YouSayToo: posts tagged astronomy

Free Virtual Telescope from Microsoft

Sun, 18 May 2008 03:47:35 GMT

How often do look up on the sky? No, not for the weather verification, to check if the rain should be expected, but just because. What was the last time you looked at the stars? Probably, long ago, in [more]

Black Hole Anatomy

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:26:42 GMT

Do you know what black holes are and how they are formed? Here's a fun explanation of what black holes are. Follow the [more]

Rogue Black Holes Roam the Galaxy

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:41:31 GMT

Scientists say hundreds of black holes capable of swallowing entire solar systems could be roaming the galaxy. A threat of 200 rogue black holes has been predicted by supercomputer simulations of what [more]

The first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, arriving in 2011

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:13:49 GMT

NASA's Messenger probe made its second pass by Venus on Tuesday afternoon, the maneuver will help guide the spacecraft on its circuitous journey to Mercury and give scientists a close-up look at Earth's [more]

Sun activity is growing

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:24:55 GMT

Recent studies show that the Sun is more active now than it has been for the previous 1000 years. Scientists based at the Institute for Astronomy in Zurich used ice cores from Greenland to make a picture [more]

Crazy asteroids on the loose, but Russia will save us

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:38:30 GMT

As Russian ITAR-TASS news agency reported, Russia can repel asteroids "if necessary". What is this "necessary", is that Russia's Institute of Applied Astronomy thinks that about [more]

Our little blue planet..

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:49:15 GMT

..Turned out to be a little blue dot. This is how Earth looks 4 billion miles in the distance. The picture was taken in 1990 by Voyager 1. I want to be [more] [images]

Face of Mars

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:13:42 GMT

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars _Express/SEM09F8LURE_0.html Some new pictures of the famous Mars face.

Goodbye Pluto

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:36:14 GMT

It seems that my previous post was incorrect. According to the final decision we're back at 8 planets. Pluto has been relegated to dwarf planet status and is no longer something that kids at school [more]

Planets

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:49:30 GMT

It seems well have more of them.Let's all welcome Cerera, Charon and 2003 UB313