| Copernicus reburied by Catholic church by J. Dacey - Nicolaus Copernicus was blessed and
reburied by some of Poland.s highest-ranking clerics, nearly 500 years after he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave.
| Physics World Blog.
Also: CBS,
AP,
Sky & Tel.,
Universe Today,
Derren,
Tagesschau
|
| Der Tag, an dem die Welt durchdrehte von S. Grothe - als vor 100 Jahren der Halleysche
Komet erschien, geriet die Welt auch ohne Einschlag aus den Fugen.
| Eines
Tages. Auch: ZEIT,
Blanco County News
|
| Foucault's pendulum is sent crashing to Earth - the original pendulum used by French scientist
Leon Foucault has been irreparably damaged in an accident in Paris.
| Times of
Higher Eductation. Auch:
Nature Blog
|
| New Museum Galileo to open to the public in June in Florence - it's the famous
IMSS under a new name.
| Beyond IYA Update. Auch:
CBC News,
Physics World
|
| JCU researcher seeks inspiration in the stars - a PhD student has translated "The
Book of the Fixed Stars" by Abdul-Rahman al-Sufi.
| James Cook University Press Release
|
| Chariot of the Sun by M. Rundkvist - the first sun-chariot carving on Sweden's east coast.
| ScienceBlogs
|
| Archaeoastronomie, die Archaeologie des Himmels - grosses Artikelpaket mit systematischer
Einfuehrung.
| Archaeologie Online
|
| Riccioli Measures the Stars by C. Graney - observations of the telescopic disks
of stars as evidence against Copernicus and Galileo in the middle of the 17th century.
| Preprint
|
| Hubble Space Telescope: 20 Years of Cosmic Awe by C. Choi - it may have been the most
influential telescope since Galileo peered at the night sky with one four centuries ago.
| SC.
|
| Apollo 13: Nasa's finest hour? By P. Ghosh - the story of Apollo 13 deserves to be part
of humanity's mythology to guide future generations.
| BBC. Auch:
AirSpaceBlog
ueber Teleskopbeobachtjngen, eine ATK simulation
of what could have happened und
Universe Today
mit Recovery-Fotos
|
| NASA And NOAA Mark 50 Years Of Weather Watching From Space - on April 1, 1960,
the world's first weather satellite Tiros 1 lifted off.
| NASA Release.
Auch: Das 1. Bild;
Star Ledger,
New York Times
(vor 10 Jahren)
|
| Why Do People Persist in Denying the Moon Landings? By R. Launius - perhaps this situation
should not surprise us. A lot of other truly weird beliefs exist in society.
| Air & Space
Blog
|
| On the telescopic disks of stars by C. Graney & T. Grayson - a review and
analysis of stellar observations from the early 17th through the middle 19th centuries.
| Preprint
|
| Als der Mondmann nach Oberhausen kam von D. Fischer - Alan Bean berichtet im
Gasometer von Apollo 12.
| Skyweek 2.0
|
| Three editions of the Star Catalogue of Tycho Brahe by F. Verbunt & R. van Gent -
we provide machine-readable versions of the three versions and discuss their accuracy on the basis of
comparison with modern data.
| Preprint. Also one on the
Catalogue of Hevelius
|
| NASA photographer Bill Taub dies at 86 by E. Brown - Taub took nearly every official picture of
the astronauts and played a central role in shaping public perception of NASA's work.
| Washington
Post
|
| Vor genau 400 Jahren: Galilei geht zur Post ... von D. Fischer - der Sidereus Nuncius ist fertig!
| Skyweek 2.0
|
| Reaching for the Stars When Space Was a Thrill von D. Overbye - ueber das Buch
Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962.
| New York Times
|
| Total Eclipse of the Sun, 40 Years Ago on 7 March 1970 - a short video clip.
| ABC
News Blog. Auch: SoFi.org
|
| Galileo backed Copernicus despite data by K. Sanderson - stars viewed through early
telescopes suggested that Earth stood still.
| Nature News 2010.105
(5 March 2010)
|
| Astronomical Tales to be Told! There are SO many stories about the birth and
history of radio astronomy that have not made their way to the public.
| Noisy Astronomer
|
| The Extraterrestrial Life debate in different cultures by J. Schneider -
the question "Is there Life in the Universe outside Earth?" has been raised almost only in the western literature.
| Preprint
|
| W. E. Gordon, Creator of Link to Deep Space, Dies at 92 by D. Martin - he was the
electrical engineer who conceived, designed, built and operated the world's largest radio telescope at Arecibo.
| New York Times
|
| Famed space artist Robert McCall, 90, dies by R. Pearlman - an artist whose visions of
space exploration have graced U.S. postage stamps, NASA mission patches, and the walls of the Smithsonian.
| CollectSpace. Auch:
UA Release, NSS Blog,
New York Times,
AirSpace Blog,
Space Tweep Society,
Plan. Soc. Blog
|
| Soviet space secrets for sale by J. Wells - eclassified, decommissioned, the Soviet Union's
space heritage is on the market in T.O.
| Toronto
Star
|
| That's no moon, it's a space station... Eisenhower was briefed in 1960 that Phobos
could be a space station launched by an advanced Martian civilization.
| Mars Express Phobos 2010 Fly-By Blog.
Auch: ScienceBlogs
|
| Element 112 is Named Copernicium - the name proposed by the GSI lies within the long
tradition of naming elements to honor famous scientists.
| IUPAC Release. Auch:
Nat'l
Geographic Blog, New Scientist
|
| NASA's Jesco on his 1st day on job in space Capitol of world - seltenes Foto aus
einem Vortrag von Puttkamers fuer die Int'l Space University.
| Yfrog. Auch:
Bethbeck's Blog
|
| The Uncredited Discoverer of Cosmic Rays - a new translation of the work of an
obscure Italian scientist indicates that Hess wasn't alone in this discovery.
| physics arXiv blog. Auch: ein
Paper mit der ganzen Geschichte
|
| Fuehrung, Universitaetssternwarte Wien - sie kann mit einer mehr als
geballten Ladung historischer Inhalte aufwarten.
| WAA-Bericht
|
| Twenty years since Voyager's last view by E. Lakdawalla & C. Anderson - Feb. 14 comes the
20th anniversary of an iconic image from the Voyager mission, the "Pale Blue Dot" photo of Earth caught in a sunbeam.
| Planetary Society Blog. Auch:
JPL Release,
NPR
|
| Stonehenge visitor centre criticised by Government design watchdog by A. Laing -
the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) said the "architectural approach" was wrong.
| Telegraph
|
| Only amateur video of Challenger disaster surfaces 24 years later - Moss gave the
tape to an educational organization a week before his death in December.
| Dvice. Also
the video itself;
ABC,
Guardian
|
| In the Afterglow Of the Big Bang by Y. Bhattacharjee - the life of R. Sunyaev (and Y.
Zel'dovich).
| Science 327 [1 Jan. 2010] 26-29
|
| Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander by M. Simonsen - Argelander is a giant in astronomical
history. I mean, Come on, the guy has four names!
| 365
Days of Astronomy = Simostronomy
|
| Archaeoastronomy: reconnecting to reality by N. Patat - my attitude to measure things
immediately generated the question about the accuracy of alignments.
| Cosmic Diary
|
| California lists moon junk as historical resource by S. Gorman - the first such
designation for cultural artifacts located other than on Earth.
| Reuters.
Auch: Space
Policy Online, Spiegel
|
| Geoffrey Burbidge is dead, was first a star, then a maverick cosmologist.
| Cosmic Variance.
Also UCSD Release,
LA Times,
NYT,
Tel.
|
| Popular astronomy now online by H. Edser - have you ever wondered how 18th-
and 19th-century scientists explained the universe?
| Royal Observatory
Blog; the collection
|
| Caltech Mourns the Passing of Andrew Lange - he is perhaps best known
for co-leading the BOOMERanG experiment.
| Caltech Release. Auch:
Cosmic Variance,
Discovery,
S&T,
NYT,
LAT
|
| Yuri Gagarin death mystery solved after 40 years by A. Osborn - a study claims it
was caused by his panicked reaction after realising an air vent in his cockpit was open.
| Telegraph.
