Archives for May 2005
Posted by Davin Flateau on 2 May 2005 at 9:21 am.
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Thousands of photographic plates with priceless images on them are under jeopardy as they degrade over time. They are snapshots of the sky from times gone past and can never be repeated.
Find out what’s being done to safeguard thousands of old photographic plates from small research observatories in my recent article here, on astronomy.com.
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 3 May 2005 at 8:10 am.
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The folks at the Space Telescope Science Institute (home of the Hubble) are hosting a conference this week celebrating a decade of extrasolar planet discoveries around normal stars. Normal stars? Are we inadvertently offending other stars by calling some “abnormal?” Do we really want to get something that big mad at us? […]
Posted by Davin Flateau on 4 May 2005 at 3:50 pm.
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This year, May 5 is shaping up to be one heck of a good time. Of course, it’s Cinco de Mayo, and you may be planning to celebrate that evening, but leave your day free for a celebration of another kind. It’s Space Day!
Space Day is an international celebration of the […]
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 5 May 2005 at 3:02 pm.
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NASA may have found the lost 1999 Mars Polar Lander in images from the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor. Sky and Telescope has a good summary.
In 2003, NASA awarded the University of Arizona the task of finishing MPL’s objectives. The Phoenix Mars Lander will carry instruments like those used on the Mars Polar […]
Read ‘Mars Polar Lander Found - Martians Acquitted’
Posted by Davin Flateau on 6 May 2005 at 2:15 pm.
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On July 4, NASA’s Deep Impact probe will smash part of itself into Comet Tempel 1, gathering data about the comet’s composition from the collision.
Now, a Russian court has ruled that an astrologer can sue NASA over the mission, contending that the impact would “disrupt the natural balance of the universe.” Her lawyer tries […]
Posted by Davin Flateau on 9 May 2005 at 11:18 am.
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 10 May 2005 at 9:02 am.
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 11 May 2005 at 4:31 pm.
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The Cassini spacecraft, currently orbiting Saturn, made a spectacular discovery this week in revealing a new moon orbiting inside the rings of the gas giant. The 4 mile-wide satellite was hiding in a small division in the rings known as the Keeler gap. The moon’s gravity creates small waves […]
Posted by Davin Flateau on 12 May 2005 at 8:19 pm.
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While loyal throngs of Star Wars fans are camped out in front of local movie theaters hitting each other with plastic lightsabers in anticipation of Wednesday night, I’m camped out in my living room (so to speak) eagerly awaiting this Saturday night. That’s when the Discovery Channel debuts its latest CGI spectacular Alien Planet […]
Posted by Davin Flateau on 18 May 2005 at 11:39 am.
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Tonight is the debut of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of George Lucas’ Beard. Ahhh — I remember going to see the original Star Wars as a wee tike at the local drive-in movie theater. I was mesmerized as Luke Skywalker stared off into the Tatooine sunset — a sunset with two […]
