McDonald Observatory Seeks Facility Manager Shuttle Servicing Mission to Keep Hubble in Top Form Until at Least 2013 XMM-Newton Discovers Part of the Missing Matter in the Universe Today the US Celebrates 47 Years of Manned Space Flight Has Moore's Law Finally Reached its Limits? Candidates and the Space Race NRAO's Very Long Baseline Array Reveals Secrets of SuperMassive Black Hole OffOrbit.TV Premiers with Fascinating Look at Solar Imaging NJIT to Unveil World's Largest Solar Telescope at Big Bear Astronomers Find the Coldest Brown Dwarf Star Ever Observed
Sideways Galaxy NGC 3628 A Supply Ship Docks with the International Space Station Ancient Craters of Southern Rhea The M81 Galaxy Group Through the Integrated Flux Retrograde Mars Stars and Mars Moon Meets Mercury The Dark Tower in Scorpius The Gegenschein Over Chile Galaxies Collide in NGC 3256 A Persistent Electrical Storm on Saturn An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse Alborz Mountain Milky Way Shaping NGC 6188 The Giants of Omega Centauri Arp 272 Airplane Flight Patterns over the USA Star Forming Region NGC 3582 The Galactic Center Radio Arc The Tarantula Zone
Introducing Dr. Bauer! Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse trailer 9-1-1, that spells “Moon” 757-990-8980 The odd couple and the missing neutron star Carnival of Space #54 The Universe so bright, it’s gotta wear shades
Mon May 5 12:19:20 2008 GMT New Moon Mon May 12 03:47:08 2008 GMT First quarter Tue May 20 02:11:55 2008 GMT Full moon Wed May 28 02:58:13 2008 GMT Last quarter Tue Jun 3 19:23:51 2008 GMT New Moon
The Tracking News on Thursday, 15 May 2008 2008 JY30 - MPEC 2008-J79 Comet C/2008 J6 (Hill) - MPEC 2008-J78 2000 AD205 - MPEC 2008-J77 Comet C/2008 J5 (Garradd) - MPEC 2008-J76 2008 JR26 - MPEC 2008-J74 2008 JS26 - MPEC 2008-J75 2008 HU4 - NEODyS risk updated Daily Orbit Update - MPEC 2008-J73 2008 JL24 - NEODyS risk removed 2008 JL24 - JPL risk updated 2008 HU4 - JPL risk updated 2008 CT190 - MPEC 2008-J72 Traffic Report for "Earth's Busy Neighborhood" Yesterday's Tracking News
Date : Miss Distance : Relative Velocity: Estimated Diameter : Object Name 2008-May-16 : 21.3 LD : 5.27 km/s : 130 m - 280 m : (2008 HS3) 2008-May-19 : 55.1 LD : 3.63 km/s : 66 m - 150 m : (2008 FK7) 2008-May-19 : 44.0 LD : 8.64 km/s : 150 m - 330 m : (2008 FN6) 2008-May-20 : 19.8 LD : 3.98 km/s : 25 m - 55 m : (2008 GR3) 2008-May-21 : 24.5 LD : 8.69 km/s : 77 m - 170 m : (2008 JU2) 2008-May-25 : 65.5 LD : 5.75 km/s : 70 m - 160 m : (2007 UP6) 2008-May-26 : 42.9 LD : 10.93 km/s : 83 m - 190 m : (2008 GD1) 2008-Jun-02 : 50.1 LD : 6.07 km/s : 220 m - 500 m : (2007 LL) 2008-Jun-03 : 76.5 LD : 6.17 km/s : 22 m - 49 m : (2006 SU217) 2008-Jun-05 : 55.7 LD : 23.70 km/s : 420 m - 930 m : (2008 JJ) 2008-Jun-07 : 41.4 LD : 8.37 km/s : 200 m - 440 m : (2008 CA6) 2008-Jun-07 : 50.2 LD : 3.73 km/s : 13 m - 29 m : (2007 VU6) 2008-Jun-09 : 22.8 LD : 7.91 km/s : 47 m - 100 m : (2008 JS26) 2008-Jun-14 : 69.3 LD : 2.75 km/s : 20 m - 44 m : (2008 CE119) 2008-Jun-16 : 51.9 LD : 9.84 km/s : 16 m - 35 m : (2007 MF) 2008-Jun-20 : 20.1 LD : 7.93 km/s : 91 m - 200 m : (2008 GO20) 2008-Jun-22 : 62.8 LD : 15.61 km/s : 370 m - 820 m : (2008 JP14) 2008-Jun-23 : 28.0 LD : 11.52 km/s : 25 m - 56 m : (2005 WC) 2008-Jun-26 : 53.9 LD : 15.17 km/s : 530 m - 1.2 km : (2000 AD205) 2008-Jun-29 : 65.0 LD : 19.25 km/s : 970 m - 2.2 km : 17182 (1999 VU) 2008-Jun-29 : 53.3 LD : 8.25 km/s : 10 m - 23 m : (2000 SZ162) 2008-Jul-03 : 23.9 LD : 29.89 km/s : 340 m - 760 m : (2004 TG10) 2008-Jul-07 : 74.3 LD : 10.45 km/s : 280 m - 630 m : (2007 MK13)
