Posts Tagged ‘astronomy’

One Night of Many

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Jackie Faherty walks toward the Magellan Baade 6.5-meter telescope to prepare for a night of observing. Image credit: Karl Schultz

Academy Director of the Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization reports about brown dwarfs from the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Join him in person at NightLife (6:30pm planetarium show on March 28th) for the “Color of the Cosmos” special presentation.

A Night at the Observatory

Monday, March 25th, 2013
Baade Telescope. Image Credit: Karl Schultz

Academy Director of the Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization reports from the control room of a twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

Mastering Mass Measurements

Monday, March 4th, 2013
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Scientists are able to measure very distant black holes.

Old Problems, New Techniques

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
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Ryan Wyatt, Director of Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization, reporting from first day of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Long Beach, California…

Universe Update, November 2012

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
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Our monthly round-up of top astronomy news.

Most Distant Galaxy?

Thursday, September 20th, 2012
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Astronomers have caught a glimpse of a galaxy far, far away…

Curiosity on Mars

Friday, July 13th, 2012
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The latest Mars rover, Curiosity, will soon begin its adventure on the Red Planet!

SETIcon II Excitement

Monday, June 25th, 2012
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The SETI Institute put on an insightful conference in Santa Clara last weekend, June 22nd through 24th.

Black Hole Ejected from Galaxy

Friday, June 22nd, 2012
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Maybe this puzzling picture of a galaxy is the first piece of evidence that black holes roam the universe!

New Neighbors?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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An new, nearby exoplanet may be the most habitable yet!

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