Space Fan News #6: James Webb Space Telescope Mission Update
22nd Jan, 2011 - 5213 views
Thought I would share some of the latest news from the James Webb Space Telescope mission. Looks like there are some delays ahead and cost overruns, but this isn't surprising and is quite common in space missions. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news
The First Earth-Sized World of Kepler
17th Jan, 2011 - 43.1k views
Subscribe to the DeepAstronomy iTunes Podcast: http://feeds.feedburner.com/blip/nXLI and add to iTunes. On January 10th, 2011, after gathering and analyzing over 8 months of data transmitted from the spacecraft, the Kepler Science Team announce
Space Fan News #5: The Future is in the Infrared
15th Jan, 2011 - 5087 views
Whew! This has been some week, the AAS is now over and astronomy overload has set in. All of you have been so supportive and enthusiastic about this series. To be honest, I was shocked at how many watched these vids. Because this was such a posit
Space Fan News #4: Candles in the Dark
14th Jan, 2011 - 5832 views
This one's a little long because I wanted to give some background into the two press releases that came out of the AAS today: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1243-ssc2011-01-Cosmology-Standard-Candle-Not-So-Standard-After-All http://www.cfa.harv
Space Fan News #3: The Most Comprehensive Image of the Night Sky Ever Taken
13th Jan, 2011 - 7003 views
Been tweeting like crazy: http://twitter.com/DeepAstronomy Here's the press release: http://sdss3.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/aas-press-conference/ Link to the image: http://cosmo.nyu.edu/blanton/aas-2011-sdss3-pc-hires-1920-1440.001.jpg More inf
Space Fan News #2: Echoes From a Quasar That No Longer Exists
12th Jan, 2011 - 8904 views
Here's the press release: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/01/image/a/ Don't forget to check out Galaxy Zoo: http://galaxyzoo.org A Dutch schoolteacher discovered an enigmatic object while classifying galaxies in the Sloan Dig