The exoplanet discovery behind the 2019 noble prize in physics explained wonderdome
Last week the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. We were overjoyed to find out that this year’s most prestigious scientific award goes to three astronomers, James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, for their “contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos”. James Peebles will receive half of the prize in recognition of his “theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”. Another half of the prize will go jointly to the Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star” the scientists made in 1995.
The Parker Solar Probe: How Will Your Library Be Involved?NCIL - STAR_Net
In the summer of 2018, NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe. This small, car-sized spacecraft will travel into the Sun's atmosphere, within four million miles of our star's surface. Join Space Science Institute's Brooks Mitchell and Dr. Paul Dusenbery to learn all about NASA's first mission to "touch" the Sun and ways that your library can be involved.
The exoplanet discovery behind the 2019 noble prize in physics explained wonderdome
Last week the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. We were overjoyed to find out that this year’s most prestigious scientific award goes to three astronomers, James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, for their “contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos”. James Peebles will receive half of the prize in recognition of his “theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”. Another half of the prize will go jointly to the Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star” the scientists made in 1995.
The Parker Solar Probe: How Will Your Library Be Involved?NCIL - STAR_Net
In the summer of 2018, NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe. This small, car-sized spacecraft will travel into the Sun's atmosphere, within four million miles of our star's surface. Join Space Science Institute's Brooks Mitchell and Dr. Paul Dusenbery to learn all about NASA's first mission to "touch" the Sun and ways that your library can be involved.
Purpose Of Parker Solar Probe Mission, Speed, Protection. How Close To The Sun Parker Solar Probe Will Get? How Parker Solar Probe Will Survive At Closest Approach To The Sun? Who Built Parker Solar Probe? Technologies Used In Parker Solar Probe.
A new meteoroid is really a sand- to boulder-sized particle associated with debris from the solar system Method. Your apparent ability associated with light-weight from your meteoroid, warmed the way it makes its way into a planet’s setting, plus the great contaminants that it garden sheds inside it’s aftermath is known as a meteor, or even colloquially a “shooting star” or even “falling star”. Several
Galaxy Forum Kansas 2013 - Tomas Armstrong - Are we there yetILOAHawaii
VOYAGER (Are We There Yet?) — We might be--according to Dr. Thomas Armstrong, NASA co-investigator on the Voyager project for its entire 35 years. In this update to last year's presentation, find out from Armstrong the latest information which leads many scientists to think Voyager I has entered interstellar space and what they are finding out.
In this presentation we will look at the
Data about Comets
Data about the alleged “Planet X”
Predictions about “The End of The World” – and a history of these predictions.
To help us understand Comets and Planet X, we will look at
Scale of the Solar System
Amateur Astronomer Observations
To understand what comets are and we will look at some data from
Comet Wild 2, Comet Halley, Comet Tempel 1.
Missions to Comets by the “Stardust” and “Deep Impact” Probes.
We will look at the story of Comet Hale Bopp and the troubling way it was linked to an end of world prediction.
We will look at some past impact events on earth
The Tunguska Event of 1908
The Possible Decimation of England in 562AD by a Cometary or Asteroid Impact
A brief look The Feb 2013 Russian Chelyabinsk Meteor
Purpose Of Parker Solar Probe Mission, Speed, Protection. How Close To The Sun Parker Solar Probe Will Get? How Parker Solar Probe Will Survive At Closest Approach To The Sun? Who Built Parker Solar Probe? Technologies Used In Parker Solar Probe.
A new meteoroid is really a sand- to boulder-sized particle associated with debris from the solar system Method. Your apparent ability associated with light-weight from your meteoroid, warmed the way it makes its way into a planet’s setting, plus the great contaminants that it garden sheds inside it’s aftermath is known as a meteor, or even colloquially a “shooting star” or even “falling star”. Several
Galaxy Forum Kansas 2013 - Tomas Armstrong - Are we there yetILOAHawaii
VOYAGER (Are We There Yet?) — We might be--according to Dr. Thomas Armstrong, NASA co-investigator on the Voyager project for its entire 35 years. In this update to last year's presentation, find out from Armstrong the latest information which leads many scientists to think Voyager I has entered interstellar space and what they are finding out.
In this presentation we will look at the
Data about Comets
Data about the alleged “Planet X”
Predictions about “The End of The World” – and a history of these predictions.
To help us understand Comets and Planet X, we will look at
Scale of the Solar System
Amateur Astronomer Observations
To understand what comets are and we will look at some data from
Comet Wild 2, Comet Halley, Comet Tempel 1.
Missions to Comets by the “Stardust” and “Deep Impact” Probes.
We will look at the story of Comet Hale Bopp and the troubling way it was linked to an end of world prediction.
