Amateur Astronomy News Archive #2

 

 

Comet ISON: Is Potential 'Comet of the Century' a Dud?

IRIS Photos of Mystery Region on Sun

Cassini Spacecraft Photographs Earth from 900 Million Miles

International Lunar Observatory Planned for Moon

Scientists Found Snow Line in a Star

Square Kilometer Array Precursor Debuts

Huge Tracking Dish to Become Available for EME

Cluster Spacecraft Detects Elusive Space Wind

Sun Celebrates July Fourth, Unleashes Solar Fireworks

Pluto's Smallest Moons Officially Named

Astronomers Discover 3 Habitable Planets

Voyager 1 Approaches Outer Limit of Solar System

Watch Herschel Space Telescope's Final Moments as Last Commands Are Issued

NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge

Black Hole Bonanza Discovered Near Earth

Lightweight Galaxy is Smallest Ever Found  

Kepler Stars Are Bigger Than Thought

Alien-Hunting Telescope Could be Ready in 5 Years

Never-Before-Seen Alien Planet Just 300 LYs from Earth

Arkyd 100 Unveiled as First Crowdfunded Space Scope

Boeing Completes Commercial Crew Spacecraft and Rocket Milestones

Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury Conjunction Above Sydney, Australia

Accurate Distance Measurement Resolves Major

Researchers Explain Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares

Monster Asteroid 1998 'QE2' Misses Earth by Mere 3.6M Miles on May 31

Huge Asteroid Crashes into Moon

Colossal Solar Flare, Strongest of 2013, Shoots from Sun

'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse on Thursday

Russian Space Junk Almost Destroys NASA Telescope

New App Measures Light Pollution Level

NASA Eyes Monster Hurricane on Saturn

Russia Now Charging NASA $70 Million Per Seat to Fly U.S.

Bizarre Binary Star System Pushes Study of Relativity to New Limits

Here's What the Big Bang Sounded Like

Kepler Telescope Spots Two Planets in Life-Friendly Orbi

Nuclear Fusion Rocket Could Reach Mars in 30 Days

Sun Unleashes Biggest Solar Flare of the Year

NASA Satellite to Hunt for Planets Orbiting Other Stars

Sun's Magnetic 'Heartbeat' Revealed

Green Meteorite May Be from Mercury

Chameleon Pulsar Baffles Astronomers 

Big Sunspot Unleashes an Intense Solar Flare

Largest Spiral Galaxy Found

Curiosity 2 Weeks from Historic Landing on Mars

SpaceX Scrubs Launch to ISS over Rocket Engine Problem

'Zombie' Planet Fomalhaut B Shocks Scientists

'Eye of Sauron' Hosts Rogue Planet

Key Telescopes Threatened by Looming Budget Cuts

Celestial Flybys Set to Thrill

Curiosity Rover Finds 'Flower' on Mars

13 Must-See Stargazing Events in 2013

European Space Agency Project Will Change How Astronomers View Our Galaxy

Stunning Saturn Photo Holds a Couple of Hidden Surprises

Ison Could Be the Comet of the Century - Brighter Than a Full Moon

First 'Alien Earth' Is to Be Found in 2013

Best Space Photos of 2012

New Stunning Nighttime Views of Earth Unveiled (light pollution is terrible)

Voyager 1 Discovers New Region of Space

Astronomers Find Biggest Black Hole Ever

The Beginning of Everything: A New Paradigm Shift for the Infant Universe

NASA Spacecraft Confirms Ice at Shadowy North Pole of Mercury

NASA Outpost Beyond Moon Could Lead to Mars

NASA's Not Sharing a 'Historic' Find on Mars... Yet

First of Its Kind Homeless Planet Found Wandering Through Space

Asteroid Belts May Show Us the Way to E.T.

SETI Institute Gets Major Donation From Qualcomm Chief Scientist

NASA Rover Providing New Weather and Radiation Data About Mars

Galaxies Without Stars: The Problem of the Missing Hydrogen in the Early Universe

Researchers Detect the Brightest Flare Ever Observed in Our Galaxy's Black Hole

Astrophysicist Says He Has Found Superman's Home Planet

A Next-Generation X-Ray Telescope Ready to Fly

Astronomers Have Measured All the Light Ever Created in the Universe

Light from Universe's First Stars Seen

Europe Shapes Moon Lander Design

NASA Spacecraft Sees Huge Burp at Saturn After Large Storm

Amazing Aurora: Best Images From NASA’s Suomi Satellite

Booming Meteorite Market Leaves Few Space Rocks for One Researcher

More evidence that Voyager Has Exited the Solar System

The Astronomical Clock in Prague