Monthly Archives: May 2018

The new exoplanet hunter

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off into space like what has now become a routine launch. This time the payload was a space telescope on a mission, a more powerful set of eyes, peeping into the heavens … Continue reading →

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Fiddle Dee Dee

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ST Editors

by Ted Frimet Fiddle Dee Dee A complementary portal to an impressionists viewpoint As most know, I am not an astrophotographer. However false coloring does provide some interesting views into deep space by the Hubble Space Telescope. And I had … Continue reading →

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luminous distance

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ST Editors

by Ted Frimet how to ride a light beam AAAP board member Gene Allen programmed outreach to a Scout Group, for Wednesday night, April 18th, at Bordentown, NJ. No problem, so I thought! These Scouts had an ulterior motive, though. … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan ‘Ground-breaking’ galaxy collision detected Scientists have detected a cosmic “pileup” of galaxies in the early Universe. Imaged almost at the boundary of the observable Universe, the 14 unusually bright objects are on a collision … Continue reading →

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