Wednesday, April 22, 2009

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection: The Crab Nebula

Astronomers Discover Youngest and Lowest Mass Dwarfs

Astronomers have found three brown dwarfs with estimated masses of less than 10 times that of Jupiter, making them among the youngest and lowest mass sub-stellar objects detected in the solar neighborhood to date.

Oldest and Most Distant Water in the Universe Detected

Astronomers have found the most distant signs of water in the Universe to date.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Astronomy picture of the day... from CFHT

A nice Hawaiian star trails video for today's Astronomy Picture of the Day
from CFHT!

Friday, April 03, 2009

CFHT in "Around the world in 80 telescopes"

Star-gazing: Canada Post stamps are out of this world!

Today Canada Post issued two domestic rate (54-cent) stamps to celebrate 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy and recognize the significant role that Canadians have played in uncovering the mysteries of outer space.