A Swiss amateur astronomer has discovered a new comet from an observatory in the western Jura district, the ATS news agency said Saturday.
... at picking out unusual patterns, he mused that it would be wonderful if there were amateur astronomers who were interested in doing some of the "scanning."
"When we launched Galaxy Zoo we were ...
LONDON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- British amateur astronomers say they have a new challenge -- spotting an astronaut's lost tool bag orbiting the Earth, to be visible until early next month.
... star (an event known as a primary transit) on February 14. Both professional and amateur astronomers worldwide will be watching to see if this happens. The occurrence of primary transits would enable ...
An amateur astronomer and an artist want to temporarily darken parts of Manhattan to give New Yorkers a rare glimpse at celestial wonders.
... US telescopes on 6th October 2008. Subsequent observations by an international army of professional and amateur astronomers led to the discovery that it was racing towards our planet and was due to ...
Amateur astronomers have photographed NASA's LCROSS spacecraft en route to an October crash landing on the Moon. Observers say the spacecraft is surprisingly easy to photograph, and NASA hopes more ...
Australian man alerts Nasa to hole in planet's atmosphere caused
by comet or asteroid crash
An amateur Australian astronomer looking through his backyard
telescope has discovered ...
... Australia made a major discovery Sunday when he noticed a newly formed spot on Jupiter--a spot that academics and NASA astronomers have now confirmed marks a recent impact on the giant planet. [More]
... since the upheaval began, said Christopher Go, an amateur astronomer in Cebu, the Philippines, who joined de ... two years ago. Go alerted the astronomical community in early 2006 about the color change ...
The fastest spinning natural object in the Solar System is discovered by a British amateur astronomer.
... planets in the habitable zones of other stars, and it would not have been possible without the international collaboration of professional and amateur astronomers devoted to measuring these signals."
... carbon nanotubes were contributed by Dan Powell, Lead Nanotechnologist for NASA Goddard. Several amateur astronomers made key contributions by advising and making special epoxy formulations, helping ...
... space encompassing Earth's orbit."
Although NEOSSat's 15-centimetre telescope is smaller than most amateur astronomers', its location approximately 700 kilometres above Earth's atmosphere will give ...
Editorial: Like a lot of amateur astronomers, John Fletcher got the bug in 1969, through watching the moon landing
