Astronomy of the stars and constellations
Twinkle, twinkle little star...
Below are links to photos and resources about the stars, constellations, nebulas and other bodies and objects being discovered in our universe:
Links to astronomy and space news & info in July 2011
- Ancient galaxies hold secrets of earliest black holes: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Our galaxy's mysterious twist: photoblog.msnbc.msn.com
- Universe on Bing Visual Search: www.bing.com
Links to astronomy news & info in June 2011
- Distant galaxy is a twin of our own Milky Way: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in space - May 2011: www.msnbc.msn.com
Links to astronomy news & info in May 2011
- Astronomers snap black hole murder in graphic detail (video): www.engadget.com
- Gravity Probe B confirms Einstein effects: www.bbc.co.uk/news/
- Lose yourself in a celestial lagoon: photoblog.msnbc.msn.com
- NASA posters for download: sfa.nasa.gov/products.cfm
- New planet found in Goldilocks zone: www.abc.net.au/news/stories/
- Planets found free-floating around universe: www.abc.net.au/news/stories/
- Snapshot of Centaurus A reveals a black hole's jets: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Some black holes may be older than time: www.abc.net.au/news/
- Telescopes snag Meathook Galaxy: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
Links to astronomy news & info in April 2011
- Astronomers Discover Kepler's Trinity: www.usyd.edu.au/news/physics/
Links in January 2011
- 10-year-old Canadian girl discovers a supernova: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Year in Space - 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
Links in December 2010
- Holiday bauble made by supernova: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
Links in November 2010
- Andromeda Galaxy visible to skywatchers: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Atom-smashing... on a galactic scale: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Dark matter made visible: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Gemini North Observatory Hawaii Interior in Photosynth: photosynth.net
- Space-Time Distortions Uncover Hidden Galaxies: www.livescience.com/space/
Links in October 2010
- Alien planet looks 'just right' for life: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Guide to the night sky's new stargazing season: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Huge alien planet has a mysterious hot spot: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Inside story of a dying star: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space October 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Pinwheel spins with starbirth: photoblog.msnbc.msn.com
- Scientists unwrap a stellar surprise: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Spiral galaxies stripped bare 1 (Photos): photoblog.msnbc.msn.com
- Spiral Galaxies Stripped Bare 2 (Photos): www.eso.org/public/news/eso1042/
Links in September 2010
- Astronomy Photographer of the Year: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Celestial spiral goes viral: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Halley's comet was spotted by ancient Greeks: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - September 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- September brings new night sky: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Spiral galaxy like our own shines with pink clouds: www.msnbc.msn.com
- This comet's ready for its close-up: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- This laser star is fully operational: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Waves break on a stellar lagoon: photoblog.msnbc.msn.com
Links in August 2010
- Alien solar system is like ours, but weirder: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Get the most out of the meteor show: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in space - August 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Perseid meteor shower lives up to its promise: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Trio finds a pulsar ... and so can you: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
July 2010 links
- Black hole knocked off axis by galaxy collision: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Bright stars burn out fast: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- European probe gets close look at huge asteroid: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Fireworks from the stars: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Spaceweather.com Time Machine (1 July 2010): spaceweather.com
Links for June 2010
- Astronomers discover the coldest stars yet: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Avalanche of alien planets: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Hubble goes pop: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Tour a dwarf galaxy (Large Magellanic Cloud): cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
New links in May 2010
- Astrophotography by Thierry Legault: www.astrophoto.fr
- Greatest hits from Herschel: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Herschel Astronomers' website: herschel.esac.esa.int
- Herschel space telescope pierces giant star bubble: news.bbc.co.uk
- Month in space - April 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - May 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Online Showcase of Herschel Images: oshi.esa.int
- Planets gone wild - Three Jupiter-type planets orbiting Upsilon Andromedae: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Some black holes might kill entire galaxies: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Star caught eating its offspring: www.abc.net.au/news/
- Strange shapes in space: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Two faces of a grand galaxy - Messier 83, the Pinwheel Galaxy: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
Links in April 2010
- All-time top 10 astronomy pictures: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29894281/
- Global Astronomy Month: www.astronomerswithoutborders.org
- Hubble photo shows stretched-out galaxy: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Hubble team marks 20 years with a new view: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Hubble's first 20 years (audio slideshow): news.bbc.co.uk