Auch Novosti zur Popularitaet Gagarins
|
| Searching for Moon Rocks Here on Earth by N. Atkinson - alarmingly, some of our Moon rocks are missing!
| Universe Today
|
| The 400th Anniversary of Galileo's Discovery of the Galilean Moons - a series
by J. Perry.
| Gish
Bar Times (links to series). Also: JPL,
Planetary Soc.,
Wolfram Alpha,
Hindustan
Times, BA
Blogs
|
| Flashback: Remembering the Great Comet of 1910 by D. Dickinson - it became
known as the Great January Comet or Daylight Comet of 1910.
| AstroGuyz.
Also: Sky & Telescope
|
| JPL Mourns Passing of Former Director Lew Allen Jr. - he led the laboratory from 1982 till 1990.
| JPL,
USAF Releases.
|
| Johannes Kepler on Christmas by M. Kemp - the role of the SN 1604.
| Nature 462 [24 Dec. 2009] 987
|
| Cool things the Greeks did in astronomy by R. Allain - how the Greeks
estimated the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
| ScienceBlogs;
Follow-Up
|
| Die (eine) Welt ist nicht genug von S. Hoffmann - Weltbilder sind zu jeder Zeit
und in jeder Kultur von Menschen geschaffen worden.
| KosmoLogs
|
| Kopernikus soll noch einmal bestattet werden - die Zeremonie soll im Mai 2010 in Polen stattfinden.
| Spiegel
|
| A starry-eyed view of Louisbourg's past by M. Lightstone - in 1750-51, a French
geographer and astronomer set up a modest structure that was equipped with astronomical instruments in the fortified town.
| The Chronicle Herald (Nova Scotia)
|
| Khagol Mela at Jantar Mantar by M. Mitra - on winter solstice 2009,
the Science Popularization Association of Communicators & Educators organized `Khagol Mela' in
collaboration with Nehru Planetarium at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
| Astronomy
Activities 2009; pictures
|
| Passing of Stan Lebar who led the team that developed the camera for the
televised images of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon, died on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009.
| NASA Press Release,
History;
Emmy video. Also
Hometown Annapolis,
NBC,
TV Technology,
Wash. Post
|
| Akademischer Adventskalender der Ruhr-Uni-Bochum, dem IYA zuliebe ganz
astronomiegeschichtlich.
| Alle Tuerchen-Inhalte
|
| Spreewaelder identifizieren Leichhardt-Kometen, den Ludwig Leichhardt vor 165
Jahren bei seiner ersten Durchquerung Australiens beobachtete.
| Lausitzer
Rundschau. Auch Astrofan 80
|
| Putin regrets that space exploration history is often falsified at the opening meeting
of the committee tasked to organize events to mark the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin's flight in 2011.
| Interfax
|
| 30 Jahre Ariane - Eine einzigartige Erfolgsgeschichte: Am 24. Dezember 1979 hebt die erste
europaeische Traegerrakete ab.
| DLR-Feature. Auch: cooles
Geburtstags-Video,
ESA Release dazu,
BBC Blog,
Alles was fliegt
|
| Kepler und der Stern von Bethlehem von R. Hansen - in der antiken Mystik gefangen.
| Sterne und Weltraum (PDF)
|
| In Retrospect: Kepler's Astronomia Nova by J. Lissauer - how the great astronomer's
insight into planetary orbits is still revealing new views of the Universe four centuries on.
| Nature 462 [10 Dec. 2009] 725
|
| Tribute To Sam Okoye by A. Togonu-Bickersteth - Black Africa's first Ph.D. in Radio Astronomy
died at the tail end of the International Year of Astronomy.
| Guardian
Nigeria
|
| The Early Years: Lyman Spitzer, Jr. and the Physics of Star Formation by B. Elmegreen -
the main debate in the 1930's was whether stars had the young age of ~3 Gyr suggested by the expansion
of the universe and the meteorites, or the old age of 10^13 yr suggested by thermalized stellar motions.
| Preprint
|
| Wenn Historiker einen Blick auf die Sonne werfen von C. Liefke - Review von
"The Sun Recorded Through History: Scientific Data Extracted from Historical Documents" von J.
Vaquero und M. Vazquez.
| KosmoLogs
|
| Dome repairs at the Royal Observatory - a major programme of repairs to the
two historic copper domes that top the 1894 Observatory building at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh.
| STFC Press Release
|
| The trials of Galileo by O. Gingerich - review of "The Earth Moves: Galileo and
the Roman Inquisition" by D. Hofstadter.
| Physics World
|
| A pedigree old telescope in New Zealand awaits a new home by J. Hearnshaw - there
is now a good chance that a new life for the 18-inch (45-cm) Brashear refractor will be found.
| Cosmic Diary
|
| 200" Mirror Cast 75 Years Ago Today by S. Kardel - on December 2, 1934, Corning Glass
Works successfully cast the mirror for what would become the Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain.
| Palomar Skies
|
| Royal Society stellt 60 bahnbrechende Papers online von D. Fischer - darunter
auch eine Reihe astronomische, mit viel Sonnenfinsternissen.
| Skyweek 2.0
|
| Florence's observatory restored by A. Abbott - open to the public again after 135 years!
| Nature 462 [5 Nov. 2009] 40
|
| Hypocritical or apolitical? Von Braun deconstructed by M. O'Hare - "any rose-tinted spectacles
worn these past six decades will likely slip" when one reads W. Biddle's "Dark Side of the Moon".
| New
Scientist Blog
|
| The Astronomical Orientation of Ancient Greek Temples by A. Salt - a survey
of archaic and classical Greek temples in Sicily shows strong evidence that there is a preference for solar orientations.
| PLoS One. Auch:
Univ.
of Leicester PR, a bigger paper
|
| Under the Radar by M. Goss - the First Woman in Radio Astronomy, Ruby Payne-Scott.
| NRAO Newsletter
|
| In Memoriam: John Gregory by R. Sinnott - Gregory charted a new course with his seminal
article, "A Cassegrainian-Maksutov Telescope Design for the Amateur," in 1957.
| Sky & Telescope. Auch:
From James Gregory to John Gregory
|
| Former Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov dies - he also designed and tested spaceships himself.
| BBC. Auch:
CollectSpace,
New York Times,
Nature Blog,
AP, Space Today
|
| Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers, cut from his corpse
during a burial ceremony held 95 years after his death in 1642.
| Reuters. Auch:
IYA Update,
Nature Blog,
Telegraph.
Und: Physics World (what did G. believe?)
|
| Nov. 20, 1984: SETI Seekers Find a Home by T. Long - the founding of the
nonprofit SETI Institute 25 years ago was a way of centralizing a coherent effort.
| Wired
|
| Triumph (and disappointment) of Apollo 12 by J. Raupe - not enough is being written
about the 40th anniversary of Apollo 12, and that surprises me a little.
| Lunar
Networks. Auch: The Launch Pad
|
| COBE Satellite Marks 20th Anniversary - the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite
rocketed into Earth orbit on Nov. 18, 1989, and quickly revolutionized our understanding of the early cosmos.
| NASA Feature
|
| Early History of Radio Astronomy by W. Sullivan - website associated with the book Cosmic
Noise.
| The Page
|
| 60 Years Ago Tonight, November 13, 1949, the 200-inch Hale Telescope began
being used for astronomical observations.
| Palomar Skies
|
| Prepare For Contact - a 1924 telegram from the Chief of U.S. Naval Operations instructing all
stations to monitor the airwaves for any unusual transmissions due to anticipated contact from Martians.
| Letters of Note. Auch:
Early Radio History
|
| The National Library of Argentina: exhibiting astronomy-related rare books by A. Gangui -
many inventions of the human mind remain today stored in medieval engravings, illuminated manuscripts and old and rare books.
| Preprint
|
| Sacred studies by D. Carusa - Ohio Wesleyan art professor uncovers
celestial connection in desert Southwest.
| Columbus
Dispatch
|
| Science, Art and Geometrical Imagination von J.-P. Luminet - the parallel history of space
representations in science and art illustrates the fundamental role of geometric imagination in innovative findings.
| Preprint
|
| Archaeastronom datiert die Maya-Geschichte neu - und findet nur maessigen Zuspruch.
| PM der TU Berlin. Auch:
Welt
|
| Science, Art and Geometrical Imagination by J.-P. Luminet - it is shown
how the process of creation in science and in the arts rests on aesthetical principles as
well as beauty, conciseness and emotional approach of the world.
| Preprint
|
| Streit um die Prioritaet der Entdeckung der Luecke im Saturnring - als Theaterstueck?
