Tag: "Astronomy"
Yuri’s Night in the Bay Area
51 years ago on April 12th, 1961, the Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history as the first human to enter outer space. Exactly 20 years later, the United States innovated the space age by launching the Space Shuttle (April 12th, 1981). Yuri’s Night, which commemorates these events, aims to celebrate humanity’s past present and future in space launches Yuri’s Night celebrations this week around the world.
Post on Apr 10, 2012 by Cat from QUEST Northern California
Kepler 22B: Exoplanet Dress-up Doll
It's 600 light years from Earth, orbits a star very similar to our Sun in a period of about 290 days, and has a diameter about two and a half times that of Earth. What is it? It's the NASA Kepler mission's most recent exciting confirmed discovery, the extrasolar-planet Kepler 22B.
Post on Dec 16, 2011 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Luna Nova: Moon of the Cretaceous Skies
Although I am a lifelong fan of science, I’ve also been a lifelong fan of science fiction—so I sometimes experience conflict on the borderlands where the two meet.
Post on Dec 02, 2011 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Yo GAMMA GAMMA: Photo plates enable astronomers to peer back to the future
Dr. Michael Castelaz, the Science Director at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, knows GAMMA II is a sleeping giant. He just needs a little help waking up the beast.
Post on Nov 08, 2011 by David Huppert from QUEST North Carolina
Popular astronomy apps for your smartphone or tablet
Attention Galileo guys and gals – download any one of these astronomy apps for your smartphone and you can stop star-guessing and start star-gazing like a pro!
Post on Nov 08, 2011 by David Huppert from QUEST North Carolina
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Fremont Peak
Fremont Peak oversees a large region of the Coast Ranges between Monterey and Hollister. When you pay it a visit, be sure to look around your feet too.
Post on Nov 03, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Armchair Astronomy Takes Off On The Web
Take a look at some of the best resources on the Web for armchair astronomers.
Post on Sep 20, 2011 by Laura Khalil from QUEST Northern California
Supernova Super Hero
Supernova SN2011fe, nearby in the galaxy M-101, is the first stellar explosion of its type to be observed in decades, and offers astronomers a valuable opportunity to refine our understanding of the size and expansion of the Universe.
Post on Sep 09, 2011 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
NASA’s WISE Spots Ys
NASA’s WISE spacecraft has revealed something new lurking in the dark: Y Dwarfs.
Post on Aug 26, 2011 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Quasar APM 08279+5255: Really Big Bathtub Drain?
Somewhere out there, at the most distant reaches of space and time, a vast space-ocean with 140 trillion times more water than the drop that fills Earth's ocean basins is pouring down the drain of a super black hole.
Post on Jul 29, 2011 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Celebrate Science with SETI this Summer
Learn more about SETI's mission and goals at this family friendly event on July 23rd.
Post on Jul 12, 2011 by Laura Khalil
Milky Way 2.0?
A recent image of a "twin-like" galaxy to the Milky Way may offer us the best glimpse of our home that we'll ever see.
Post on Jun 03, 2011 by Ben Burress
Dark Endeavours
When NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off on its 25th and final mission to space on Monday morning, it carried a bus-sized, two billion dollar observatory that will probe some of our Universe's deepest, darkest secrets: dark matter, and the unaccounted antimatter.
Post on May 20, 2011 by Ben Burress
Producer's Notes: Finding Light
When I was trolling for our first YPOQ photographer for the new season of QUEST TV, I went back to some of those early submissions and was immediately struck by Christenson’s set of vibrant, kinetic images.
Post on May 17, 2011 by Amy Miller
Should SETI Stop Looking?
Of all the questions in science, few have haunted humans as persistently as this: Are we alone? For more than 50 years, scientists have listened for a signal from intelligent life on other planets… and come up empty. Now, they're running short of money. Is it time to give up?
Post on May 06, 2011 by Amy Standen
Earth to ET: I'm Not Listening!
SETI's Allen Telescope Array is placed in hibernation due to funding cuts, putting the search for extraterrestrial intelligence on hold.
Post on May 06, 2011 by Ben Burress
Celebrating 50 Years with Yuri
50 years ago the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called “Vostok 1” on April 12th, 1961 by Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history as the first human to enter outer space. Yuri’s Night was created to connect and inspire the globe about human spaceflight.
Post on Apr 14, 2011 by Cat
The Word From Mercury: MESSENGER Has Been Delivered
History has been made yet again: NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is now in orbit around the solar system's innermost planet!
Post on Apr 08, 2011 by Ben Burress
SuperMoon—or Paul Bunyan Moon?
On March 19, the Full Moon coincided with the Moon's closest approach to Earth. Was this "Super Moon" really super, or did it grow largest in the telling?
Post on Mar 25, 2011 by Ben Burress
DIY Telescope Workshop at The Randall Museum
Learn to make your own telescope and take a whole new look at the night sky.
Post on Mar 15, 2011 by Laura Khalil
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