Regulus! Astronomy Newsletter - May
Galactic Hunt Bags Missing Supernova Phoenix Set to Land on Mars Space Station Tricorder Planets by the Dozen A Super Solar Flare
Astronomy Blog reminds us: Don’t name a star Amateur Astronomers from KQED Whatever the hell is Slacker Astronomy? Doug shows us the light Differential Equations Please comment Not in Cambridge Podcast interview with Brant Robertson Enceladus has gas Naked-eye gamma-ray burst High-rez Enceladus Avoid the Light - do Globe at Night Lunar Eclipse 2008 Angry gods to eat moon tomorrow Amateur Sky Survey founder dies Cassini-eye view of Saturn The acceleration of the expansion of the universe confirmed Keck images dust around nova RS Oph
Lockheed wins GPS 3 Thales, Orbital share Koreasat 6 contract Progress launched to ISS Phoenix ready for Mars landing Astrium revenue up on Ariane, Paradigm work
2008 May 14 1526 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu (ALTEF3/1538)
Jupiter's Moons to 'Disappear' Brrr! Mars Colder Than Expected Space Rocks Could Reseed Life on Earth NASA Faces Rocket Test Delays for New Spaceship Bizarre Star Gets Stranger New View: Universe Suddenly Twice as Bright Bumpy Road to Mars, Part 1 How NASA's Phoenix Will Land on Mars New Idea Could Solve Black Hole Information Mystery Russian Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station Youngest Exploding Star Discovered Russia, Europe Target 2018 for Spaceship Debut South Korea's First Astronaut Leaves Hospital Britain Releases Batch of Files on UFO Sightings NASA Rolls Out Space Shuttle Tires for Loan Virtual Telescope Brings Universe Down to Earth
What's Happening: New Software Brings the Universe to Your Computer What's Happening: The Second Stellar Baby Boom Spitzer Sees Shining Stellar Sphere What's Happening: Spitzer Spots Ancient Cosmic Urban Sprawl What's Happening: Cosmic Searchlights Reveal "Lost" Galaxies Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May Grow What's Happening: Spitzer's Eyes Perfect for Spotting Diamonds in the Sky Many, Perhaps Most, Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets Astronomers Eye Ultra-Young, Bright Galaxy in Early Universe Spitzer Catches Young Stars in Their Baby Blanket of Dust What's Happening: Cosmic Suburbia is a Better Breeding Ground for Stars NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind Readers Even Thin Galaxies Can Grow Fat Black Holes What's Happening: One Million Downloads for the Hidden Universe 10,000 Earths' Worth of Fresh Dust Found Near Star Explosion What's Happening: Spitzer Studies Struggle of Galactic Teenagers Feature Article: Lifestyles of the Galaxies Next Door What's Happening: A Classic Beauty
