Exploring The Universe

[Saruman]

Baby Neutron Star Found Inside Supernova Remnant

Twenty times heavier than our sun and 11,000 light years away, Cassiopeia A was a dense star whose explosion was observed from Earth roughly 330 years ago. The supernova left behind a dense central core 12.5 miles wide that was first spotted in 1999 by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. But until now, astronomers hadn’t come up with a model to explain the object’s confusing X-ray emission spectrum. Previous attempts had come up with a stellar radius too small to be a neutron star, or a non-uniform surface temperature, which didn’t make sense.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/neutron-star/

Images: 1) A Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, NASA/CXC/Southampton/W.Ho. 2) A close-up of the same image, with an artist’s rendering of the neutron star at the center of the remnant, NASA/CXC/M.Weiss.

Not only is that shot of the supernova amazing, but it has allowed us to learn how these neutron star's are formed in such conditions.

Amazing...

 

[Nebulous]

Ive always found astrology to be very fascinating.

 

[Saruman]

I can make long huge threads about astronomy, physics, cosmology, etc... if you'd like.

Will be good reads, and a break from our usual, "promotions" ...

:great:

 

[Nuke]

I actually plan on being an Astrophysicist as a job in the future XD

Interesting...

 

[Saruman]

Nice, have you taken any of the pre-req classes yet?

The thing with astronomy is, that you are taught one thing, and that teaching has "expired" so to speak.

Just like with computers, you buy one, and less than a year latter its already out of date.

But yeah, cool, I think there are a few more of us around fp that are into this kind of stuff.

 

[Brack]

Ive always found astrology to be very fascinating.

I believe you are confusing astrology with astronomy.

They are two completely different subjects.

 

[Saruman]

Yeah, thats what I thought Theezy meant 😛 anways, I'll be posting more of these astronomy type posts in here soon, been busy lately, and I need to go to the store, so yeah..

 

[starscream]

Sarumann, nice thread and images are of good quality. I would love to read if you post big posts on science.

 

[Saruman]

Sarumann, nice thread and images are of good quality. I would love to read if you post big posts on science.

I love science to starscream, and your wish is my command, I will only make posts about things I know alot about, so without further a do...

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3,000 Images Combine for Stunning Milky Way Portrait

Axel Mellinger, of Central Michigan University, created this panorama of the Milky Way from 3,000 individual photographs that he melded together with mathematical models.
Credit: Dr. Axel Mellinger

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/091030-milky-way-panorama.html

Also Check Out...

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Just something brief... 😉

 

[Saruman]

New Milky Way Image Shows Best of All Spectra

A new multi-telescope image has revealed the beauty of the center of the Milky Way across the electromagnetic spectrum.
The Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes teamed up with the Chandra X-ray Observatory to provide a glimpse of our galaxy that shows far more than our human eyes can see.
The effort allows a tremendous amount of data to be grasped in one glorious, mind-blowing space photo. Spitzer investigated the infrared light (red in the final image) emanating from the region, which largely comes from glowing dust clouds created by stellar radiation and wind. Chandra captured the X-rays (blue and violet in the final image) emanating from stellar explosions and the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. And the Hubble looked at the near infrared light closest to the visible part of the spectrum (yellow in the final image) to reveal hundreds of thousands of stars.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/multi-spectrum-milky-way/

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Makes you wonder...

 

[Kino]

Believe it or not, most of our founding fathers believed very closely in astrology. That's why Washington DC is the way it is.

^ I know that was completely random.