We will look at some past impact events on earth
The Tunguska Event of 1908
The Possible Decimation of England in 562AD by a Cometary or Asteroid Impact
A brief look The Feb 2013 Russian Chelyabinsk Meteor
ILOA Galaxy Forum NY Scarsdale 2014 -- Alan Stern, New HorizonsILOAHawaii
ILOA will again help host the community of Scarsdale High School students, teachers, administrators and alums in the 1960, 1961 and 1962 Classes — at the 4th annual Galaxy Forum SHS.
The program features a science talk by Dr. Alan Stern on the New Horizons mission currently traveling at 14.72 km/s almost 3.9 Billion kilometers from Earth on its way to explore Pluto and its moons. The mission, is expected to arrive July 14, 2015, will help us understand the icy worlds at the edge of our solar system. Scientists hope to find answers to basic questions about the surface properties, geology, interior makeup and atmospheres on these bodies. The mission will then visit one or more Kuiper Belt Objects beyond Pluto.
Galaxy Forums public events with presentations, panel discussions and attendee participation. Efforts are made to integrate local cultures, perspectives, and traditional knowledge. Galaxy Forums have been held in Hawaii, Silicon Valley, Canada, China, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe, Africa, Chile, Brazil, Kansas and New York. Steve Durst organized Galaxy Forum Scarsdale to bring this innovative 21st Century Education to his alma mater.
Steve Durst celebrated his 50th SHS 1961 Class Reunion with the 1st Galaxy Forum at SHS on September 23 2011. The 50th SHS 1962 Reunion starting October 5, 2012, continued the Galaxy Forum SHS program with Jeff Hoffman, 5-time Shuttle Astronaut and SHS 1962 alum, sharing his experience repairing the Hubble Space Telescope. Galaxy Forum SHS 2013 featured Dr. Denton Ebel, Curator / Chair of the Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC speaking on Asteroids in matters of Science, Resources and Security.
Go on the hunt for Pluto, see a quiet meteor shower, or go on the hunt for
the Big Dipper this week.
By Richard Talcott | Published: Friday, June 24, 2016
I can analyze the differences between comets, asteroids, meteors and moons. I will research orbits and discuss differences of what we see from the Earth’s surface (phases). I will analyze the effect the moon’s orbit has on our planet. I will predict what would happen if Earth had a 2nd moon or the distance to the moon was increased or decreased.
Session 8: A Celebration of the Spitzer Space Telescope - 5 Years and Counting
19 November 2008, Pasadena, California
http://www.astronautical.org/conference/conference-2008
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What’s in the SKY?
OpticTracker Newsletter
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Northern hemisphere observers will be able to see Comet
PAN-STARRS (C/2011 L4) in the evening sky with
binoculars or a rich-field telescope around March 6 or 7. It
should appear just above the western horizon 30 minutes
after sunset for a full hour, according to Senior Editor
Richard Talcott of Astronomy Magazine. Talcott also
predicts that the visibility of the comet improves each
following day. If predictions hold true, it will reach its
brightest (perhaps 1st magnitude) on March 9 and 10 and
should be found 7° above the western horizon 30 minutes
after sunset. By then an observer can see it with the naked
eye if skies are reasonably clear and the western horizon is
unobstructed, although binoculars and telescopes will
definitely provide clearer and better views. “On the 12th,
PANSTARRS stands to the upper left of our satellite; the
next evening, the comet lies to the Moon’s lower right,”
according to Talcott. Although the comet will remain bright
well into April, it may become more and more difficult to
observe the comet after the middle of March because the
Moon will become brighter. Read this article by Talcott for
more information.
Finally something for the northern hemisphere observers: Comet PanFinally something for the northern hemisphere observers: Comet Pan--STARRSSTARRS
Click on the image above to view the
video in which Senior Editor Richard
Talcott of Astronomy Magazine provides
detailed information about Comet
PANSTARRS
According to Nasa Science, the best days to look may be March
12 and 13
Nasa Science also provides a video
introducing Comet PANSTARRS. Click the
picture above.
And there is more: Prepare to say hello to Comet Lemmon in April!And there is more: Prepare to say hello to Comet Lemmon in April!
Photo of Comet Lemmon glowing green caught on
camera by Australian astronomer Peter Ward from
his Barden Ridge Observatory on Feb. 4. From
Discovery News by Mason Major.
Celestron Comet Expert Tammy Plotner says that
the last time Comet Lemmon (C/2012 F6) visited
our Solar System was about 11,000 years ago. This
comet was visible with binoculars and telescopes
in January in New Zealand according to
Astrophotographer John Drummond from
Gisborne, New Zealand. It may become visible to
northern hemisphere after March 24 at which point
it reaches the closest point in its orbit to the sun.
Bob King from Universe Today suggests that
binoculars should help find the comet and reveal
the details of tail structure, even though it is
possible that the comet is visible with the unaided
eye.