Astronomy Articles

Learning about astronomy is one of the most interesting and fascinating scientific adventures one can undertake. While there are surely amazing sights to behold on our earth and in our oceans, nothing compares to the immense, magnificent beauty that is out there in the sky. While the glorious universe full of beautiful stars and amazing planets seems like it would be hard to learn about, nothing could be further from the truth. There are all manners of resources available to anybody interested in astronomy, from magazines devoted to astronomy to astronomy articles and books that are so numerous they rival the stars themselves in "scope" (sorry about the pun).

Two major magazines devoted to astronomy articles are "Astronomy Magazine" and "Sky and Telescope". These magazines offer beautiful, breathtaking pictures of outer space, and the astronomy articles also inform us about the many nuances of these complex celestial bodies. If you are completely ignorant of anything having to do with stars and how they work, or if you just don't want to pay for a magazine, there are many astronomy articles available on the internet, free of charge. For a novice, a good idea is to read a few introductory astronomy articles that will help give you a grasp on the differences between the constellations, stars, galaxies, and planets.

Books are also wonderful when one is looking for astronomy articles. Go to any local bookstore and you'll see an astronomy section chock-full of information you never even knew existed. Once you gain a basic understanding of astronomy and fall in love with the subject, you may be revisiting this shelf weekly as your appreciation of this beautiful field of science grows into an obsession.

The wonderful thing about astronomy is that, whether you are an expert or a novice, you can go outside at any time of night and see the stars for yourself. The night sky means different things to different people, and it doesn't take a masters degree in astrophysics to appreciate the sheer beauty of the cosmos. One thing is certain, though. The more you know about this complex and exciting science, the more you will appreciate just how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things. Astronomy unites us all. All of us, no matter where we are on Earth, see the moon, the planets, and the constellations. While we may see different ones, depending on our hemispheres, astronomy is one of the last things that we as humans can truly share.

News About Astronomy


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Backyard Astronomy Course - Belton Journal
Backyard Astronomy Course
Belton Journal
They have teamed up to offer ?Backyard Astronomy,? a special class to teach amateur astronomers what they need to know to get the most out of looking at the ...



Changes on way for S. Ariz. observatory - Arizona Daily Star
Changes on way for S. Ariz. observatory
Arizona Daily Star
Astronomy, optics and space sciences at Arizona's universities and noncommercial institutions operated $1.2 billion in infrastructure, employed 1830 people ...
SOME IMPORTANT KITT PEAK DATESArizona Daily Star
Two free public events will celebrate Kitt Peak's 50 years as a national ...Arizona Daily Star
VISITING KITT PEAKArizona Daily Star

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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) -- 25 years and counting - US...
USA Today

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) -- 25 years and counting
USA Today
It's been 50 years since Cornell University astronomer Frank Drake began Project Ozma. That ground-breaking work, using the National Radio Astronomy ...
SETI expert to speak at GVSUGrand Haven Tribune
Weymouth planetarium plans SETI presentationThe Patriot Ledger

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Oscars, Astronomy and American Idol - RhinoTimes.com Greensboro
Oscars, Astronomy and American Idol
RhinoTimes.com Greensboro
Who says astronomy doesn't have an effect on everyday life? An instant message from a friend: "Wow. The earthquake in Chile has made each day on earth 1.26 ...

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Twinkle in the night - Ocala
Twinkle in the night
Ocala
236-7148 2010 Equinox Moon Celebration: Santa Fe College, Alachua Astronomy Club hosts a viewing of the moon and planets through a variety of telescopes and ...

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Pluto's loss of planet status - Gainesville Sun
msnbc.com

Pluto's loss of planet status
Gainesville Sun
Moreover, Pluto has ?an odd orbit around the sun that's not on the same plane as the other eight planets,? says Ken King, president of the Ocala Astronomy ...
Pluto is a Planet protest planned in SeattleMyNorthwest.com
Pluto finds its placemsnbc.com
Cosmic anniversaryArizona Daily Sun
Discover Magazine (blog) -Discover Magazine (blog)
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Astronomy Without A Telescope ? Home Made Quark-Gluon Soup - Universe Today
Astronomy Without A Telescope ? Home Made Quark-Gluon Soup
Universe Today
The most powerful operational heavy-ion collider in the world, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) recently recorded the highest ever temperature ...

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10 Ways to Participate in Global Astronomy Month This April. New Global ... -...
10 Ways to Participate in Global Astronomy Month This April. New Global ...
PR.com (press release)
With three weeks remaining until Global Astronomy Month (GAM) begins in April, Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) has developed Global Programs everyone can ...



Romanian amateur astronomers win two international prizes - Financiarul
Romanian amateur astronomers win two international prizes
Financiarul
UNESCO and the International Astronomical Union, the organisers of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA 2009) have recently selected five winners ...



Astronomers back up Einstein - CBC.ca
National Geographic

Astronomers back up Einstein
CBC.ca
An international team of astronomers has confirmed that the universe, at least within a distance of 3.5 billion light years of Earth, obeys Albert ...
Princeton scientists say Einstein's theory applies beyond the solar systemPrinceton University
Study validates general relativity on cosmic scale, existence of dark matterPhysOrg.com
Foiling an Attack on General RelativityArticle Ant (press release)

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