Das geht! von D. Fischer - W. Oberschelps "Cassini - Der Ring" in Bonn aufgefuehrt.
| Skyweek
2.0
|
| WAA Ausflug auf Galileis Spuren von A. Haika - jetzt darf man im Museum in Florenz
fotografieren.
| WAA Berichte; der Link zum
Teleskop muss aber dieser sein
|
| Astronomen flohen vor dem Bonner Licht von J. Seiler - das Observatorium Hoher List.
| General-Anzeiger
|
| Science: A Four Hundred Page Hissy-Fit by N. Levitt - ein wuester Verriss von P. Faras
"Science: A Four Thousand Year History" ...
| eSkeptic
|
| Father of China's space tech program dies at 98 by H. Sanderson - Qian Xuesen
set up China's first missile and rocket research institute, which later helped start China's space program.
| AP. Auch:
Tracker;
Xinhua
(spaeter, noch
spaeter),
LA Times,
Guardian,
Spaceflight Now,
New York Times,
Nature Blog,
Asian Week,
Telegr.,
Aerospace
Daily, KosmoLogs,
GermanChina;
Nature 462 [10 December 2009] 735
|
| The Night The Martians Took Broadway! by R. Villard - 71 years ago today the mother
of all media hoaxes took place.
| Cosmic
Ray
|
| Umsturz wider Willen von A. Grossbongardt - Kopernikus schuf ein neues Weltbild; es
war eine Revolution, die weit ueber die Naturwissenschaften hinausreichte.
| Spiegel
|
| Evidence of Minoan astronomy and calendrical practices by M. Ridderstad - symbols for
celestial objects were depicted frequently and often in a religious context.
| Preprint
|
| Inside the U.S. Naval Observatory by H. Goss - Chester's presentation of this
sliver of American and scientific history is a highly recommended way to spend a Monday evening.
| DCist
|
| Yap revives ancient art of star sailing by B. Lowings - the ancient skills of
building ocean-going canoes and sailing them by star are being revived on the Pacific island of Yap.
| BBC News
|
| An Astronomer's Astronomer by S. Das - Kepler's Revolutionary Achievements
in 1609 Rival Galileo's.
| Scientific American
|
| Galileo's Telescope by R. Barton - did the moons of Jupiter prove the Copernican theory
as Galileo claimed?
| Radio NZ Lecture
(and 5 others). Auch:
AFP,
Telegraph,
Cosmic Diary.
Und: Galileo's daughters
|
| Flames on Mt. Wilson - Interviews zum Drama diesen Sommer und zur historischen Bedeutung.
| Podcast
(Info dazu)
|
| Hubble Project Pioneer Rodger Doxsey Passes Away - he oversaw Hubble science operations
at STScI for nearly three decades.
| HST Release. Auch:
Baltimore Sun,
New York Times
|
| Who first published a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram? by J. Hearnshaw -
Hertzsprung or Russell? Answer: neither! It was Hans Rosenberg.
| Cosmic Diary
|
| Orientation of the northern gate of the Goseck Neolithic rondel by M. Ridderstad -
it is suggested that its deviation from the cardinal direction is due a stellar orientation towards
the pole star at the time.
| Preprint
|
| A new crisis for astronomical research by J. Hearnshaw - why has the
rate of fundamental new discoveries collapsed so dramatically?
| Cosmic Diary
|
| Dome boost for historic telescope - a 19th Century telescope which was once at the
forefront of space exploration is set for a new lease of life at its home in North Lanarkshire.
| BBC.
|
| The role of the sun in the Pantheon's design and meaning by R. Hannah & G. Magli -
sun and time were linked architecturally into cosmological signposts for those Romans who could
read such things.
| Preprint
|
| Unearthed: prehistoric site that could be 'little sister' to Stonehenge by L. Donnelly - dispute has begun
about what the discovery means for Stonehenge, and what light it might shed on the reasons why both monuments were erected.
| Telegraph.
Auch: AP
[alt.],
Spiegel
|
| Lost world: How Canada missed its moment of glory by J. Berkowitz - the first exoplanets were actually
discovered way before 1995.
| Globe
and Mail
|
| Thailand und das Teleskop:400 Jahre Geschichte (aus Anlass eines Filmfestivals).
| Goethe-Institut Bangkok
|
| Pioneering Soviet cosmonaut dies aged 79: reports - the fourth Soviet man to go to space died at a sanatorium aged 79.
| AFP.
|
| LUNAR EAVESDROPPING IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY by C. Graney - In July of 1969 a
Louisvillian independently detected signals from the Apollo 11 astronauts on the lunar surface.
| Special Page in progress. Also
Bad Astronomy
|
| Die Boten der Sterne - eine Erinnerung an Kepler und Galilei im Jahr der Astronomie.
| Tagesspiegel.
Auch: Scientific
Blogging
|
| Egyptian temples followed heavenly plans - so finds a study of 650 temples, some dating back
to 3000 BC.
| New Scientist
|
| A story as old as the world - we revisit the astronomy of ancient China, the Mayans and the medieval Islamic world.
| UNESCO Courier
|
| Galileo's telescope reaches 400th anniversary by P. Walker - on 25 August 1609, the Italian astronomer
and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new creation.
| Guardian.
Also: Physics World,
1stPost,
Scientific
American, IYA Update,
Safog
|
| Kepler-Museum eroeffnet - der deutsche Astronom (1571-1630) wird in Prag mit einer Dauerausstellung
gewuerdigt.
| n-tv. Auch:
Prague Post
|
| Galilei reloaded von P. Scanzano - ein Kirchenprozess und kein Ende.
| Deutschlandradio Kultur. Auch:
Fla. Catholic,
AnAtheist
(sequel),
SMH
|
| Happy clappy day by N. El-Aref - Egyptologists have poured scorn on a new study claiming that construction of the great pyramid began on 23 August.
| Al-Ahram Weekly
|
| A Data Deluge Swamps Science Historians by R. Hotz - As Paper Trails Fade, Digital Material Grows in Size and Complexity.
| Wall Street Journal
|
| On the telescopes in the paintings of J. Brueghel the Elder by P. Sevelli & P. Molaro -
the "tube" that appears in the painting dated 1608-1612 represents a very early dutch spyglass.
| Preprint. Also: the
complete 1st painting!
And another paper by the same authors. Also
arXiv blog,
Sci. Am.,
Gutter,
Twisted Physics,
FlavorWire
|
| Keplers Science-Fiction von K. Merhof - vor 400 Jahren schrieb der Astronom
einen fantastischen Roman ueber eine Mondreise, Somnium.
| Sonntagsblatt Bayern
|
| Did Galileo Discover Neptune? Galileo's Notebooks May Reveal Secrets of New Planet -
Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, according to a new theory.
| Univ. of Melbourne PR.
Also: Nature Blog,
Space.com,
Daily
Galaxy, Register,
KosmoLogs,
Spiegel
|
| 40th Lunar Anniversary with Richard Furno and the National Geographic 'Moon Map' -
the wall map is a piece of art.
| Kelso Cartography
|
| Building a stellar time machine by A. Powell - the DASCH project seeks to digitize
Harvard observatory's glass plate archives.
| Harvard Gazette. Also:
plates homepage
|
| Deciphering Apollo's footage, in real time - as Project Apollo took off, Tony Klein
was suddenly thrown into the spotlight to provide commentary for huge television audiences.
| Cosmos
|
| Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe (by N. Nicastro)
reviewed by T. Rihll.
| Bryn Mawr Classical Review. And:
more reviews
|
| Who is Neil Armstrong? Author Andrew Smith travelled across America to discover why the man
who first set foot upon the Moon remains such an enigma.
| BBC. Also:
Guardian,
Telegraph,
Space.com (in his own words)
|
| Why the Vatican's Latest Attempt to Absolve Galileo Is Bound to Fail by T. Mayer - it appears
that Benedict XVI intends to reopen the case, probably with an eye to annuling the sentence.
| History News Network. Auch:
NZZ
|
| It's looking good to us. Over by D. Parry - the dramatic day that man first landed
on the Moon, it was the Bright Stuff, rather than the right stuff, that led to the mission's success.
| Times
(more,
more,
more,
more,
more,
more). Also:
Cosmic Ray,
Spiegel
|
| Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says by P. Pullella - a news conference
presenting a new volume of documents on the Galileo case.
| Reuters
|
| Recording of Russia's lunar gatecrash attempt released - how Jodrell Bank tracked Luna 15 during Apollo 11.
| Manchester Univ. PR,
more. Also:
Times,
Telegraph.
|
| A solar cycle lost in 1793--1800: Early sunspot observations resolve the old mystery by
I. Usoskin et al. - this letter brings the attention of the scientific community to the need of revising the
sunspot series in the 18th century.
| Preprint
|
| Wandel des Weltbildes mit F. Kerschbaum & T. Posch aus der TV-Reihe SuperNova.
| YouTube (8 Min.)
|
| An Astronaut Goes From Walking on the Moon to Painting It by J. McKinley - Alan L. Bean
tries to recapture what he and other astronauts saw and felt in the medium of paint.
| New York Times. Also:
Observer;
Cosmic Log
(more);
LichtEcho; Kennedy's
original script (1961 speech)
|
| After 40 years' reflection, laser moon mirror project is axed by R.McKie - US research that
began with the first Apollo landing and helped to prove that the moon is moving away from Earth.
| Observer.
