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Hi, this is Bill Andrews, latest addition to the Astronomy staff and (I hope) author of several subsequent blog posts here. Before I dive right into any celestial happenings, I just wanted to give a little bit of my background and what it's like behind the scenes here at Astronomy headquarters. Although...
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It looks like gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) just became even more inscrutable. And that’s saying something for the brightest — and potentially most destructive — known objects in the universe. Even though it’s still a mystery just how these things work, scientists believed GRBs originated from a giant “fireball...
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In a twist on the amateur-astronomer-helps-professionals storyline, Yale astronomers discovered a group of galaxies by enlisting citizen scientists’ help not with stargazing, but computer gazing. The galaxies, dubbed the “Green Peas” because of their small, green appearance, were discovered as part of...
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Just in time to keep the Apollo 11 anniversary celebration from dying out, out comes a book called Moonfire . Though, calling it a book seems like kind of an understatement. Not content to simply reproduce Of a Fire on the Moon , Norman Mailer’s gripping contemporary account of the Moon landings, the...
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We’re one step closer to taking vacations in space, it seems, after Virgin Galactic showed off its latest launch vehicle Tuesday at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual AirVenture event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Named WhiteKnightTwo but nicknamed Eve, the plane resembles the hull of a catamaran...
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Like many recently, I was pretty surprised to learn official plans call for the deorbiting and destruction of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. The international team won’t even be done building the thing until 2011! What gives? I’d thought things were going well for it, what with the crew...
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Ever wondered what an astronaut really does all day? Curious about zero-g hygiene? Want to know what someone on the International Space Station (ISS) thinks should happen to the ISS? Then you should ask! The crew members of the next shuttle mission (pictured at right), scheduled to launch August 25,...
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The European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) just released a striking set of images focused on an unusual star, HD 87643, near the constellation Carina the Keel . The main image (to the right) centers 87643 within its backdrop of bright stars of every color; it...
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Holy cow, what an amazing picture! Thierry Legault , a well-known astrophotographer, recently captured this literally (in my case) breathtaking image of the space shuttle Endeavor docked with the International Space Station (ISS) as the two vehicles passed in front of the Sun . Another of Legault’s recent...
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Even though it’s technically been out a few weeks already, I saw the movie Moon recently. What better way to celebrate the 40-year anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing than by watching a movie all about the Moon and the lonely guy who works there in a mining station? Briefly, the story follows one guy...
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