"Simulations on a supercomputer have allowed Nasa scientists to understand finally the pattern of gravitational waves produced by merging black holes. The...

Hello I am a beginner and want to buy a telescope. I've found out a bit about telescopes through google groups and some website. So I think 4" telescope would...

Hi all! I have a standard 114mm reflector (manual, no motor drive unfortunately) and have just got hold of an Olympus C-350 Zoom digital camera. Has anyone...

OT for UK.sci.weather perhaps but we'll see what turns up... Looking at some of the space exploration threads spamming newsgroups lately, with such things as...

Hi all, I have created a web page dedicated entirely to chasing comet 73P and its observable fragments. There is a news section, fragment tracker, nightly...

I have found this offer for a Bushnell 6" Dobsonian telescope for £99: http://www.warehouseexpress.com/specials/astroP.html#telebushnell I just want your...

A rough stack (i.e. no dark frame subtraction, etc.) of tonights shots of 73P fragments B G and R has been added to my 73P page...

Bart Simpson discovers it ;O)

On 2006-04-15, wrote: Do you know the escape velocity for the solar system? How much propellant...

Last edit of this particular subject (promise). Composite of 7 coronal shots and one for the...

"A new optical telescope designed solely to detect light signals from alien civilisations has opened for work at an observatory in Harvard, US." More at...

Has anyone used this? It ain't state of the art, but it appears well priced and...

I took this last night using a Toucam Pro with my 10" Revelation (Dob) I know its not in the same league as mostof the images here . At least i can see some...

I've been experimenting with the PST today and thought I'd have a go at a full solar mosaic. This version (smaller than the original) is composed of 11...

Hi Gang: One of the two major Yahoo ETX groups, ETX Astro (the other being ETX Owners), is closing down. This is due to the fact that the original owner of...

Working around the world is not a dream it is a reality now you can work around the world wile living in the Philippines. IMPORTING & EXPORTING Now you can...

11 April 2006 Moscow RIA Novosti Political commentator Andrei Kislyakov On April 12, 1961, all ears were turned to radios as Union Radio director Yuri...

"April 11, 2006: Ancient people didn't have TV or electric lights. So, when the sun went down every night, they got their entertainment by watching the sky....

It's on now. Is anyone else watching it? A but dumbed-down of course, but at least it's not a repeat! I keep hearing and reading people saying that Venus...

On Tuesday, at the end of a 153-day and 400-million km cruise into the inner solar system beginning with its launch on 9 November 2005, ESA's Venus Express...