- Hubble’s new vision (Photos): www.msnbc.msn.com
- See the marvels of the sky: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
Links in March 2010
- Cosmic rosebud blossoming with new stars, including the Berkeley 59 cluster (Image): www.space.com
- Infrared image shows cluster of young stars in deep space (Berkeley 59 cluster): www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - March 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
Links in February 2010
- Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine: blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/
- Hubble sees ancient galaxies rejuvenating themselves: blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/
- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Photos: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Sky-mapping probe, WISE, serves up cosmic feast: www.msnbc.msn.com
Recent links since January 1 2010
- Dying star gives sneak peek of sun's demise: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Original spiral nebula NGC 5194: www.abc.net.au/news/photos/
- Wired Science’s Most Popular Space Stories of 2009: www.wired.com/wiredscience/
Older links
- 9 astronomy milestones in 2009: www.msnbc.msn.com
- 10 signs of a rough and tough universe: www.msnbc.msn.com
- 100 Hours of Astronomy: www.100hoursofastronomy.org
- 100 hours of Astronomy at Galaxy Zoo – Join in: blogs.msdn.com/dan_fay/
- 3,000 Images Combine for Stunning Milky Way Portrait: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Andromeda is a cannibal and heading our way: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Astronauts share their Hubble favorites (Slideshow): www.msnbc.msn.com
- Astronomers get double pulsar's measure: www.abc.net.au/news/
- Astronomy Now Online: www.astronomynow.com
- Astrophotography by Thierry Legault: www.astrophoto.fr
- Australia International Year of Astronomy 2009: www.astronomy2009.org.au
- Balloon telescope's star vision: news.bbc.co.uk
- BBC Space: www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/
- Beginner's Guide to Astrophotography: www.space.com/spacewatch/
- Big Aussie Starhunt: www.starhunt.net.au
- Black hole may have created a galaxy: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Black hole is most massive known: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31173519/
- Brain teasers from Space: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Celebrating 400 years of the telescope: www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/today/tomfeilden/
- Census finds unknown young stars of Orion: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315456/
- Cosmic Diary: www.cosmicdiary.org
- Coolest brown dwarf in universe found (April 20 2009): www.abc.net.au/science/
- Crashing Galaxies Win Contest: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Dancing black hole twins spotted: news.bbc.co.uk
- Enjoy the Outer-Space Circus: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Eye of cosmic storm in NGC 1097 blazes with black hole: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Faraway supernovae shatter distance record: www.msnbc.msn.com
- First glimpse of dark matter?: news.bbc.co.uk
- 'Fuzzy object' can show what happened in galaxy billions of years ago: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30989192/
- Galactic smash-up caught on camera: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Galaxy Zoo: www.galaxyzoo.org
- Galaxy Zoo Forum: www.galaxyzooforum.org
- Giant mystery blob found near dawn of time: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30353034/
- Happy Birthday, Hubble (April 24, 1990): cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Has dark matter’s destruction been detected?: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30002708/
- Herschel telescope 'opens eyes': news.bbc.co.uk
- Hubbub over The Hand - Chandra X-ray Observatory's image of PSR B1509: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Hubble photo of dying star Kohoutek 4-55: hubblesite.org
- Hubble photographs flying-saucer galaxy: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30092023/
- Hubble shows galaxies from toddler universe: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Hubble telescope spots most distant galaxies: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Hubble’s highs and lows: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Hubble's Hits: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Hubble's New Superpowers: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- HubbleSite - Out of the ordinary, out of this world: hubblesite.org
- Hubble Telescope - Parting Shot from Outer Space: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Hubble’s latest, greatest views revealed: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Huge black hole consumes mass equivalent of two Earths per hour: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30966689/
- Images show stars born in violent cosmic cradle: www.msnbc.msn.com
- International Year of Astronomy 2009: www.astronomy2009.org
- Jewels from space (Kappa Crucis Cluster or NGC 4755): cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Join the Next Galaxy Quest: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Measuring the Universe: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Monster gamma-ray blast lights up deep space: www.abc.net.au/news/
- MSNBC Space News: www.msnbc.com/news/spacenews_front.asp
- Most distant galaxy with black hole discovered: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Mystery of changing star brightness deepens: www.msnbc.msn.com
- NASA captures amazing view of Andromeda: www.msnbc.msn.com
- NASA's Fermi telescope peers out into the universe in search of gamma rays: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29665374/
- Nature’s fireworks on display: www.msnbc.msn.com
- New Hubble pictures: www.msnbc.msn.com
- New sky survey finds 22 of the earliest galaxies: www.msnbc.msn.com
- NGC 4921 Spiral Galaxy HD View from Hubble Telescope: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29041265/
- Night sky highlights in the new year: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28474566/
- Pick your space pix: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Project Galileo - Online Telescope for Schools: www.projectgalileo.org.uk
- Quick thinking helps WA team capture death of star: www.abc.net.au/news/
