How Big Do Planets Get? What is the Distance to the Moon? What is the Far Side of the Moon? What Kind of Star is Our Sun? How Big [...]
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21 April 2008
Space Questions Answered
As you can probably imagine, I get an enormous amount of email, both through Universe Today and Astronomy Cast. I read it all, and I try to answer it all - so far, so good; although, I'm a little behind right now. Instead of just emailing people back answers to their questions, I figured the information [...]
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18 April 2008
Stuart Blasts Star Naming Companies
When I pitched a story idea to Tammy Plotner about how a president of a public observatory deals with those companies that offer to name stars, I was expecting (hoping) for something pretty negative. I think my request was something like, "could you debunk this please"? The article she actually wrote, Name a Star - [...]
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17 April 2008
A Portal to Another Universe?
In episode 56 of Astronomy Cast, I noted that hoping that a black hole will lead to another dimension is sort of like a frog thinking that a blender will take him to another realm. Astronomy Cast listener Isaac Windham animated the sequence, just to really drive the point home… And here's the transcript from the [...]
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17 March 2008
Advertise on Universe Today, Astronomy Cast, and Other Space Sites
Just in case there are some marketers out there, I wanted to let you all know that you can advertise here in Universe Today, in the Astronomy Cast podcast in the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum and other places. If you're wondering how you can reach almost a million space enthusiasts every month, check out the [...]
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10 March 2008
Astronomy Cast is Liveblogging All this Week from Houston
You might have forgotten, but the big Lunar and Planetary Society Conference is happening all this week in Houston - from these conferences come mountains of space news. Once again, the intrepid blogging team is bringing the conference to you (sort of live), with articles, audio, video, and photographs. Pamela and Rebecca are at the [...]
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10 March 2008
Digg Mars Madness
If you're a member of the social network website Digg.com, read this. Otherwise, ignore this post. As you know, Nancy wrote a cool article last week about a one-way, one-person trip to Mars. Digg.com picked up the story, but for some reason, it has showed up several times in different locations, so the vote is getting [...]
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11 February 2008
Astrospies on Nova, February 12th, 2008
If you're going to be anywhere near a TV on Tuesday, February 12th, you might be interested in watching the upcoming episode of Nova called Astrospies. Here's what it's about: Amid the countdowns, launches, splashdowns, and parades that heralded the race to the moon, both the United States and the Soviet Union ran quiet campaigns to [...]
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06 February 2008
Review: Infinity 125 mW Green Laser
Have you ever tried to point out the constellations to a friend? You huddle up close, point your arm out, and both of you try to locate the star you're looking at. "See that star? Right there? Now down a little, no, not that one. It's on the left… never mind, there's the Moon over [...]
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07 January 2008
AAS Meeting All This Week
Sure, it's quiet for space news right now, but just you wait. Astronomers from across the US are gathering together here in Austin, Texas to meet and announce their latest findings at the Winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society. There are going to be dozens of big announcements, and literally hundreds of papers presented. [...]
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