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Sky Guide in 2008You're very welcome to our Sky Guide section. Keep reading to help plan and make the most of any opportunity you get to observe the heavens.....
Meteor Showers in 2008To help you plan your observing sessions we’ve listed the dates and details of the prominent meteor showers over the coming year.....
SkyGuide May to December 2007You're very welcome to our Sky Guide section.....
Astronomy Software
CyberSky Version 4.0.3 – 2007 CyberSky is an accurate, yet easy-to-use planetarium program that provides an excellent way to learn about astronomy and explore the sky visible in th....
SATBUSTER 1.8.0Program designed for satellite visual observers and trackers.......
Planet Engine Planet Engine is a 3D real-time planet renderer. It allows you to fly over the surface of planets and also to see them from space.....
News Headlines
The 8th National Messier Marathon in Iran postpones for a MonthAccording to the weather observations and received reports from Meser (an ancient village in Isfahan Province) the 8th National Messier Marathon delays for a month.
Super-computer could throw light on “mysterious” dark energy
Cosmologists have run a series of computer simulations of the Universe that could ultimately help solve the mystery of dark energy.
Red Dwarfs Have Teeny Tiny Habitable Zones
As space telescopes get larger and more sensitive, the search for Earth-sized worlds surrounding other stars is about to get rolling. But astronomers are going to need to know where to look.
Massive Gas Cloud Speeding Toward Collision With Milky Way
A giant cloud of hydrogen gas is speeding toward a collision with our Milky Way Galaxy, and when it hits - in less than 40 million years - it may set off a spectacular burst of stellar fireworks.
MESSENGER and other Significant Mission Events in 2008
Today, the MESSENGER spacecraft will perform a significant task in its mission by making its first flyby of Mercury (see more info below).
Endeavour Lands Safely
Crew Excited About Endeavour's Success
Hurricane-shortened spacewalk about to start
Canadian astronaut Dave Williams and space station flight engineer Clay Anderson are preparing for a shortened spacewalk today while their crewmates complete final equipment transfers to and from the station to clear the way for hatch closure later this afternoon.
Speeding-Bullet Star Leaves Enormous Streak Across Sky
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has spotted an amazingly long comet-like tail behind a star streaking through space at supersonic speeds.
Dark Matter Mystery Deepens in Cosmic 'Train Wreck'
Astronomers have discovered a chaotic scene unlike any witnessed before in a cosmic "train wreck" between giant galaxy clusters.
The Galaxy Zoo is Busy
The Galaxy Zoo welcomes a flood of visitors
Mars Exploration Rover Status Report: Situation Improves; Spirit Resumes Using Robotic Arm
Slight clearing of still-dusty Martian skies has improved the energy situation for both Spirit and Opportunity, allowing controllers to increase the rovers' science observations.
NASA's Spitzer Spies Monster Galaxy Pileup
Four galaxies are slamming into each other and kicking up billions of stars in one of the largest cosmic smash-ups ever observed.
Shuttle Endeavour thunders into space (Full Story)
The shuttle Endeavour, making its first flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster, blasted off today on a space station assembly mission carrying a crew of seven that includes teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan, Christa McAuliffe's backup in the original Teacher in Space program.
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Even thin galaxies can grow fat black holesNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected plump black holes where least expected -- skinny galaxies.....
NASA scientists predict black hole light echo showSAN ANTONIO, Texas - It's well known that black holes can slow time to a crawl and tidally stretch large objects into spaghetti-like strands.....
Hubble telescope discovers a double 'Einstein ring'NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other like....
In Iran
The 8th National Messier Marathon in Iran postpones for a MonthAccording to the weather observations and received reports from Meser (an ancient village in Isfahan Province) the 8th National Messier Marathon delay....
The 8th National Messier Marathon in IranThe competition among the best Iranian amateur astronomers to observe all Messier objects in one night will be held on March 6th 2008 (16 Esfand 1386,....
Constructing the First National Observatory in IranThe construction of Iranian first National Observatory will started this week.....
Articles
Quantum Gravity - revealed by gamma ray bursts?Gamma ray bursts - those terrific and mysterious flashes of high-energy light now considered to be probes to the farthest reaches of the Universe and....
Stellar EvolutionThe lives of stars....
The End of the Universe - big crunch or big bang?Scientists working at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Ontario, Canada have finally revealed the fate of the Universe .......
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