LordGhee Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2014/01/20140102-134633.html colder than Mars!!!1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 "Superbowl of Astronomy" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 First exoplanet photos Images of young universe Spence and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 First exoplanet photos This is actually really huge; I don't know why it isn't getting more attention in the traditional media. That's a picture!! Of a planet outside our solar system!! Spence and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Third time's a charm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I've never seen a cartoon strip on NOAO's (National Optical Astronomical Observatories) home page before, but here it is. tkdguy, L. Marcus and Spence 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 That would be my dream job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 This is actually really huge; I don't know why it isn't getting more attention in the traditional media. That's a picture!! Of a planet outside our solar system!! Except for gadgets, pretty much all the more recent science has been ignored by the media. I don't think they are ignoring this specifically, I think they are ignoring anything science in general. Most of the media reporter/pundit types are pretty ignorant outside of politics or sensationalism and a lot of science in recent years hasn't been cooperating with a lot of current agenda's. I think they are just avoiding anything involved with "science" unless it is a gaming device or phone to avoid stepping on political toes especially with how polarized things are these days. Excuse me a minute Old Man, a quick note to any other readers out there...... And NO, this is not an invitation to a flaming argument on political opinions affected by science. Returning back to the topic. It is disappointing, but until the general public notices something that really sparks their interest (ratings) or the traditional media hires staff and reporters primarily concerned with news and not politics, I don't think this trend is going to reverse anytime soon. Sad, but there it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Solar radiation headed our way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Curiosity spotted from space. BOSS scales Universe to within 1% accuracy. New model suggests super-Earths more Earth-like. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Using a tether to remove space junk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 First glimpse of the cosmic web Spence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 A (almost) whole decade ago the ESA launched a Spacecraft called Rosetta whose mission is to land on a comet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_%28spacecraft%29 Today, after 5 Solar Rotatios, was the day it was sheduled to wake up after the final 100 day Hibernation cycle: http://www.universetoday.com/108254/wake-up-rosetta/ It did: http://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2014/jan/20/rosetta-comet-chasing-spacecraft-wakes-up-esa-live-blog tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Any idea how relevant that "Jelly Doughnut" rock they found on mars is? Nasa seemed super excited about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Water found on Ceres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 (edited) A couple of different sources are announcing a Type Ia supernova in M82, a relatively nearby peculiar galaxy in Ursa Major. It supposedly is about 11th magnitude now. Depending on when it was caught it might make it to 8th magnitude, which is well short of naked eye, but duck soup for binoculars. For reference, apparent magnitude 8 would have been the 2nd brightest SN of the 20th Century, with only 1987A getting brighter. (The second brightest, 1972e, was discovered at 8.5 after maximum light; this new one is still on the way up.) M82 is a northern object, declination +70 degrees. The IAU list does not have this object posted yet, as of a few minutes ago, but the other sources are generally good ones. EDIT http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html#PSNJ09554214+6940260 AAVSO's alert: http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-495 EDIT^2 The official designation is SN 2014J. Edited January 23, 2014 by Cancer tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Time to take out my telescope and look for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 ... Duck soup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Easy to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Not around here, it's not. Not big on ducks ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 If soup is just water with stuff in it, then duck soup describes approximately all bodies of water.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Not Europa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Video about the supernova Unfortunately, my view is obscured by some very tall trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Ancient Mars may have been habitable for hundreds of millions of years Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Dream Chaser to Launch in 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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