Also: Lunar Networks
|
| Frank J. Low, Who Helped Drive Field of Infrared Astronomy, Dies at 75 by D. Overbye -
Low helped drive the field of infrared astronomy with his enthusiasm and an intuitive knack for solving technical problems.
| New York Times. Also:
Herschel Blog,
Spitzer Happenings
|
| The Man on the Moon by D. Solomon - funny interview with Buzz Aldrin.
| New York Times. Also:
CNN article by Aldrin
|
| The Dunhuang chinese sky: a comprehensive study of the oldest known star atlas by
J. Bonnet-Bidaud & al. - the oldest complete preserved star atlas from any civilisation.
| Preprint. Also:
the map in full(!),
APOD,
FAZ;
Nature 459 [11 June 2009] 778-9
|
| Sunspot veteran dies at 78 by Q. Schiermeier - Jack Eddy was famous
for his studies on the connections between solar activity and terrestrial climate.
| Nature
Blog. Also:
New York Times,
1999 interview.
|
| Europas aelteste Monumentalbauten: Neolithische Kreisgrabenanlagen als Steinzeit-Kalender -
Kalenderfunktionen werden systematisch untersucht.
| PM der Uni Wien
|
| The Russian Space Museum - zahlreiche (gute und weniger gute) Fotos.
| EnglishRussia
|
| New book brings readers face-to-face with the first man on the Moon - "Voices from the Moon" shows
a rare pic of Armstrong's face while on the surface.
| CollectSpace
|
| Astronomy and astronomers in Jules Verne's novels by J. Crovisier - how astronomy was perceived
and conveyed by Jules Verne, with errors and limitations on the one hand, with great respect and enthusiasm on the other hand.
| Preprint
|
| Wer waren Einsteins Gegner? von M. Wazeck - ein Projekt hat die populaere
Kritik der Relativitaetstheorie in den 1920er Jahren erforscht.
| MPIWG Feature
[English]. Auch:
MPIWG PM
|
| Had the planet mars not existed by C. Bracco & J.-P. Provost - Kepler's equant model
and its physical consequences.
| Preprint
|
| Ceremony celebrates the 1919 eclipse at Principe - IYA2009 has given Special
Project status to the Celebrating the 1919 Eclipse at Principe initiative and endorsed a ceremony
that took place on the island.
| IYA Update
|
| "Galileis Verurteilung war wohl begruendet" - Walter Brandmueller, Chefhistoriker
des Vatikans, ueber die letzten Akten zum "Fall" des Naturforschers.
| Welt.
Auch: KathWeb,
Zenit. Und passend:
"Did Galileo Pray?"
(Background &
Video)
|
| The Astronomy of Aboriginal Australia by R. Norris & D. Hamacher - traditional Aboriginal
cultures include a deep understanding of the motion of objects in the sky.
| Preprint. Also:
arXiv blog,
ABC Special Feature
|
| The question Are We Alone ? in different cultures by J. Schneider - it has been formulated
only in the western literature. Here I try to understand why it is so.
| Preprint
|
| Public Perception of Astronomers: Revered, Reviled and Ridiculed by M. West -
society's view of astronomers has changed over time and from culture to culture.
| Preprint. Also:
Physics World Blog
|
| First TV Image of Mars Ever Was Made With Crayons by J. Diaz - it was
acquired by NASA's Mariner 4 using a television camera, and rendered using crayons.
| Gizmodo.
|
| Soviets 'tried to kill Cold War astronomer with telescope' by D. Cressey - Bernard Lovell says he believes the USSR tried to kill him on a visit to a telescope near the Black Sea.
| Nature
Blog with links to a video and two articles
|
| Gazing deeper still by D. Sobel - 400 years ago, Galileo and his telescope brought
the heavens into focus, setting the stage for modern astronomy.
| Science News.
Also: Cordova Times on a recent Sobel talk
|
| Historical telescopes at the Adler Planetarium by D. Pendick - the planetarium opens its
a new exhibition, "Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass," on May 22.
| Astronomy
Blog. Also: Chicago
Tribune
|
| Apollo 10: NASA's controversial dress rehearsal by H. Spencer - not everybody was sure it
was a good idea.
| New
Scientist Blog. Also: pics from
an anniversary party
|
| Astronomie aus literarischer Sicht - Humboldt-Stipendiatin erforscht in Jena die Astronomie
der Goethezeit aus literarischer Sicht.
| PM der FSU Jena
|
| Telescope stories: enlightenment's sword by R. Dunn - I've been struck by the number
of images that show it symbolically as an instrument of revelation and learning.
| ROG Blog
|
| Orientations of the Giant's Churches in Ostrobothnia, Finland by M. Ridderstad & J. Okkonen -
many of them are found to have orientations to the risings and settings of the sun on the main solar dates of the year.
| Preprint
|
| Venetia Phair, 1918-2009 - the only woman in the world to have named a [dwarf] planet.
| Telegraph.
Also: New York Times,
New Horizons Headlines,
Twisted Physics.
Auch: SPIEGEL
|
| After Space, Saving Suits, Boots and Gloves by M. Gambino - the spacesuits that kept
U.S. astronauts alive now owe their survival to one woman.
| Smithsonian Magazine
|
| Galileo, the Moon, and the Visual Arts by J. Clifton - Galileo's observations of the Moon
led to an interesting conjunction of art, science, and religion.
| 365
Days of Astronomy. Auch: Bredekamp-Vortrag,
noch einer
|
| At the other end of the sun's path. A new interpretation of Machu Picchu by G. Magli -
the Inca citadel "was intentionally planned and built as a pilgrimage center connected with the Inca 'cosmovision'."
| Preprint
|
| Die Zeit um Galilei, Kepler und Newton von E. Meyer - eine kulturelle Timeline.
| Folie von der 34. Wuerzburger Fruehjahrstagung
|
| The Scientific Life Of John Bahcall by W. Haxton - the scientific life of
John Norris Bahcall, including his tenacious pursuit of the solar neutrino problem, his contributions to our
understanding of galaxies, quasars, and their emissions, and his leadership of and advocacy for astronomy and astrophysics.
| Preprint
|
| Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey - lecture notes on astronomy compiled by the
monk Magister Wolfgang de Styria before the year 1490.
| Astronomy Picture of the Day. Auch:
Der Orion zur
Ausstellung
|
| Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy News Archive at the Center for Archaeoastronomy
at the UMD - the accessible papers are at least ten years old.
| Index. Also
Center Homepage
|
| Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation - paper charts
printed out in 1969 and 1970 from magnetic tapes have now been analyzed.
| AGU Press Release
|
| Cosmic Times Is Hot off the Presses - astronomy history via fake newspapers.
| GSFC Cosmic Times. Also:
NASA announcement
|
| Lost over the horizon: Discoverer 1 explores Antarctica by D. Day - the 1st U.S.
recce sat's flight, 50 years ago.
| The Space Review
|
| Russia reopens enlarged cosmonauts museum - it is four times as large as the previous faciltiy.
| DPA.