- Science of Stars: www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/twinkle/
- Sky highlights for 2010: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Space Day: www.spaceday.org
- Space explosion is farthest thing ever seen: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30455828/
- SpaceWeather: www.spaceweather.com
- Star explosion is most distant space object seen (Oct 2009): www.msnbc.msn.com
- Stellar blast is record-breaker: news.bbc.co.uk
- Switch-on success for superscope: news.bbc.co.uk
- Telescopes do a triple take: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Ten views - From Earth to the Universe: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28794942/
- Three faces of the Trifid nebula: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Top space images of 2009: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Triple Delight in the Milky Way: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Using Flickr for Astronomy – and viewing in WorldWide Telescope: blogs.msdn.com/dan_fay/
- ‘Whole Earth Telescope’ spies white dwarf: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30834873/
- X marks the galactic spot: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Year in space (2009): cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Zoom in on Galaxies Galore: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
Month in Space 2010
The following links are to MSNBC's Month in Space series of images:
- Month in Space - January 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - March 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in space - April 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - May 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in space - August 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - September 2010: www.msnbc.msn.com
Month in Space 2009
- Month in Space, Worlds of Wonder (Dec 2008): www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - Blast from Beyond (June 2009): www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - Enjoy the View (Nov 2008: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - Having a blast! - January 2009: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - August 2009 - Out of this World Views: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - March 2009 - Gamma rays, galaxies and much more: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - October 2009: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - September 2009: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space - November 2009: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space Photo Gallery - April 2009: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space Photo Gallery - February 2009: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Month in Space Photo Gallery - July 2009 - Cosmic Fireworks: www.msnbc.msn.com
- March Month in Space Roundup - Billion-Dollar Pictures: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
Exoplanets and extrasolar planets
- 10 most intriguing extrasolar planets: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Alien 'water world' found: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Backyard Telescope Helps Find New Planet: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5807650/
- Deep space smash as planets collide: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Exoplanet seems to be near immolation... but is something holding it back?: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Extrasolar Planets: planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov
- Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: exoplanet.eu/catalog.php
- First-ever images taken of extrasolar planets: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27702538/
- HATNet Project - Finding extrasolar planets: www.cfa.harvard.edu/~gbakos/HAT/
- Hidden planet discovered in old Hubble data: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29993465/
- Hint of planet outside our galaxy: news.bbc.co.uk
- Huge exoplanet puzzles astronomers: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27055267/
- Kepler mission to seek Earthlike planets circling distant stars: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29557555/
- Massive extrasolar planet sees extreme heat waves: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28898771/
- MEarth Project - Looking for Transiting, Habitable Super-Earths: www.cfa.harvard.edu/~zberta/mearth/
- NASA to launch planet-hunting Kepler: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29551581/
- NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Discovers its First Five Exoplanets: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/
- Planet Quest Gets Small: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Planets Around Other Stars: exoplanets.org
- Plate tectonics could be essential for alien life: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29281887/
- Race to Find Alien Earths: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Search for other planets - Interactive tutorial: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11022898
- Space probes pick up exoplanets galore, beginning with the weirder ones: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Spot makes strange dwarf planet, Haumea, even stranger: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Super-Earth in Sight: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Super-Earths found around sunlike stars: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Three Planets Found Outside Solar System: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4750766/
- Three super-Earths found around one star: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25191635/
- Tiniest extrasolar planet found: news.bbc.co.uk
Here are some links to more theoretical aspects of Astrophysics:
- Dodging the arrow of time?: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
- Light on the dark energy mystery: news.bbc.co.uk
- LIGO - Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory: www.ligo.caltech.edu
- Study offers ideas on why tiny galaxies lost stars: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Supercomputer shares universe simulations: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Tales of the Big Bang: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com