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Are we really all made of stardust?
A beginners' guide to exoplanets
Listening to stars twinkle
How to spot an alien Earth
All about... SETI
The Herschel Space Observatory
All about... the Venus transit
Are lightsabers possible?
Molecules at the Movies
Light pollution - does anyone care?
The physics of Santa
The Science of His Dark Materials
Top 4 Bonkers things about the universe
6 Things you may not know about the afterglow of the big bang
HiPER power
How do 'invisibility cloaks' work?
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Star Journey
Charts of the night-time sky, with links to corresponding Hubble images and descriptions of astronomical features. The construction of the Hubble telescope is explained.
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Ho do we know how far away stars are?
Short article on the methods used by astronomers to measure stellar distances.
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Mystarslive
Gernerates a map of stars above any selected city or country. Updates every 10 seconds.
Hits: 683
Things are looking up [PDF]
A great place to start astronomy or star gazing. This in-depth guide is meant for absolute beginners and will guide you through how to navigate your way around the night sky with several ideas for ...
Hits: 449
Create your own universe
Play with gravity in this fantastic simulator. Add stars and see how they move and orbit
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Studying the stars, testing relativity: Sir Arthur Eddington
A good page giving details of this astrophysicist.
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Doppler shift
An explanation of Doppler shift, which occurs when the light emitted by a moving star for example changes wavelength (known as redshift or blueshift).
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Uranium reveals the age of the universe
An article from Physicsworld: Astronomers have spotted for the first time the fingerprint of uranium-138 in an ancient star - and have used it to make the most reliable guess yet of the age of the ...
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Proton Fusion
This is the process which fuels the Sun and other stars which have core temperatures less than 15 million Kelvin. A reaction cycle yields about 15 MeV of energy.
Hits: 1921
Cygnus X-1
Doppler studies of this blue supergiant in Cygnus indicate a period of 5.6 days in orbit around an unseen companion. The mass of the companion is calculated to be 8-10 solar masses, much too large to ...
Hits: 1790
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