Also: Guardian
|
| Top 10 Moments in Astronomy by R. Lamb - 10 of the biggest moments in astronomical history.
| Discovery Channel
|
| 50 years after first seven by R. Perlman - new astronauts don't need 'the right stuff'.
| CollectSpace. Also:
Air&Space,
AstroProf
|
| Hitler's V-2 Rocket Factory Gets Lift From German Stimulus Plan by C. Hickley -
the Historical Technical Information Center in Peenemuende has secured 3.9 million euros for renovation:
| Bloomberg
|
| German SF Through Two World Wars And The Berlin Wall - a new anthology takes us inside
the history of German science fiction.
| IO9
|
| The Greenwich Meridian and its telescope by G. Clifton - the Observatory came first
and the line is where it is because of the Observatory.
| Royal
Observatory Greenwich Blog
|
| ESO's First Observatory Celebrates 40th Anniversary, La Silla led Europe to the
frontline of astronomical research.
| ESO Release
|
| How telescopic observations in the early 17th century supported the Tychonic geocentric theory and how
Simon Marius realized this by C. Graney - 17th century telescopic observers misunderstood the star images they saw.
| Preprint. Auch:
BBC,
Guardian
Slideshow
|
| A Telescope to the Past as Galileo Visits U.S. by D. Overbye - the IYA exhibition in
Philadelphia.
| New York Times
|
| Book review: Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science by J. Stemwedel - Bergland's
book is a captivating read.
| Ethics & Science Blog
|
| Bangalore's starry tradition by B. Shylaja - Herschel's Eta Car observations are the
first ever documented astronomical observations from Bangalore.
| Deccan Herald
|
| Himmelsscheibe von Nebra soll kretisches Schiff zeigen von S. Seidler - ein rund 3600 Jahre altes
minoisches Siegel zeigt ein Schiff mit voll geblaehten Segeln.
| Spiegel
|
| Rarefied Collectibles: Relics From Moon Trips by E. Khan - astronauts are surprisingly avid collectors of their
own flight memorabilia.
| New York Times
|
| Time, Space and Structure in Ancient India by S. Kak - textual and
archaeological sources are used to provide a synoptic vision of the universe in India
| Preprint. Auch ein Paper by
Archaeoastronomy in India
|
| Mario Acuna, Created Scientific Devices For NASA by P. Sullivan - the NASA astrophysicist
whose scientific instruments have flown on more than 30 NASA missions to every planet in the solar system,
including the sun, died March 5.
| Washington
Post. Auch: MESSENGER News. Und:
Begegnung mit Acuna vor 10 Jahren
|
| The 'flight of the Spider' by C. Riley - forty years ago mankind's attempts
to land on the Moon took a giant leap forward with the maiden spaceflight of the Apollo Lunar Module.
| BBC. Also: "new" footage of
Armstrong's
'small step'
|
| The Day the Sun Brought Darkness - the Quebec Blackout after a solar storm, 20 years ago.
| NASA Feature
|
| Galileo - Images of the Universe, from Antiquity to the Telescope - Flash Website
about an exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi.
| Frontpage
|
| A first map of Io, revisited by E. Lakdawalla - J. Perry dug in to the Voyager 1
image archive and has reconstructed a massive, high-resolution mosaic of Io's southern hemisphere.
| Planetary Society Blog
|
| A Short History of Hindu Astronomy & Ephemeris by P. Rudra - the astronomical
knowledge of the ancient Hindu astronomers.
| Preprint
|
| Astronomy, topography and dynastic history in the Age of the Pyramids by G. Magli -
a general pattern arises, which appears to have inspired the choice of the sites and the design of almost
all the funerary complexes of the kings of the 4th and the 5th Egyptians dynasties.
| Preprint
|
| Canyons have more than people think by C. Whitchurch - lots of Anasazi astronomy?
| DenNews
|
| Heute ist Juri Gagarins 75. Geburtstag von K. Packeiser - welche Details
aus Gagarins Leben wahr sind, ist kaum noch zu klaeren.
| Welt. Auch:
Orion
|
| Oldest star chart on display in British Library - the Chinese map of the heavens dates
to the 7th century AD and shows 1339 stars including easily recognisable shapes including The Big Dipper and Orion.
| Telegraph.
|
| And So it Begins: De Revolutionibus! by C. Mooney - the experience of reading Copernicus.
| Science Blogs part 1,
2,
3
|
| Blogging the Starry Messenger - Introduction by I. Musgrave - I'll do a chapter of the
Starry Messenger every week.
| Astroblog.
Nachtraege:
The Telescope,
The Moon,
The Stars,
Jupiter
|
| Johannes Kepler: Astronomia Nova - Die Einleitung (1) von F. Freistetter, der das IYA
nutzt, "um Johannes Keplers grosses Werk "Astronomia Nova" zu lesen und darueber in meinem Blog zu berichten."
| Science
Blogs. Nachtraege: Teile
2,
3
der Einleitung,
Kap. 1-3,
Kap. 4
|
| Mapping Mars, now and in history by E. Lakdawalla - Phil Stooke has been working on a
cool project to compose and compare maps of Mars that show how we saw the planet throughout the Space Age.
| Planetary Society Blog
|
| Galileis Teleskope von T. Migge - italienische Forscher rekonstruieren die
Instrumente des grossen Astronomen.
| Deutschlandfunk
|
| German-American rocket pioneer Konrad Dannenberg (1912-2009) by R. Pearlman - he
was among the engineers from Peenemuende chosen to travel to the U.S. to work on the American rocket program.
| CollectSpace. Also:
NASA obit
(Dannenberg @ KSC),
NASA Watch,
Huntsville Times,
AP,
NYT,
Guardian,
Spiegel
|
| Astronomical spectrographs and their history by J. Hearnshaw - the author describes
his new book on which he worked for 12 years ...
| Cosmic Diary
|
| Sonnenflecken und ihre historische Beobachtung von G. Hoffmann - woher wir eigentlich
zuverlaessige Informationen ueber die Sonnenaktivitaet in der Vergangenheit haben.
| PrimaKlima
|
| Die anderen Darwins von F. Freistetter - unter Charles' Nachkommen waren auch
ein Astronom und ein Physiker.
| Science Blogs
|
| The essence of Stonehenge - dramatic winner of a photo competition.
| Telegraph
|
| The immobility of the Earth, the condemnation of the copernican theory and the tribulations
of Galileo by D. Navascues - thanks to Galileo we can, indeed, affirm 'eppur si muove'.
| Cosmic Diary
|
| In praise of Thomas Cooke, Yorkshire telescope-maker by R. Dunn - his is an inspiring story.
| Royal Observatory
Greenwich Blog
|
| Quest for Venus in the daytime, from the Jantar Mantar - making actual use of the
famous historical observatory in New Delhi.
| Nehru Planetarium Wiki (with many pictures). Also: a
reaction
|
| Spektakulaere Kalenderfunde schliessen Forschungsluecke - "eine Sensation fuer die
Literaturgeschichtsschreibung wie auch fuer die Kulturgeschichte"?
| PM der FSU Jena
|
| The astronomical heritage of New Zealand by J. Hearnshaw - astronomy played a vital
role in the early history of New Zealand.
| Cosmic Diary
|
| Is the Roman Pantheon a colossal sundial? by J. Marchant - the imposing
temple in Rome, completed in AD 128, is one of the most impressive buildings that survives from antiquity.
| New Scientist
|
| The Black Goo of Venus Is Eating a Cosmonaut by A. Newitz - one of the forgotten
classics Cold War scifi is First Spaceship on Venus (1959), a Polish/East German production.
| IO9
|
| A radio show devoted, really devoted, to the man who revealed China's science that
even Chinese had forgotten - what J. Needham discovered, incl. astronomy.
| Knight Science Journalism Tracker w/links to all transcripts
|
| Cosmic Diary: Greenwich 1894 - joining the 2009 International Year of Astronomy's Cosmic
Diary project, this blog is based on the the Journals of the Astronomer Royal and Chief Assistant of
the Royal Observatory in Greenwich for 1894.
| Das Blog. Auch:
Astrodictium
|
| Attempts to Contact Aliens Date Back 150 Years by M. Schirber - several 19th
century scientists contemplated how we might communicate with possible Martians and Venusians.
| Astrobiology
Magazine
|
| 50 years ago - Life on Mars? by G. Dolan - the Space Handbook:
Astronautics and its Application from 1959.
| Royal Observatory
Greenwich Blog
|
| Galilei sah beim Saturn keinen Ring, sondern Ohren - Forscher wollen die
Leiche von Galileo Galilei exhumieren und Teile seines Erbguts entziffern, um herauszufinden,
wie der Astronom, der an einer Augenkrankheit litt, das Weltall durch sein Teleskop sah.
| BazOnline.
