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Webcam Imagers Gather for Q-2004
QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group (QCUIAG) founder Steve Wainwright (standing third from right) with some of the Q-2004 conference speakers and organizers: (seated, from left to right) Carsten Arnholm, Colin Bownes, and Jon Grove; (standing, from left to right) Martin Burri, Steve Chambers, Peter Katreniak, Jan Timmermans, and Greg…
New Light on Dark Energy
By measuring distances to the farthest Type Ia supernovae yet, astronomers and getting a sense of how dark energy works.
Astronomy & Observing News
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Astro Image in the News:
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns a new postcard of Saturn.
A New Kuiper Belt Giant
A newly found object beyond Neptune may be the largest yet.
A Cosmic Game of Peekaboo
It seems that McNeil's Nebula made a previous appearance in the 1960s.
Black Hole Rips Star Apart
A supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy has shredded a star that ventured too close.
New Distance Record Holder Found
Astronomers have imaged a galaxy even closer to the edge of the observable universe.
Amateur Astronomer Discovers Newborn Nebula
On the night of January 23rd, armed with a 78-millimeter refractor and a CCD camera, an amateur astronomer bagged a new nebula from his rural Kentucky backyard.
Amateur Shoots Mars "Picture of the Year"
Wally Pacholka captured this view of Mars — later named one of TIME magazine's Pictures of the Year.
Lensed Quasars Hit the Charts
In the span of three weeks, astronomers twice smashed a record that had stood since 1979.
Stardate 2004: "Simply the Best"
On January 23–26 New Zealand's Phoenix Astronomical Society held its 16th annual Stardate star party.
Hubble Debate Heats Up
The fate of the Hubble Space Telescope remains uncertain as astronomers and others question whether NASA is justified in deciding to stop servicing the orbiting observatory.
Blowin' in the Planetary Wind
Astronomers have identified oxygen and carbon in an exoplanetary atmosphere.
Stellar Breakups
Several binary stars in the Orion Nebula have split up and gone packing.
Making Planetary Nebulae
It make a dying double star to create a planetary nebula — and to make it light up.
Opportunity Finds Hematite and Rolls to Martian Surface
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity, now on the Martian surface, has found evidence for a mineral that usually forms in water.
Opportunity Ready to Roll, Spirit on the Mend
This mosaic assembled from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's Panoramic Camera images shows rock outcrops less than 10 meters away. These rocks will be one of the first targets for the rover after it rolls off the lander on January 31st.Courtesy NASA / JPL / Cornell University.
Opportunity Rocks, Spirit Awakens
Jubilant scientists and engineers prepare to investigate a new site on Mars — and continue to make progress on fixing Spirit.
Hubble Gets a Reprieve
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe has agreed to seek a second opinion concerning whether to stop servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
