Big News in Epsilon Aurigae Mystery
January 5, 2010 | What’s really eclipsing this naked-eye star? Astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope think they’ve finally solved a nearly two-century-old puzzle. > read more
Black-Hole Bonanza
January 5, 2010 | Astronomers announce supermassive double holes, an intermediate-mass hole that seems to have pulled apart a star, fast-spinning holes, and a screaming runaway. > read more
A “Treasure Map” of Millisecond Pulsars
January 6, 2010 | The gamma-ray sky map assembled by the Fermi satellite points the way to finding natural, high-precision “clocks.” These could be used in a cosmic GPS-like system to look for flexings of spacetime. > read more
Kepler’s First Exoplanet Results
January 4, 2010 | NASA scientists announced this morning that the Kepler planet-hunting probe is working great, has produced a slew of results, and is working at high enough precision that it should be able to determine the abundance, or rarity, of Earth-size worlds galaxy-wide. > read more
WISE Sees First Light
January 7, 2010 | Scientists unveil the first image from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite, which will map the sky in depth and detail at new wavelengths. > read more
Observing
See the Stars with Worldwide Eyes
January 8, 2010 | Have you ever wanted to try “virtual observing”? Here’s your chance! This weekend you can view fabulous deep-sky objects in both the northern and southern sky by logging on to a special two-day event spearheaded by Astronomers Without Borders > read more
January 11th’s Morning Antares Occulation
December 5, 2009 | On the morning of January 11, 2010, people in northeasternmost North America can watch the Moon cover Antares for the last time until 2023. > read more
Vesta in 2010
January 1, 2010 | Vesta is a prime binocular target in the winter and spring of 2010. > read more
Tour January’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
December 31, 2009 | Midwinter evening skies are alive with celestial activity — after sunset you’ll find Jupiter in the southwest, and Orion, Mars, and much more over in the east.Host: S&T’s Kelly Beatty. (5.9MB MP3 download: running time: 6m 27s) > read more
January 8, 2010 | Jupiter sinks lower at dusk, Mars rises earlier and earlier, Mercury begins to emerge in the dawn, and the Rabbit’s Ruby reaches its maximum brightness. > read more
Community
January 1, 2010 | Skywatchers in Europe and Asia saw more than fireworks when they looked up on New Year’s Eve. > read more
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