Auch: Universe Today,
Welt,
Reuters
|
| Und ueber uns die Sterne von D. Herrmann - seit Jahrtausenden ringt
der Mensch um die Erkenntnis des Universums / Von Babylon zum Superteleskop.
| Neues
Deutschland
|
| TOP 10 FALSE ALARMS FOR ALIEN LIFE by D. Mosher & I. Klotz - from the outlandish cities
on the moon to mysterious Martian methane plumes.
| Discovery Space
|
| 'English Galileo' maps on display - T. Harriot's composite drawing
of the moon marked "the birth of modern cartography".
| BBC. Also
RAS Press Release,
Space.com,
Nature Blog,
Universe Today,
Bad
Astronomy, Spiegel
|
| Giftspur ins Sternenschloss von M. Schulz - ueber 400 Jahre nach dem Tod des
Astronomen Tycho Brahe bereiten Wissenschaftler in Prag die Exhumierung des Leichnams vor.
| Spiegel
|
| 399 years ago to the day, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei had completed improvements
to his astronomical telescope, and turned this instrument to the heavens.
| IYA Update of 13 January 2009
|
| Let the global astronomy celebrations begin by E. Cartlidge & M. Banks - one of Galileo's
telescopes is being rebuilt by researchers in Italy [for the IYA 2009].
| Physics World. Also:
pictures taken with a replica;
Scientific
American
|
| Galileo Stereotype is Only Part of the Truth, Astronomy Scholar Says - Galileo was
persecuted by the church, but religious leaders also were excited by the new astronomy.
| University of Arizona Press Release
|
| The Aldebaran Puzzle by C. Petersen - Halley discovered proper motion
by comparing stellar positions taken by ancient astronomers and comparing to stellar
positions that he measured, but for some reason the proper motion for the star Aldebaran is off.
| The Spacewriter
(letzter Teil)
|
| Students get an astronomy lesson at Jantar Mantar by M. Gohain - the programme was
aimed at creating public awareness on the world heritage site on astronomy.
| Times
of India
|
| The 'first true scientist' by J. Al-Khalili - an Iraqi scientist born in AD 965 who
went by the name of al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham.
| BBC
|
| Surveyor proved the Moon safe for man by M. Shinabery - Surveyor VII landed on Jan. 7, 1968.
| Alamogordo News
|
| Passage graves from an astronomical perspective - Danish passage graves are most
likely oriented according to the path of the full moon.
| Niehls Bohr Institute
Press Release
|
| Spain's biggest meteorite strike remembered 150 years on - the Molina de Segura meteorite
weighed around 144 kilos at the time it fell.
| AlphaGalileo
|
| Keplers Traum von der Reise zum Mond von G. Neumann - eine Unterrichtseinheit von
"Lehrer-Online", die jetzt auch den kompletten Text auf Deutsch enthaelt.
| Frontpage; den Text gibt's als
PDF
und RTF-File
|
| Halley's Comet was recovered - for the 1st time - by a German amateur astronomer.
| StarDate
|
| The equations of medieval cosmology by R. Buonanno & C. Quercellini - the modern equations
governing the expansion of a closed Universe can be applied to the medieval Universe as imaged by Dante.
| Preprint
|
| Steven J. Ostro, 1946 - 2008 by C. Anderson - the world has lost one of the most
skilled scientists tracking and studying the asteroids that pass close by our planet.
| Obituaries by
Planetary Soc., also
by Sky & Tel. and,
DPS. Plus
his brother's blog,
Centauri Dreams,
Plan. Soc. Blog,
Somerset Reporter,
Bad A.
|
| Regarding the Potential Impact of Double Star Observations on Conceptions of the Universe of Stars in the Early 17TH Century
by C. Graney & H. Sipes - Galileo made observations of double stars, well before publication of the Dialogue.
| Preprint
|
| Astronomical significance of the Gavi Gangadhareshwara temple in Bangalore by J. Vyasanakere -
it is a unique temple where markings of both solstices are incorporated.
| Current Science 95 #11 [Dec. 2008]
1632-6 (PDF)
|
| In a time of trouble 40 years ago, Apollo 8 lifted spirits by W. Mullen - Adler Planetarium
to hold 2-week celebration of 1968 moon-orbit mission.
| Chicago Tribune. Also
Honeysuckle Creek contributions,
Knight Science Journalism Tracker,
Guardian,
Sc. Amer.
(more),
TIME,
BBC,
New Sci. Blog
(more),
NYT OpEd,
collectSpace,
Ars
Technica,
Boston Globe
|
| Greatest Physicists #1 - Isaac Newton by M. Springer - before Newton, there was no
physics. There was science, but a systematic mathematical description of the laws of nature did not exist.
| ScienceBlogs
|
| Space monkey milestone - fifty years ago a squirrel monkey named "Gordo" launched
on top of a Jupiter IRBM on the first Bioflight mission; Gordo survived ascent and reentry but was
lost after splashdown due to a parachute failure.
| CollectSpace
|
| The butterfly diagram in the 18th century by R. Arlt - 6285 sunspot positions
were obtained for a total of 999 days.
| Preprint
|
| Solar Eclipses of the 1800's by B. Kramer - the 1800s were the dawn of eclipse chasing.
| Website
|
| The Sputnik fable by D. Goldston - the much-quoted Sputnik effect on the U.S. was
more complex than often told (and used).
| Nature 456 [4.12.2008] 561. Also:
Science Blogs. Earlier:
TED Talk (old story)
|
| Pioneer Venus 2 arrived 30 years ago, on Dec. 9, 1978, dropping several probes.
| StarDate
|
| The Muisca Calendar by M. Pena - an approximation to the timekeeping system of the
ancient native people of the northeastern Andes of Colombia.
| Thesis (164 pages!)
|
| Illustrations from early scifi & space art in large numbers, with Italian captions.
| Fabio Femino
|
| Riesenfernrohr in Rathenow demontiert von S. Hoffmann - das Riesenmedial soll
binnen dieses Winters vom Schulhof der Bruno-H-Buergel-Schule in den Optikpark versetzt werden.
| KosmoLogs
(Fortsetzung,
Schluss).
Auch: technische Details
|
| Mt. Wilson by R. Johnson - location scout for a planned TV series mighty impressed by 100".
| SkepticBlog. Auch:
Bad Astronomy Blog.
|
| Astrophysicist Edwin Salpeter Dies - Salpeter's biggest contribution may have been
in understanding how stars burn helium into carbon.
| Professor
Astronomy
|
| Licht aus der Finsternis von P. Beck & G. Zotti - die Beobachtung einer Mondfinsternis 1457.
| OeWF Newsletter 11/2008 S. 7
|
| Digital Access to a Sky Century at Harvard by S. Laycock &
al. - a project to digitize the collection of ~500,000 glass photographic plates held at Harvard College Observatory.
| Preprint
|
| Herschel, Uranus und die Planetarischen Nebel von W. Steinicke - wie kam der letztere Begriff zustande?
Der Uranus wird nirgends genannt.
| Artikel
|
| Ulf Merbold - 25 Jahre Astronaut und ein Leben zwischen Ost und West; der erste Auslaender
ueberhaupt auf einem Shuttle.
| Pressemitteilung des DLR
|
| Meridianstein der Marburger Sternwarte wiederentdeckt, ein Peilstein, den der Gruender der Marburger
Sternwarte vor 165 Jahren errichten liess.
| PM der Philipps-Universitaet
|
| Vatikan will Galilei-Akten veröffentlichen - die Publikation der Verfahrensakten werde das Gedächtnis derjenigen "auffrischen", die behaupteten, der Vatikan habe Galilei verurteilt.
| AF
via Stern. Auch: Rheinischer Merkur,
Catholic News
|
| Harlan J. Smith Telescope - when the 107" telescope at McDonald Obs. was dedicated
40 years ago for NASA use, it was the third-largest in the world.
| StarDate. Also:
picture
|
| A temple or a school of astronomy? by B. Shylaja - large stone discs at the
famous Gavi Gangadhareshwara temple at the heart of Bangalore.
| Deccan Herald
|
| Fake Lunar Photos Sent Astronomers Over the Moon by A. Madrigal - if you wanted
close-up photos of the moon in the late 1800s, you built incredibly detailed plaster models of lunar
craters and then snapped carefully lit pictures of them.
| Wired Blog. Also:
Space
News Examiner
|
| The Naked Eye Stars as Data Supporting Galileo's Copernican Views by C. Graney - the
aggregate appearance of the naked-eye stars would appear to Galileo to be direct observational support
for his ideas about the stars.
| Preprint
|
| The Man Who Observes the Universe Smokes Viceroys by S. Scarroll - how Hubble once
(almost) starred in a cigarrette ad ...
| Cosmic
Variance
|
| Soyuz exhibit in Milan, Italy by P. Amoroso - pictures of Soyuz TM-14 being exhibited in
downtown Milan, Italy (17-30 Nov 2008); the 1st German Mir visitor was a passenger in 1992.
| Flickr.
