Stories tagged "astronomers"

Since Galaxy Zoo's launch in July 2007, some 150,000 members of the public, inspired by the opportunity to be the first to see and classify a galaxy, have helped professional astronomers via this online mass-participation project to carry out real scienti

Just when we thought we were beginning to understand what supernovae and gamma ray bursts were all about. Astronomers have just uncovered the true nature of what they thought was a regular supernova observed in January. At the time, it looked like a super

A NASA spacecraft designed to look for comets turned its cameras homeward, capturing a unique view of the moon passing in front of the Earth as seen from 31 million miles away.

A team of astronomers announced they have discovered the smallest and potentially most Earth-like extrasolar planet yet. Five times as massive as Earth, it orbits a relatively cool star at a distance that would provide earthly temperatures as well, signal

Japan's biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for an unprecedented quest to find out whether there is life in outer space. The project, led by Japanese astronomers, will bring together a dozen or more observatories from all over the country t

European astronomers have found a trio of "super-Earths" closely circling a star that astronomers once figured had nothing orbiting it.

Disgruntled scientists renewed their vows this week to call Pluto a planet despite an international governing body's latest ruling to reclassify the tiny world.

"NASA has sched. a media teleconf. 2 announce the discov of an object in our Galaxy astronomers've been hunting for more than 50 years."

Using NASA,Japanese, and European X-ray satellites, a team of Japanese astronomers has discovered that our galaxy's central black hole let loose a powerful flare three centuries ago.

UK astronomers must make a strong case for funding if they are to stave off further woes, a funding chief says.