Archive for July, 2010
Blackford aims for stars with funding deal – Scotland on Sunday
Posted on 31. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Blackford aims for stars with funding deal Scotland on Sunday A NEW software company founded by astronomy experts at Edinburgh University will embark on an ambitious development programme at home and in … and more
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Feast of finds at Marden – This is Wiltshire.co.uk
Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Feast of finds at Marden This is Wiltshire.co.uk Archaeologists have unearthed a prehistoric henge at Marden, near Devizes, where worship, business and feasting would have gone on 5000 … and more
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Cobbler Richard has got a whole lot of sole – Manchester Evening News
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Cobbler Richard has got a whole lot of sole Manchester Evening News When he isn't writing music or repairing shoes, Richard enjoys studying jujitsu and astronomy .
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Asteroid could raze London – The Sun
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by admin.
The Sun Asteroid could raze London The Sun UK crater expert Dr Emily Baldwin, of Astronomy Now magazine, said: “Calculations suggest this asteroid would produce a crater less than 10km wide and 500m …
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Fellowship to search red spiral galaxies – Portsmouth News
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Fellowship to search red spiral galaxies Portsmouth News She will use data from Galaxy Zoo, an online astronomy project which invites members of the public to assist in classifying more than 60 million galaxies. …
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Our galaxy is rich in Earth-sized planets – CNN International
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by admin.
CNN International Our galaxy is rich in Earth-sized planets CNN International OK, let's say this is the size of the observable universe, with all the galaxies , with all the stars.
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Meteor Man – Fortean Times
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Meteor Man Fortean Times The meteorite mystery was solved mostly through the efforts of a man more interested in music and maths than cosmic astronomy . The father of meteorics (the …
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Off the Shelf: Trevor Paglen’s “Invisible” – New Yorker (blog)
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Off the Shelf: Trevor Paglen's “Invisible” New Yorker (blog) … borrowing tracking techniques from a global network of amateur astronomers who have catalogued the nearly two hundred such objects currently in space.
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Data Leak: Galaxy Rich in Earth-Like Planets – Science Now
Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by admin.
Data Leak: Galaxy Rich in Earth-Like Planets Science Now Until now, astronomers ' exoplanet finds had been more like gas giant Jupiter than rocky little Earth.
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No need for manned spaceflight, says Astronomer Royal – The Guardian
Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by admin.
No need for manned spaceflight, says Astronomer Royal The Guardian Biology is a much harder subject than astronomy and we don't know how life began on earth. I would hope in 20 years we might understand that
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