Also: Wikipedia entry
|
| Copernicus found! Today the news broke that it is indeed his skull that was found three
years ago in Frombork, because they were able to match DNA form the skull with some DNA located in one of
the books he owned.
| Austin Planetarium Blog.
Also: BBC,
Guardian,
Science Blogs,
Nature Blog,
Cosmic Variance,
AstroProf,
InvSquare,
Univ. Today.
Update: Swedish Research Council Release,
SC.
|
| Buran - the Soviet 'space shuttle' by A. Zak - the Soviet shuttle was conceived primarily
as a "symmetrical response" to the perceived military threat from America's winged orbiters.
| BBC. Also
Kentucky Space and
Russia Today
|
| Dwarfed by the heavens in W.Va. by J. Thompson - the National Radio Quiet Zone in West Virginia has turned 50 years old.
| Washington
Post. Auch: NRQZ-Homepage,
StarDate
|
| LIFE Magazine photo archive on Google by R. Pearlman - the potential of this
project for space history enthusiasts should be obvious.
| CollectSpace. Also:
the interface - also lots of
old astronomers to be found
|
| Mars Before the Space Age by B. Jones - our picture of Mars today is not only much
more complete that that before Mariner 4, in several ways it is quite different.
| Preprint
|
| Giant Telescope Hits Centennial by J. Williams - when it was built in 1908, the
60-inch telescope was the largest in the world. [No, it was not: the
Leviathan was larger already in 1845, though
inoperative in 1908.]
| Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
Also: Astronomy
Blog, APOD
|
| Review of "The Long Route to the Invention of the Telescope" by N. Pelling - he's impressed
but doesn't like the final sequence of events as described by Willach ...
| Cipher
Mysteries
|
| Impressions from the 5. Fachtagung "Geschichte der Astronomie" in Kassel by D. Fischer -
talk highlights and pictures from the great Kassel astronomy history collection.
| Special page (1.8 MB in total)
|
| Fridge-sized tape recorder could crack lunar mysteries by N. MacBean - an archiving error
by NASA has meant 173 data tapes have sat in Perth for almost 40 years, holding information about lunar dust.
| ABC
|
| Amateur astronomers may enjoy PBS show on Hale by L. DiMartino - America's journey into
space began at the turn of the century, thanks to George Ellery Hale.
| The
Beacon News. Also: PBS pages,
Cosmic Log,
Sky & Telescope
|
| Martin Pomerantz, astrophysicist, dies by N. Asimov - a brilliant astrophysicist and
adventurer who helped figure out a way to study the sun from the inside out.
| San
Francisco Chronicle
|
| New exhibit blends art, history, and science by Y. Xie - the Huntington Library in
California opened a permanent exhibit on November 1st that masterfully displays the roots of modern science.
| Ars
Technica. Also: exhibition's page
|
| The Historic Beginnings Of The Space Arms Race by Y. Zaitsev - November 1, 1963, the
first satellite capable of maneuvering in orbit, was launched.
| RIA
Novosti
|
| First moonwalker donates personal papers - Armstrong will bestow his personal files,
which date back to the beginning of his career, to the Lafayette, Ind. university.
| CollectSpace. Also:
Purdue University News
|
| UNESCO and the IAU sign key agreement on Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative - astronomical
heritage is currently under-represented.
| IAU Press Release
|
| India's rise to the Moon by S. Menon - covers a lot of India's early space history and the role of V. Sarabhai.
| Nature 455 [16 October 2008] 874-5
|
| Forgotten cradle of the space age by A. Zak - where the German military initiated
the world's first large-scale rocket development programme in the first half of the 20th Century.
| BBC
|
| Recalibration of instruments in Jantar Mantar underway - the Nehru Planetarium
and the Archaeological Survey of India have embarked on the work of calibrating the instruments
which could be put to use by astronomers.
| PTI via The Hindu. Also:
Nehru Planetarium page
|
| Huntsville and the U.S. Space Program - An Historical Perspective: slides from the
2008 Von Braun Memorial Symposium Session 3.
| American Astronautical Society
|
| Stirring Astronomy into Theology by Belenkiy & Echague - Sir Isaac Newton on
the Date of the Passion of Christ.
| Preprint
|
| Wer war Johannes Kepler? Eine Artikelreihe anlaesslich des 40jaehrigen Bestehens
des Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasiums in Garbsen.
| Frontpage
|
| Ansturm auf "Himmelsscheibe von Nebra" - eine neue Briefmarke mit dem Sensationsfund.
| MDR
|
| The Sputnik singularity by D. Day - the role of Willy Ley.
| The Space Review
|
| Apollo 7 mission taught lessons about crew conflict by H. Spencer - the first US
spaceflight in which there was major friction between the crew and Mission Control.
| New
Scientist Blog. Auch: CollectSpace
|
| Bits of Scruff von J. Ouellette - the most notorious Nobel snubs include my personal favorite, Jocelyn Bell.
| Twisted Physics
|
| Senat stimmt zu: Sternwarte soll Weltkulturerbe werden von P. Volkmann-Schluck - gemeint
ist Hamburg-Bergedorf.
| Hamburger Abendblatt. Auch:
Monumente
|
| 48 Years of Space Flight - Tiros 2 imaged in orbit, as is the ISS.
| APOD
|
| New Light on Stonehenge by D. Jones - the first dig in 44 years within
the inner circle changes our view of why the monument was built.
| Smithsonian
Magazine. Also: Stonehenge
= a concert arena?
|
| Eclipse Rockets by D. Benningfield - 50 years ago a U.S. Navy ship fired
five big rockets at the sky during an eclipse.
| StarDate
|
| SpaceDev Founder Jim Benson Dies - after his successful career as a
computer industry entrepreneur, Mr. Benson decided to take on the challenge of starting
an innovative space commercialization venture because it combined his lifelong interests
in science, technology and astronomy with his successful business experience.
| SpaceDev obituary. Auch:
Washington Post,
Space.com,
LA Times,
Space Today,
Inc
|
| The Pleiades: the celestial herd of ancient timekeepers by A. Sparavigna -
for many ancient populations, Pleiades were relevant stars and their rising was marked as a special
time of the year.
| Preprint
|
| Der Streit um Kopernikus erreicht das All - Pole oder Deutscher?
| DLF
|
| Teleskopet 400 ar von K. Sempler - was vor 400 Jahren in den Niederlanden
passierte, auf Schwedisch erzaehlt.
| NyTeknik. Auch:
Wired,
KosmoLogs,
BR,
Timeline
|
| Von Braun papers on auction Wednesday in NYC von S. Spires - early blueprints
for space exploration will be up for bid at a prestigious New York auction house.
| The Huntsville
Times Blog. Auch: Washington
Post, Space.com. Und: das
Ergebnis
|
| NASA's Legacy: The Quest for the Moon von C. Parks - the space race was "war by another means".
| Space.com. Auch: ein
Vortrag von C.
Duke in Speyer
|
| Searching Heaven and Earth for the Real Johannes Kepler von D. Sobel - Galileo
may be science's most famous martyr, but it was Kepler who solved the mystery of the planets.
| Discover.
