... Usually a couple of thousand astronomers show up and discuss current findings, news, job information and the like. ... Eta, as astronomers in the know call it, is a huge star, possibly 100 times the mass of the Sun, and possibly the brightest ...
... This technique is called "averted vision", and every experienced amateur astronomer knows how to use it. ... Incidentally, sometimes objects are so faint that astronomers are not sure whether they are actually seeing it or not. ...
... It's time I did. So what is ``dust'' when astronomers use the word? It's not the kind of dust you see around here on Earth. ... Paul May and David Field (astronomers who study dust), dust is comprised of ``mainly of silica (SiO2), magnesium and iron ...
... if tackling such issues as the eventual fate of the Universe is something for the Bitesized Astronomer to try on these pages ... However, there are times that the news is very big, but it just seems too weird for most people that aren't astronomers. ...
... Around 140 A.D., the astronomer Ptolemy made a refinement on Aristotle's theory. ... So over the next thousand years astronomers added more epicycles to the orbits, making a diagram of the solar system an ...
... After all, astronomers study objects that are usually pretty far away. ... of molds, or slice a leaf and look into the cell structure, astronomers usually must be satisfied to sit back and wait for data ...
... Marcy and Butler, two American astronomers who have found most of the extrasolar planets known, made an interesting prediction. ... They alerted Greg Henry, another astronomer, who had access to a good telescope. ...
... Most astronomers feel that the Big Bang is the correct idea, but of course the Universe is in the details. ... How could they form so fast?" is the question most astronomers are asking, not "Is the Big Bang wrong?" ...