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| Over 300 Finns Applied to ESA’s Astronaut Training Program |
| 2008-06-25 15:19:18 |
As we wrote in April, ESA is looking for new European candidates to their astronaut training program. ESA asked all member countries to send applications for the upcoming training program. From Finland they will receive over 300 applications. This is the first time Finns have a change to become an astronaut and fly to the [...]...
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| This Week’s HiRISE Picture Shows Sulfates in Aram Chaos |
| 2008-06-22 07:12:59 |
This picture is from Aram Chaos crater in Mars. It was taken last month by HiRISE camera of MRO-probe. The crater was named Aram Chaos because of the broken formations of the surface.
Scientists believe the crater was formed when the material under the surface dissappeared. Lowest parts of the crater contain dark sand which is [...]...
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| Waxing Moon, Pollux and Castor - What a Nice Stargazing Experience |
| 2008-06-10 16:53:39 |
Greeeeetings from the beautiful Crete! I just came back from one week vacation with my family. We spent one week in Chania in Crete island. Oh boy, Crete is a wonderful place to take it relaxed. For sure I recommend Crete to anybody. And I didn’t even mention the Greek food.. Delicious!
So, what [...]...
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| Microsoft Has Released Their WorldWide Telescope |
| 2008-05-18 16:51:05 |
Microsoft has released their WorldWide Telescope (WWT) software and it is freely downloadable in WorldWideTelescope.Com website. As Microsoft says, “The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless [...]...
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| April 2008 Poll Results - Do You Believe in..? |
| 2008-05-14 11:05:15 |
In April 2008 we asked our readers the question “Do Yuo Believe in..”
- God
- Evolutionary Theory
- Both
- Neither
It is time to see the results. Oh yes, I should have done it already two weeks ago, but life is life. It has been so busy lately that my blogging has suffered very much. I hope I [...]...
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| Use Photo Acute to Shoot Better Pictures |
| 2008-05-12 01:15:51 |
As you most probably know, yesterday was the international mother’s day. As I am an amateur photographer, I shot lots of pictures of my wife and our kids during the day. It was a very nice and warm day here in Finland, so we spent a lot of time outside. Although the light was almost [...]...
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| Locating Alpha Centauri - Tips for Finding Alpha Centauri in Southern Hemisphere |
| 2008-05-06 08:40:20 |
Alpha Centauri is the nearest star from our Sun and it is located in constellation Centaurus. In fact Alpha Centauri is not one big star, but a formation of three stars located close to each other. The brightest one of those three stars is Rigil Centaurus, many times called just Rigil Cent. Alpha Centauri [...]...
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| Stars, Planets and the Moon in Northern Hemisphere in May 2008 |
| 2008-05-03 16:44:17 |
So, we are already in May and having a very nice and warm spring. What’s up with the nightsky this month? There will be only few more dark nights before the summer in northern hemisphere, especially in the northern side. Here in Helsinki the Sun will go below -12 degrees 9th of May. After that [...]...
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| NASA has Published an Awesome Set of Pictures of Colliding Galaxies |
| 2008-04-30 09:48:32 |
Did you know that Hubble space telescope has been operating already 18 years? To celebrate this anniversary NASA has published 59 new pictures of colliding galaxies. This is the biggest single set of Hubble pictures ever published.
Collisions of galaxies is just normal evolution, but it all happens in such a long time period and within [...]...
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| Reminder - April Giveaway Campaign Soon Over! |
| 2008-04-28 15:32:52 |
Hey there, this is a reminder. Our April free giveaway campaign is soon going to be over. In April we are giving away a book called “A Briefer History of Time” by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Would you like to win that book for yourself? Would you like to win something else next month? [...]...
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| Virgin Galactic Soon Ready to Fly People to Space |
| 2008-04-26 16:48:04 |
Virgin Galactic, the first commercial space flight company, is soon ready to take the first people to space. Virgin Galactic will use their special-purpose aircrafts to provide this unforgettable trip outside our atmosphere. The company has spent years and millions of dollars to develop this spacecraft. Soon ordinary people can experience the feeling of flying [...]...
