Can magnetic fields be detected around distant stars?

I'm looking for a good description of how telescopes magnify using diagrams. No equations. I'd like to use it for 6-10th graders and some lay people. From my...

The energy released in one hour by just a single sunspot is equal to all the electrical power that will be used in the United States over the next million...

More precisely, how does an IR detector detect a temp of -20C when it's at 25C inside a hand held gun. here's one of these devices (for about $30) a Ryobi...

How Some Stars Stay Young By Phil Berardelli ScienceNOW Daily News 23 December 2009 Sprinkled throughout every galaxy are tightly packed balls of thousands...

How do you take a picture of the suns disc without glare once a week to make the analemma and also have the blue sky and horizon in the same product at the end...

From: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/science-shots/ Shadows. Astronomers studying 17 supernova remnants, both in and near the Milky Way, have made a...

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Hi coke bottle thick glasses wearing geeks. How is everyone? After years of not trolling anymore I am back. Well not really. I am too busy to troll. I did see...

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Who knew??? http://www.theastropost.com/smf/index.php?topic=889.0 -- Martin R. Howell

From Slashdot: The Himalayas, home to some 10,000 glaciers, are the main source of replenishment to lakes, streams, and some of the continent's...

http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/805-agw-revisited.html AGW, Revisited Written by James Randi Tuesday, 15 December 2009 17:14 Though this...

Herschel Space Observatory sees stars being born http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/51388/title/Herschel_Space_Observatory_sees_stars_being_born A...

When I was a very young child "Here comes Santa Claus" was my favorite Christmas song. I would be ready and virtually quaking in eurphoric anticipation when...

Group, I am interested in brewing an inexpensive all sky meteor camera. In this regard, I am looking for someone or a set of instructions to cripple the...

My CCD camera is on its way back from sunny Santa Barbara after having its filter carousel repaired. Last night, 16 December, was such a rare, clear night in...

'Boat' could explore Saturn moon By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco A daring proposal to try to put a "boat" down on a sea of...

IF it arrives in time. http://vimeo.com/8217311

I was thinking, esp in terms of those of us affected by washout and glare from being in or near Metro area with all the attendant Light Pollution. I imagine a...