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  • A black hole named Edd

    One of the pleasures of attending American Astronomical Society meetings is strolling through a sea of poster papers. A poster paper is exactly what it sounds like — it’s an oversized page that summarizes the results of a single study. Now and then, you spot displays where the science comes mixed with...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Francis Reddy on 01-11-2008
    Tags: Francis Reddy, NASA, telescopes, black holes
  • Light, mirrors, gravity!

    Yesterday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran a nice summary of efforts by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee to detect gravitational waves. The article focuses on NEMO , the $1.8 million, 1,560 CPU, Beowulf-class computing cluster built and operated by the school’s gravitational-wave group. (Ah, I...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Francis Reddy on 03-10-2008
    Tags: Francis Reddy, cosmology, telescopes, black holes
  • John Archibald Wheeler (1911–2008)

    Best known to astronomical trivia buffs as the man who coined the term “black hole,” University of Texas physicist John A. Wheeler died this morning at the age of 96. Wheeler “was legendary for his way with words, coining such terms as wormholes, quantum foam, black holes, and the wave function of the...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Francis Reddy on 04-14-2008
    Tags: Francis Reddy, cosmology, black holes
  • NASA creates an astro-buzz

    Have NASA astronomers discovered the black hole in the Milky Way’s center where lost socks turn into X rays? Tune in next week to find out. Ute Kraus (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik) NASA has found something amazing in our galaxy. Unfortunately, it’s not saying just what it has found — until...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Daniel Pendick on 05-09-2008
    Tags: Daniel Pendick, NASA, black holes
  • Astronomy previews the Large Hadron Collider's big day

    I sat down with Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Rich Talcott to learn more about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its September 10 test. For additional background information on the LHC, visit Astronomy.com . UPDATE: LHC successfully passed its September 10 test. Here is the transcript of my conversation...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Matt Quandt on 09-09-2008
    Tags: Rich Talcott, black holes
  • The Milky Way’s center of attention

    Did a parent, boyfriend/girlfriend, spouse, supervisor, etc., ever say to you in an argument, “You’re not the center of the universe, you know!” Well, sorry to disappoint, but you’re not the center of the galaxy either. That honor belongs to a black hole that weighs between 4,250,000 and 4,370,000 times...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Daniel Pendick on 12-10-2008
    Tags: Daniel Pendick, black holes
  • AAS meeting, Wednesday recap

    Well, Wednesday was my shortened day. I was at the meeting for only the morning. In that time I went to three press conferences and wandered around some of the posters … all before 1:15 p.m. Then I had to bug off to grab my shuttle to the airport. Today was a lot of high-energy and cosmology — the really...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Liz Kruesi on 01-08-2009
    Tags: black holes, conferences, Liz Kruesi
  • Join the pulsar hunters and work from home

    “Wanted: a few hundred thousand computers with a little spare time on their hands.” That’s the basic job qualification if you (and your personal computer) want to join Einstein@Home, a massive international project that uses donated personal computer time to crunch data for real scientists. The project...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Daniel Pendick on 03-26-2009
    Tags: Daniel Pendick, telescopes, black holes, outreach
  • Send us your astronomy questions

    Perplexed by planets? Confused by cosmology? Baffled by black holes? Then send in your questions to Astronomy magazine at askastro@astronomy.com . If you have an astronomy question about observing, the planets, stars, cosmology, or astronomy history, send it in! Five are selected each month for publication...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Liz Kruesi on 07-15-2009
    Tags: cosmology, observing, NASA, spacecraft, telescopes, exoplanets, meteorites, solar system, deep sky, black holes, imaging, supernovae, astronomy magazine, Liz Kruesi, planets, comets, constellation, light pollution
  • On the road: 215th American Astronomical Society meeting update

    For something so dark it could define the word, black holes sure seem to be generating a lot of light at the 215th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C. At a press conference yesterday morning, several scientists spoke about their recent research into these objects, whose gravity...
    Posted to Astronomy.com blog (Weblog) by Rich Talcott on 01-05-2010
    Tags: Rich Talcott, black holes, conferences
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