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Asteroid dubbed "Beijing Olympics" in space (People's Daily)
On August 24, the day the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games concluded successfully, on a communiqué launched by the Minor Planet Center (MPC), a newly discovered asteroid was christened "Beijing Aoyun," or Beijing Olympics. The asteroid, Number of 23408, was discovered by China's Purple Mountain Astronomical Observatory on October 12, 1977 in the Taurus constellation. To commemorate and celebrate the ...
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Dead Star Shines Bright (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
The glowing Crab Nebula, a spectacular and colorful object famously imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, represents the leftovers from a supernova explosion observed by Chinese and Arab astronomers in 1054 C.E. The star that exploded is still there, but now in the form of a dense, spinning pulsar that emits lighthouse beams of radiation.
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Dead Star Shines Bright (SPACE.com)
Gamma rays observed in the Crab Nebula may shed light on the intense environment around the dead star inside.
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Star attraction; Pleiades at FivePine adds another dining option in Sisters (The Bulletin)
Star watchers know the Pleiades. The brightest and best-known open star cluster in the northern heavens, these “Seven Sisters†rest on a shoulder of the constellation Taurus (“the bullâ€), forever pursued by Orion (“the hunterâ€). In Greek mythology, they were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and their names have been bestowed upon the most brilliant stars in the cluster, all of them easily ...
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Today's horoscopes (The Jackson Sun)
A hearty welcome for King Sun, now moving into the constellation of Virgo. Virgo energy is infused with the qualities of discernment, improvement and natural, practical magic. Virgo is charged by quick-thinking Mercury, who happens to be talking up an electrical storm with shocking Uranus today.
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Astrological topics (Chicago Sun-Times)
Those born during the intellectually ambitious Virgo are always interested in knowing more. It's obvious why! The more you know, the more invaluable you are to those around you, thinks Virgo. What an angel!
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Naming the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (About.com)
An interesting question appeared on the Geography Forum, "How did the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn get their names?" The answer is that The Tropic of Cancer was named...
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Venus and Mercury visible to the naked eye (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
Skywatch with Becky Ramotowski: Our back-to-school special is nightly viewing of Venus with Mercury.
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The Times of Trenton Living News (The Trenton Times)
YOUR VIDEOS Share the videos you've shot - it's easy! No planets are visible in this week's morning twilight. In the evening twilight Jupiter will be in the south-southeast and Venus and Mars in the west.
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Grab a lawn chair and enjoy meteor show (Arizona Daily Star)
One of the year's best meteor showers, the Perseids, reaches its peak after midnight Monday. Unfortunately, the moon will not set until 1:35 a.m., hiding the fainter meteors.
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