A telescope fan sabotaged an astronomy forum. He ended up in prison The Verge California telescope enthusiast David Chesley Goodyear was sentenced to 26 months in prison for a DDoS attack on an astronomy forum.
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Voyager 2 crosses solar boundary, moves into interstellar space – Astronomy Now Online
Voyager 2 crosses solar boundary, moves into interstellar space Astronomy Now Online More than 41 years and nearly 18 billion kilometres (11 billion miles) from Earth, NASA’s Voyager 2 probe has finally passed beyond the protective bubble …
A cluster of clusters: The globulars of Coma – SYFY WIRE
A cluster of clusters: The globulars of Coma SYFY WIRE Astronomers look at the massive Coma Cluster and find a staggering 22000 globular clusters in between the galaxies, giving information about the behavior of …
Astronomy: Newly discovered Exoplanet loses 300 pounds of Helium per second – The News Article Insiders
Astronomy: Newly discovered Exoplanet loses 300 pounds of Helium per second The News Article Insiders astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet, the helium atmosphere is inflated like a balloon, and into All evaporated. The observation could provide new …
NASA releases first data from OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission – Astronomy Magazine
NASA releases first data from OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission Astronomy Magazine OSIRIS-REx has been busy ever since it arrived at the asteroid Bennu December 3. The latest updates from NASA reveal that the space rock is porous, blue, …
The Geminid meteor shower peaks December 13/14 – Astronomy Magazine
The Geminid meteor shower peaks December 13/14 Astronomy Magazine The spectacular Geminid meteor shower peaks the night of December 13/14. Although many people consider it to be a poor cousin to August’s Perseid shower, …
Amani G Talks KCPE Performance, Astronomy Dream, Hobbies, Music… – nairobiwire.com
Amani G Talks KCPE Performance, Astronomy Dream, Hobbies, Music… nairobiwire.com Due to her remarkable talent, she was immediately snapped up by Pine Creek Records and has since released an EP. Amani G was also one of the candidates …
Behaviour of fastest-growing white dwarf contradicts accepted theory – Astronomy Now Online
Behaviour of fastest-growing white dwarf contradicts accepted theory Astronomy Now Online Astronomers have spotted an X-ray outburst from a white dwarf in the Small Magellanic Cloud some 200,000 light years away that indicates the compact star is …
Comet-like tails seen stretching away from massive young stars – Astronomy Now Online
Comet-like tails seen stretching away from massive young stars Astronomy Now Online Data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA, are combined in this stunning look at a cluster of giant …
Fast-Growing White Dwarf Surprises Astronomers – SciTechDaily
Fast-Growing White Dwarf Surprises Astronomers SciTechDaily The fastest growing white dwarf may have been found using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes.