Not being into astronomy or knowing anything about it except for Earth, Moon, Sun and lots of 'twinkling lights', a work colleague came up with an interesting...

Interstellar Espionage: While We're Watching Mars, Could Someone be Watching Us? By Seth Shostak Senior Astronomer posted: 06:00 am ET 22 January 2004

From 'SDRodrian': All such errors arise from jumping to a conclusion before all the facts are in and then elevating the initial error to the level of a...

I've always heard that, as stars go, our sun is average sized. But according to the chart...

A bit of humour. I saw in a magazine recently an article about dumb astronomy questions. OK, we shouldn't laugh, but you have to. One that comes to mind, was...

Get a life LOSER! you're probably one of the Americans who believe the official line of 9/11? Think again you've been conned!!! You may think that you're...

IC405 is an emission nebula glowing richly in red H-alpha light. By employing a selective spike filter that passes only the H-a emission line, one can block...

Sounds a lot like "To be or not to be" It almost fits a neutrino. My theory on neutrinos makes no difference if it is a mass particle or not. My theory has...

Hi, I´m looking for a good Program on Starcharts for The PC. I´m using SkyMap Pro 5 at the Moment. I want to see the virtual lines on the sky witch are drawn...

On 15 Feb 2004 12:35:53 -0800, (innocent) wrote: Before jumping to conclusions and accusing me of paranoia You're a paranoid loon. Go...

From nightbat: =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0Per this news article some physicist's claim to have...

BBC report abot a star made of diamond. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3492919.stm

'Photon' is a new bi-monthly astronomy eZine which is issued in PDF format. Written by amateurs for amateurs, it focuses on topics that relate directly to...

Hi, I am curious to know when or if Comet LINEAR C/2002 T7 andC 2001 Q4 (NEAT) will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere? What are the best dates, where...

Hi, I'm about to purchase a first telescope and have considered the Meade LX90. I've capped my budget at £2K. I have never done astronomy before and...

Ok, coupla basic questions I'm hoping I can get help with. I just got an 8" newt on a german eq mount. (Thanks Margo!) This is my first real telescope after...

This great explosion took place at the center of our galaxy only 100,000 years ago. What happened was a star that ventured to close to the supermassive black...

OXYGEN AND CARBON DISCOVERED IN EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERE 'BLOW OFF' From Lori Stiles, UA News Services, 520-621-1877, February 2,...

Well one thing we know the sun does not have an iron dynamo. We also know that sun spots fit in with the solar magnetic field. We know the sunspots cycles last...

Well one thing we know the sun does not have an iron dynamo. We also know that sun spots fit in with the solar magnetic field. We know the sunspots cycles last...