Topic: Astronomy

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Amateur Revolution

From astronomy to computing, networks of amateurs are displacing the pros and spawning some of the greatest innovations.READ»

Amateur Revolution

From astronomy to computing, networks of amateurs are displacing the pros and spawning some of the greatest innovations.READ»

Total Solar Eclipse, Eastern Hemisphere

While you were sleeping, the lights went out in the Eastern Hemisphere as the largest solar eclipse this century cast a shadow from Asia to the South Pacific. The total solar eclipse cast complete darkness over an area up to 160 miles ...READ»

NASA's Kepler Telescope Ready to Seek For Strange New Earth-Like Worlds

NASA's set to launch an extraordinary satellite today that has a particularly exciting mission. Kepler is being called the first spacecraft with the ability to peer at distant stars and distinguish if a particular type of planet is ...READ»

How the Moon Turned Its Other Cheek Toward Earth

We're all familiar with the face of the Moon -- it's blobby shapes and colors are part of the unconscious map of our environment we all share. And we all know that the Moon doesn't rotate as seen from Earth. But now, research suggests ...READ»

Welcome to the Connected World

Kevin Werbach is an independent technology analyst, consultant, and writer, as well as CEO of the Supernova Group . Werbach is a contributing editor of Release 1.0: Esther Dyson's Monthly Report, and co-organizer of PC Forum. ...READ»

The Energy of the Big Bang

The Force, the energy released at the moment of the Big Bang expanded out and created a volume of space at the same time it also began to transformed itself into a zillion different elementary particles, fermions and bosons if you ...READ»

First Images From Revamped Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope has always been an amazing machine, but it was recently made even more amazing with some repairs and optical upgrades in daring spacewalks. The first pics are out now, and they're stunning. The HST was ...READ»

Primer: The Big-Bang Machine

Unlocking the secrets of the universe doesn't come cheap. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has spent at least 10 years and $8 billion building the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's biggest particle ...READ»

• Now: May 2008
• Numerology: Book It
• Journal-ist: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Shooting Stars

With a simple click of the mouse, you can get a galaxy of information.READ»

Crowdsourcing Generates Passive Solar Technology

Ten brains are better than one, right? Crowdsourcing will always make projects go faster. That's why The Energy Crowd, a crowd-sourced based Web site for renewable energy technologies, is moving so quickly with its first ...READ»

What Will Solar Sail-Powered Spaceships Tell Us About Space?

The world's first solar-sail-powered spacecraft, Cosmos 1, met its demise in 2005 when it fell into the ocean before ever reaching orbit. But dreams of solar sails propelling spaceships haven't died, and Carl Sagan's Planetary ...READ»

1BOG, SunRun Leverage Power of Community for Cheap Solar Energy in LA

Buying a solar system on the cheap just got a whole lot easier for Los Angeles residents now that 1 Block Off the Grid (1BOG), a community solar purchasing program, is in town. 1BOG, a hit in the Bay Area, is partnering with ...READ»

Queen's Astronomer

Yesterday, I noticed a new blog on the New York Times website. Entitled "Across the Universe: A Guide to the Past, Present and Future of the Cosmos," it is written by "three British astronomers." As I began reading it, I took a ...READ»

Physicists discern nature of Dark Matter

Watch out where you post your blog entries. A black hole might result.READ»

Applaud: Congratulations, Graduates!

It's diploma season again, which means not only that a new batch of students will soon be facing the reality of the workplace but also that universities will be handing out honorary degrees. A look at several honorees -- and how they earned their doctorates.READ»

Honorary Degrees for Michael R. Bloomberg and Other Luminaries

It's diploma season again, which means not only that a new batch of students will soon be facing the reality of the workplace but also that universities will be handing out honorary degrees. A look at several honorees -- and how they earned their doctorates.READ»

• Now June 2008
• Numerology: A Hill of Beans

Saturn v. Uranus

General Motors should re-badge Saturn as "Uranus," with the slogan, "You Bet Uranus." The marketing possibilities are as endless as GM's stupidity.READ»

Strategic Innovation: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

Dr. Irwin Redlener has spent his career devising solutions to large-scale problems of health care for disenfranchised children. The latest expression of his single-minded agenda combines excellence in pediatric care with cutting-edge design, the latest technology, and the worldview of Carl Sagan.READ»

Astronaut Will Upstage Ashton Kutcher by Tweeting from Space

A mission specialist on the space shuttle Atlantis announced this week that he will use Twitter from space during the shuttle's next mission in May. If you're wondering whether NASA has some kind of built-in tweet software on ...READ»

New Earthly Extremophile Bacteria Could Live on Mars

A new type of extremophile life has been discovered in Chile that may help us recognize what life on Mars may look like--and that will undoubtedly help in the search for discovering that life, should it exist. Scientists pondering ...READ»

Fast Talk: Coal's Metamorphosis Man

Andrew Perlman Founder and CEO, Greatpoint Energy Chicago, Illinois Andrew Perlman, 32, wants to turn America's coal into what he calls Bluegas--99.5% methane. His company, backed by venture firm Kleiner Perkins, has a ...READ»

Tomorrow NASA Bombs the Moon

Update: NASA's 'Moon Bombing' A Smashing Success NASA's always trying to push the envelope, and tomorrow the space agency's got a really big push: It's going to bomb the Moon. Seriously, and it's all in the name of science, the ...READ»