Breaking News Archives | BrownSpaceman ../index.html Astronomy for Everyone Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:40:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Going Supernova Soon? Not quite ../../../red-supergiant-star-betelgeuse-going-supernova-soon-not-quite/index.html ../../../red-supergiant-star-betelgeuse-going-supernova-soon-not-quite/index.html#respond Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:33:17 +0000 ../../../index.html?p=2969 There has been lots of buzz in the Astro community about whether Betelgeuse will be supernova or not. Well, let’s catch you up quickly on the background. TL;DR version here Betelgeuse is a huge star that is about 11-20 times larger than our own Sun! In fact, if it was placed where our Sun is […]

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]]> ../../../red-supergiant-star-betelgeuse-going-supernova-soon-not-quite/feed/index.html 0 Once in a Lifetime Comet Siding Spring Skimming by Mars Today! ../../../lifetime-comet-siding-spring-skimming-mars-today/index.html ../../../lifetime-comet-siding-spring-skimming-mars-today/index.html#respond Sun, 19 Oct 2014 17:36:08 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=1118 Comet Siding Spring Skimming Mars and Giving Our Satellites a Scare. Here’s Why You Should Be Watching this Event Today!     Comets are fascinating and valuable to astronomers and scientists alike. It helps us understand where we come from or how we even got here. It’s said that comets were the reason water is […]

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]]> ../../../lifetime-comet-siding-spring-skimming-mars-today/feed/index.html 0 Mission to Jupiter’s Moon Europa: 2014 Edition ../../../mission-jupiters-moon-europa-2014-edition/index.html ../../../mission-jupiters-moon-europa-2014-edition/index.html#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:54:39 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=946 2014 Update on the Mission to Jupiter’s Moon Europa     The mission to Europa has been a dream for many planetary scientists for a long time and now NASA is asking for proposals for what science instruments should be on board for the mission. One of the main reasons Europa is an excellent prospect […]

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]]> ../../../mission-jupiters-moon-europa-2014-edition/feed/index.html 2 NASA’s New Study Suggests Carbon Worlds May Be Waterless ../../../nasas-new-study-suggests-carbon-worlds-may-be-waterless/index.html ../../../nasas-new-study-suggests-carbon-worlds-may-be-waterless/index.html#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2013 02:40:53 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=636 NASA’s New Study Suggests Carbon Worlds May Be Waterless     According to a NASA-funded theoretical research carbon rich planets, such as diamond planets, may be waterless. By modelling the ingredients of a carbon planet the data shows that they would lack ocean reservoirs or icy water that supply said planets with oceans. Torrence Johnson […]

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]]> ../../../nasas-new-study-suggests-carbon-worlds-may-be-waterless/feed/index.html 0 NASA’s Observatories Begin Deepest Ever Look of the Universe ../../../nasas-observatories-begin-deepest-ever-look-of-the-universe/index.html ../../../nasas-observatories-begin-deepest-ever-look-of-the-universe/index.html#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:27:14 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=626 NASA’s Observatories Begin Deepest Ever Look of the Universe     We’ve looked deep into the universe and almost at the point where we are getting closer to the birth of it. NASA’s Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the universe. Using the universe’s “zoom lenses” found in space […]

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]]> ../../../nasas-observatories-begin-deepest-ever-look-of-the-universe/feed/index.html 0 How the Largest Star (W26) Known in the Universe is Tearing Itself Apart ../../../how-the-largest-star-w26-known-in-the-universe-is-tearing-itself-apart/index.html ../../../how-the-largest-star-w26-known-in-the-universe-is-tearing-itself-apart/index.html#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:26:03 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=613 How the Largest Star (W26) Known in the Universe is Tearing Itself Apart     A star called W26 located in a supercluster called Westerlund 1. W26 is located in our very own Milky Way and is considered a red supergiant and is 1,500 times bigger than our own sun! Just to humor you and […]

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]]> ../../../how-the-largest-star-w26-known-in-the-universe-is-tearing-itself-apart/feed/index.html 1 Curiosity Rover Makes Amazing Discovery of Finding Water in Martian Soil ../../../curiosity-rover-makes-amazing-discovery-finding-water-martian-soil/index.html ../../../curiosity-rover-makes-amazing-discovery-finding-water-martian-soil/index.html#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:59:11 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=590 Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Water in Martian Soil     The Mars rover called Curiosity has been revealing a great deal about the conditions and topography of Mars. Curiosity has been examining loose rocks, sand and dust which has helped us understand the global changes on Mars. One of the biggest discoveries is finding water […]

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]]> ../../../curiosity-rover-makes-amazing-discovery-finding-water-martian-soil/feed/index.html 0 New Theory of Beginning of Universe Suggest Not a Big Bang but a Black Hole ../../../new-theory-beginning-universe-suggest-big-bang-black-hole/index.html ../../../new-theory-beginning-universe-suggest-big-bang-black-hole/index.html#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:38:58 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=582 A New Theory Suggest that the Birth of the Universe May Have Been from a 4-D Black Hole     A new journal published by astronomers at the University of Waterloo suggest that the birth of the universe didn’t happen from the Big Bang but a 4 dimensional black hole. If your brain hurts then […]

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]]> ../../../new-theory-beginning-universe-suggest-big-bang-black-hole/feed/index.html 0 First Images from New APEX Camera ../../../first-images-from-new-apex-camera/index.html ../../../first-images-from-new-apex-camera/index.html#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2013 21:55:18 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=578 New Images from Apex Camera   Credit: ESO   This is a brand new image of star formation region called NGC 6334 or called the Cat Paw nebula, taken by the new Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) camera. Actually APEX isn’t new but a camera called ArTeMiS, a new wide-field submillimetre-wavelength camera, was installed and can […]

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]]> ../../../first-images-from-new-apex-camera/feed/index.html 0 Hubble Finds Densest Nearby Galaxy ../../../hubble-finds-densest-nearby-galaxy/index.html ../../../hubble-finds-densest-nearby-galaxy/index.html#respond Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:29:09 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=574 Hubble Finds Densest Nearby Galaxy     Hubble finds new evidence for densest galaxy in nearby galaxy. Well nearby in astronomical terms which is 54 million light years away from Earth. The galaxy M60-UCD1 is located near a massive elliptical galaxy known as NGC 4649 or M60. The galaxy weighs more than 200 million times […]

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]]> ../../../hubble-finds-densest-nearby-galaxy/feed/index.html 0 Young Stars are Born in the Prawn Nebula ../../../young-stars-born-prawn-nebula/index.html ../../../young-stars-born-prawn-nebula/index.html#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:37:56 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=571 Young Stars are Born in the Prawn Nebula     This image is one of the latest news releases from the VLT or Very Large Telescope which is operated by the European Southern observatory. This is the Prawn Nebula located 6,000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. This is a star forming […]

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]]> ../../../young-stars-born-prawn-nebula/feed/index.html 0 It’s Official Voyager 1 has Finally Reached Interstellar Space ../../../its-official-voyager-1-has-finally-reached-interstellar-space/index.html ../../../its-official-voyager-1-has-finally-reached-interstellar-space/index.html#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:20:35 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=532 It’s Official Voyager 1 has Finally Reached Interstellar Space!     For a long time now there has been quite the debate over whether Voyager 1 had reached interstellar space. It’s clearly out of the solar system and the last barrier is the heliopause before Voyager 1 is truly in interstellar space. Here’s a breakdown […]

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]]> ../../../its-official-voyager-1-has-finally-reached-interstellar-space/feed/index.html 0 Astronomers Find Super-Earth 40 Light Years Away to Likely Have Water-Rich Atmosphere ../../../astronomers-find-super-earth-40-light-years-away-likely-water-rich-atmosphere/index.html ../../../astronomers-find-super-earth-40-light-years-away-likely-water-rich-atmosphere/index.html#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:20:42 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=496 Astronomers Find Super-Earth to Likely Have Water-Rich Atmosphere     Located 40 light years away from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus lies a super-Earth called GJ 1214 b. A group of japanese astronomers have been studying it to find out what kind of atmospheric properties it has. The research team used Subara Telescope’s two optical […]

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]]> ../../../astronomers-find-super-earth-40-light-years-away-likely-water-rich-atmosphere/feed/index.html 3 Bruce Murray Director of Voyager Missions and Founder of Planetary Society Dies at 81 ../../../bruce-murray-director-of-voyager-missions-and-founder-of-planetary-society-dies-at-81/index.html ../../../bruce-murray-director-of-voyager-missions-and-founder-of-planetary-society-dies-at-81/index.html#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:20:05 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=445 Bruce Murray 1931 – 2013 On Thursday August 30th, 2013 the world lost one of the most important scientists. A man called Bruce Murray who died at the age of 81 from Alzheimer’s disease. He is most famously known as the director for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. It’s amazing and inspiring to know […]

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]]> ../../../bruce-murray-director-of-voyager-missions-and-founder-of-planetary-society-dies-at-81/feed/index.html 0 Methuselah Star: Older than Universe? Not Quite ../../../methuselah-star-older-than-universe-not-quite/index.html ../../../methuselah-star-older-than-universe-not-quite/index.html#respond Sun, 11 Aug 2013 18:04:02 +0000 http://www.brownspacemans.local/?p=427 Have you ever wondered what star in our record books is considered the oldest star in the universe? Well Hubble Space telescope studied the Methuselah star and retrieved some interesting data. They found a star to be 14.5 billion (+/- .8 billion) years old and it’s located right in our own Milky Way! The distance […]

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