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Astronomical Sleuths Link Krakatoa to Edvard Munch's Painting The Scream
A new analysis of Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream provides the precise location where Munch and his friends were walking when he saw the blood-red sky, as well as an explanation of why the sky appeared to be on fire.
Astro News Briefs: November 17–23
Put your name on a comet, sunspots return, and more....
Eclipse Flight over Antarctica
November 20, 2003 (updated Nov. 24th) Contact: Rick Fienberg, Editor in Chief 855-638-5388 x144, [email protected] Marcy L. Dill, VP, Marketing & Business Development 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: Success! See page 2 of this press release for images from our flight to see the total solar eclipse of…
Sky & Telescope's Beautiful Universe
The cosmos is captured and displayed in all its glory in our special pictorial issue, which goes on sale at newsstands on November 18th.
Astro News Briefs: October 13–19
China Launches First Astronaut October 16, 2003 | The People's Republic of China became just the third nation to send a human into space. China’s first astronaut, Yang Liwei, spent 21 hours orbiting the Earth in the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft, launched aboard a Chang Zheng 2F ("Long March") rocket. The…
Star Parties Shine in Hong Kong and Nanjing
Sidewalk astronomy made a hit in one of the most brightly lit places on Earth.
The November 8th Total Eclipse of the Moon
October 24, 2003 Contacts: Alan MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy L. Dill, Marketing Director 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by high-quality graphics and an animation; see details on page 2. Also, see below for information about this year's Leonid meteor shower on…
Astro News Briefs: October 6–12
Five more moons for Uranus makes 27 total.
Astro News Briefs: September 22–28
The Galileo orbiter ends its mission by impacting Jupiter.
For the Record
A production error affected a diagram in S. Alan Stern's article "The 3rd Zone: Exploring the Kuiper Belt" in Sky & Telescope's November 2003 issue, pages 30–36. The illustration on the last page was supposed to show the observed colors of Kuiper Belt objects as of 1998, 2000, and 2003.…
Earth Passes Milestone as Fall Begins September 23rd
September 16, 2003 Contacts: Alan M. MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy L. Dill, Marketing Director 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality illustrations and a broadcast-quality animation; see details below. The leaves on the trees won't notice it, and the clouds in…
Astro News Briefs: September 15–21
Gamma-ray observatory gets delayed and more evidence for dark energy.
Astro News Briefs: September 8–14
Beryllium mirrors for Hubble's successor; new moons for Uranus and Neptune; and Comet Halley Makes an Appearance.
Fall Begins September 22nd...or Is It the 23rd?
The beginning of fall this year will pose a bit of a quandary for weather announcers and others in the news media. Autumn starts on September 22nd or 23rd, depending on what time zone you’re in.
Astro News Briefs: August 25–August 31
Infrared space telescope launches and Canada's first space scope sees first light.
Astro Image in the News:
SIRTF Sees First Light
NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), launched on August 25, 2003, has captured its first view of stars and galaxies.
Astronomy & Observing News
Astro Image in the News:
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Astro Image in the News:
Hubble's Closest Look at Mars
Astronomy's premier orbiting observatory captures Mars as Earth passes by.
Astro News Briefs: July 28–August 3
Palomar Schmidt Gets Giant CCD Camera July 30, 2003 | The venerable 48-inch Schmidt telescope on Palomar Mountain in California, which took the original Palomar Observatory Sky Survey a half century ago (and is now named the Oschin Schmidt), is getting a giant, 161-megapixel CCD camera for a new generation…
Astro News Briefs:
July 7–13
Canada's first space telescope and new exoplanets.
Astro Image in the News: A Martian Potato
Courtesy NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems. Since 1999 the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft has been beaming high-resolution views of the red planet back to Earth. So many pictures have arrived in the past few years that it is easy to forget just how powerful the satellite's cameras really are. Thankfully, pictures…