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| Returning Cosmonaut and Two Astronauts Almost Died During Landing |
| 2008-04-24 16:51:16 |
It was a close call. The returning cosmonaut and two astronauts almost died during their landing because Sojuz capsule almost burned in the atmosphere. The crew was very lucky because the situation was actually very dangerous. The results could have been much worse.
Last weekend the Sojuz capsule was bringing back cosmonauts Juri Malatshenko, American Peggy [...]...
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| Apophis Calculations of a School Boy Was a Fake |
| 2008-04-22 08:47:00 |
Last week we wrote that a German school boy had found an error in NASA’s Apophis calculations and come up with much higher impact probability. German Nico Marquardt calculated Apophis impact probability to 1/450 while NASA estimated it to be 1/45.000. Current understanding is that Nico Marquardt’s calculation is not valid and this whole story [...]...
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| The Moon, A Planet and A Star - All Three Nicely Together Tonight |
| 2008-04-15 16:58:23 |
There is an interesting formation in the sky right now. The moon, a planet (Saturn) and a star (Regulus) are all positioned close to each other, forming almost a triangle shape. Regulus, the star of the formation, is the main star of constellation Leo. All three objects are located close to each other only tonight. [...]...
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| ESA is Looking for New European Astronauts |
| 2008-04-12 16:15:05 |
European Space Agency (ESA) is recruiting new astronauts. Anyone can leave an open application to ESA and therefore has a change to fly to space one day. Last time ESA recruited astronauts was in 1992. The overall selection process will start on Monday 19 May. The selected candidated will be trained in European Astronaut Centre [...]...
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| How a Comet Strike Could be Avoided? |
| 2008-04-09 23:51:20 |
Sorry for this blogging hiatus. It has been really busy at work lately.
Few days ago I published the results of our March poll in which we asked if you are afraid of comet strikes. Although most people are not afraid of comet strikes, there is a little possibility that a big comet hits our planet [...]...
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| The Search for Water in Space - Where Have We Found Water Already? |
| 2008-04-06 16:11:19 |
There are huge amounts of ice and steam in the space, but it is not enough. Scientists searching for extraterrestrial life, are also looking for running water, which is the needed element for life to exist. Gas clouds and nebulae of the Milky Way contain trillions and trillions of liters of water. In order to [...]...
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| Weekend Linking - Cool Shuttle Pictures |
| 2008-04-04 16:54:45 |
Phil Plait of Badastronomy.Com has discovered cool shuttle pictures. I read Phil’s blog pretty often as he writes pretty interesting articles. This time Phil has found a collection of nice pictures of a space shuttle.
In this series of pictures you can see how the external tank of a space shuttle is delivered to the assembly [...]...
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| March 2008 Poll Results - Most People Are Not Afraid of Comet Strikes |
| 2008-04-02 08:25:35 |
In March we asked you “Are You Afraid Of Comet Strikes?“. According to the results, most people are not afraid of comet strikes. This was not surprising for me, even though sometimes provokes with comets passing near to our planet. According to the poll, 81% (51/63 votes) of those who answered are not afraid of [...]...
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| Would You Like to be Buried in the Moon? |
| 2008-03-31 16:53:25 |
American company called Celestis provides you a chance to be buried in the Moon. The first launch is scheduled to happen on next year. Price for this last journey is $9995. For this price 1 g of your ash can be transferred to the Moon. The price includes also a name plate.
This is not the [...]...
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| April Nightsky - Constellations and Planets in April 2008 |
| 2008-03-29 16:32:02 |
April is the last darker month in northern hemisphere before the summer. In April nights are shorter and days longer. Even though this means less time to observe the celestial objects, you can still have few hours good skywatching every night.
Big constellations such as Orion, Taurus, Canis Minor and Canis Major are heading more and [...]...
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| The Largest Known Black Hole Discovered by Finnish Scientists |
| 2008-03-26 15:50:49 |
Finnish researchers have discovered the largest known black hole so far. This massive black hole is lurking in the middle of quasar OJ 287, about 3.5 billion light years away from the Earth. The discovery of Finnish scientists was published last in Astrophysical Journal by Mr. Mauri Valtonen
This recently discovered black hole has a really [...]...
