Space Fan News #7: Hubble's Latest, Most Distant Object and Remembering Challenger
29th Jan, 2011
Here's the press release: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/05/ Hubble has set a new record for the most distant object found so far (again!). Also, I tell the story of how I found out the Challenger Exploded
The Decay of Heaven
25th Jan, 2011
Please subscribe to the DeepAstronomy iTunes Podcast: http://feeds.feedburner.com/blip/nXLI Here is an abbreviated look at what the implications are for a universe that is expanding and accelerating. Things look pretty bleak for the future of our
Space Fan News #6: James Webb Space Telescope Mission Update
22nd Jan, 2011
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
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
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
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