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| ESA’s Jules Verne ATV Reaches “Parking Orbit” |
| 2008-03-25 16:52:45 |
European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jules Verne, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), is reaching its “parking orbit” near the International Space Station (ISS). Jules Verne is a new type of ATV’s and will dock to ISS on April 3rd, if everything goes fine. So far everything has worked well.
“ATV works fine and our team is really [...]...
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| Five Important Natural Scientists and Their Findings |
| 2008-03-23 16:51:54 |
Instead of listing the five most important natural scientists, this list generally defines five important natural scientists. It is very difficult to say which scientist is more important than another, so that’s why this list doesn’t put scientists in order. This list defines five natural scientists that have made remarkable findings related to astronomy and [...]...
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| Astronauts Enjoys Some Mid-Mission Off-Duty Time |
| 2008-03-21 03:14:14 |
SpaceFlightNow.Com writes that astronauts in the orbit have enjoyed some off-duty time, which was really needed. “We’re having a great time, taking a break, just relaxing a little bit”, says Peggy Whitson when interviewed by CBS News. “I think we really needed it. For the station guys and for the shuttle guys, we had to [...]...
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| Dad, Tell Me About Multiverse And Anthropic Principle? |
| 2008-03-19 06:15:16 |
My friend told me that his son came from school and said “Dad, guys at school discussed about multiverse. Do you know what it is“? My friend was not sure and he wanted to ask me because he knows that I write about this kind of things here in HomeboyAstronomy.Com. I said, “see what the [...]...
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| New Stunning High Resolution Pictures of Mars Taken By HiSIRE Camera |
| 2008-03-18 06:08:24 |
During the last one and a half years Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has mapped the surface of Mars with its powerful HiRISE-camera. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and has opened us a whole new era in space research. We can see now pictures of Mars that are even sharper than pictures taken by spy satellites.
“HiRISE can provide interesting [...]...
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| Massive Gas Cloud Going To Collide With Milky Way |
| 2008-03-17 01:54:32 |
According to ScienceDaily.Com a massive gas cloud is speeding towards a collision with our galaxy. During that collision we can expect magnificent stellar fireworks, but are we going to see it? The collision of the gas cloud and Milky Way will happen in 40 million years, so it is possible that human race is not [...]...
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| Another Tip for Finding the North Star (Also Called Polaris) |
| 2008-03-15 02:00:22 |
Today’s post is not a regular HomeboyAstronomy.Com article. Instead I proudly present a great tip from Aaron Scott. I received this email from Aaron and instead of keeping it as a secret between me and Aaron, I would like to share Aaron’s tip for finding the North Star, also called Polaris. Check out my article [...]...
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| And The Winner of February 2008 Free Give-Away Contest is.. |
| 2008-03-14 07:09:23 |
Finally I managed to convert and edit the movie clip of HomeboyAstronomy.Com February free give-away contest! I am sorry the contest winner is announced late. I have been sick for almost two weeks and during that time I was not able to draw the winner and record this video. I hope in the future I [...]...
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| Another Set of Interesting Articles in the Archives of HomeboyAstronomy.Com |
| 2008-03-12 06:08:17 |
Megan wrote a nice comment that encouraged me to write another collection of interesting articles in the archives of HomeboyAstronomy.Com. Megan came to this blog from Digg.Com where my article The Top Ten Hubble Images of All Time has received almost 1400 diggs so far. It has been absolutely great to see how people have [...]...
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| Seven Great Articles From The Archieves of HomeboyAstronomy.Com |
| 2008-03-11 16:22:51 |
Today one of my older articles received more than 1.200 diggs in Digg.Com. The article I wrote was The Top Ten Hubble Images of All Time - The very Best of Hubble Images. It stayed in the front page of Digg.Com for the whole day and right now it seems to be in the Science [...]...
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| There Can Be an Earth-Like Planet in Alpha Centauri |
| 2008-03-10 11:47:46 |
Finally I feel better! I have been sick for the last 8 days and today it is the first time I feel better. I have had some kind of a stomach virus and I have enjoyed some pretty good pain in my stomach every damn day. Today I woke up and thought “oh dear, not [...]...
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