Auch: Science Blogs
|
| Soviet shuttle finally gets a home at the "Technik Museum Speyer" near Mannheim, Germany.
| CNN Blog
|
| The twelve-minute hiatus of Explorer 1 von S. Harris - in those early days, the
tracking station network was totally inadequate for maintaining a continuous link with an orbiting satellite.
| The Space Review
|
| What Future for NASA? von L. Billings - America's space agency faces
uncertain future on its 50th anniversary.
| Seed. Auch:
KSJ,
ZEIT
(mehr)
|
| "IT'S ALIVE!" von E. Lakdawalla - on September 18, 2008, DSS-14 locked onto
the carrier signal of the ISEE-3/ICE spacecraft.
| Planetary Society Blog
|
| Was Stonehenge an ancient centre of healing? by N.Fleming - results from the first excavation
within Stonehenge in 44 years look unlikely to put to rest the controversy.
| New
Scientist Blog
|
| Astrophysicist Penetrated Many Of the Mysteries of the Cosmos by A. Bernstein -
Astrophysicist Elihu Boldt, 77, who died Sept. 12 after an apparent heart attack, made contributions to
understanding the sources and composition of high-energy particles that dart around the universe at the speed of light.
| Washington Post
|
| First echoes of relativity in Argentine astronomy by A. Gangui & E. Ortiz - the attitude of
astronomers in Argentina in connection with the new problems posed by relativity theory, before and after GR was presented.
| Preprint
|
| Who Invented the Telescope? Nick Pelling suggests that credit should go not to the Netherlands
but much further south to Catalonia.
| History Today.
Auch: The Guardian,
BBC,
Cipher Mysteries
(later)
|
| Public Art Finds Inspiration in the Anaphoric Clock - the largest, and most accurate,
modern recreation of an anaphoric clock in the world.
| Art Daily
|
| An amazing animation of Halley's comet from Vega 1 by E. Lakdawalla - nach ueber
20 Jahren eine aussagekraeftige Version der Bilder der allerersten Halley-Sonde!
| Planetary Society Blog. Auch:
Viking 2 approaching Mars
|
| Galileo, Reconsidered von M. Price - the first biography of Galileo Galilei
resurfaces and offers a new theory as to why the astronomer was put on trial.
| Smithsonian Magazine
|
| A New Class of Radio Pulsars - Back in 1982 von M. Alpar - the discovery of the
millisecond pulsars made us realize that the fields can be much lower in a new class of radio pulsars
that have been spun up by accretion in LMXBs.
| Preprint
|
| What Hubble really meant by late and early type von I. Baldry - Hubble took these
terms from spectral classification of stars to signify a sequence related to complexity of appearance.
| Preprint
|
| Ten ancient observatories spied from space - satellite offers a modern look at how
mankind watched the stars long ago.
| MSNBC-Galerie
|
| Objects In Telescope Are Farther Than They Appear von C. Graney - how diffraction
tricked Galileo into mismeasuring the distances to the stars.
| Preprint: Auch:
arXiv Blog
|
| The Forbidden World von J. Acocella - Review des Buches Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic.
| The New Yorker. Auch:
Science 321 [19.9.2008] 1636-7. Auch:
IHT
|
| Extraterrestrials invade Notre Dame: The truth is out there ... in the library von M. Garvey - Ankuendigung
des Buches The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, Antiquity to 1915: A Source Book von M. Crowe.
| Univ. of Notre Dame Press Release
|
| Klein Stonehenge in Sachsen-Anhalt von T. Schöne & G. Simon - bedeutende Kultstätte bei Magdeburg entdeckt.
| Mitteldeutsche
Zeitung. Auch: Welt
|
| Rocky ways to secrets of skies von C. Leung - an egg-shaped Aboriginal stone arrangement outside
Geelong is being talked about by some as Victoria's own Stonehenge.
| The Age
|
| Calendars with Olympiad display and eclipse prediction on the Antikythera Mechanism von T. Freeth et al. -
new results on the Metonic calendar, Olympiad dial and eclipse prediction link the cycles of human institutions with the
celestial cycles embedded in the Mechanism's gearwork.
| Nature 454 [31.7.2008] 614-7. Auch:
Abstract. Spaeter:
New Scientist,
Guardian,
Wired,
YouTube. Spaeter:
SPIEGEL.
|
| Seltene Live-Reportage von Apollo-11-Start vor 39 Jahren - aus dem australischen
Fernsehen, mit einem sehr begeisterten Reporter.
| MyTalk.com.au.
Auch: alte BBC-Story
|
| Die fehlerhafte Definition des Meters von F. Grotelueschen - Wie eine falsche Berechnung
(durch Astronomen) das Urmass veraenderte.
| Deutschlandfunk
|
| The Keepers of the Moon von G. Gugliotta - nearly 40 years after the Apollo astronauts
brought the first rocks back to Earth, these pieces of the Moon are still providing scientists with new
secrets from another world.
| New York Times
|
| Mount Wilson Observatory an astronomical gem von W. Hansen - the
observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains was the hub of 20th century discoveries.
| LA Times
|
| Video Feature: Nobelist Giacconi at Lindau - 7-min-Interview mit dem Nobelpreistraeger
von 2002.
| Science Blogs
|
| 30th Anniversary of Charon's Discovery - the first satellite of dwarf planet Pluto was
announced on 7 July 1978.
| New Horizons Press Release
|
| Komet ueber Heidelberg von S. Oldenburg - zeigt ein Kupferstich von Matthaeus Merian
(1593-1650) einen echten Kometen ueber dem unzerstoerten Heidelberg Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts?
| KosmoLogs.
Auch: Essay zum
Theatrum Europaeum; das
Original
|
| Among Scientific Treasures, a Gem von D. Overbye - ein Original von De Revolutionibus
kann ersteigert werden! UPDATE: Das Buch hat in der Auktion stolze 2.2
Mio. Dollar erbracht.
| New York Times. Auch:
Eintrag
im Auktionskatalog,
Nature Blog,
Physics World,
Bad Astronomy
|
| June 18, 1178: Monks They See, But Monks They Do? (Von wegen!) Die laengst
ad acta gelegte Story vom "Canterbury Event" wird aufgewaermt.
| Wired. Jedoch:
Impact Hazard News ...
|
| Wiener Universitaetssternwarte ist 125 Jahre alt - Zur Zeit ihrer Eroeffnung
blickte sie mit dem damals groessten Linsenteleskop der Welt ins All.
| ORF ON Science. Auch:
WAA-Berichte,
Astronomie.de
|
| Space history stands tall in museum von D. Tims - doors at the new
McMinnville feature are wide enough to handle a space shuttle.
| The
Oregonian
|
| Himmelsscheibe wieder in Halle zu bewundern - die neue Dauerausstellung im Landesmuseum fuer
Vorgeschichte.
| MDR (mit Audioclips)
|
| The starry-eyed visitor von W. Mullen - Rolf Riekher, 86, a former German optical lens
engineer, fulfilled a lifelong dream to see the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory 40" diameter telescope.
| Chicago
Tribune
|
| David Tennant and Andy Serkis to star in BBC drama Einstein And Eddington, a film
which takes a closer look at the story behind the creation of Albert Einstein's general theory of
relativity and the personal lives of the men behind it.
| BBC
Press Release. Auch: Astronomy Blog. Review:
Physics World
|
| Galileo - according to Galileo's biographer, Michael White, there was much more
at stake than astronomical theories.
| ABC "The Ark" Transkript
|
| Rethinking History for a New Islamic Science von J. Murphy - Review von Science and
Islam von M. Iqbal, in dem es besonders um Mathematik und Astronomie geht.
| Science 320 [16.5.2008] 876
|
| "Bubbles in Society": The Example of the United States Apollo Program von M. Gisler & D.
Sornette - an analysis of the economic, political and social factors that underlay the Apollo program; this
study suggests that the Apollo program provides a vivid illustration of a societal bubble, defined as a collective
over-enthusiasm as well as unreasonable investments and efforts.
| Preprint. Auch:
The Space Review ueber "long waves" in der Geschichte
|
| The Legacy of Space Chimps von J. Hsu - a new documentary and a separate upcoming
animated film both hearken to the early days of the U.S. space program, when chimpanzees preceded men.
| Space.com
|
| Dreamer of Space - Engineer of War: Das ZDF arbeitet an der 90-Minuten-Doku
"Wernher von Braun - Man on the Moon" fuer 2009.
| ZDF
Enterprises NewsFocus MPITV 2008 S. 23
|
| May 28, 585 B.C.: Predicted Solar Eclipse Stops Battle von R. Alfred - astronomy later
sets a likely date, providing a debatable calculation point for pinning down some dates in ancient history.
| Wired
|
| Famous Supernovae Still Echo Across the Milky Way - astronomers have spotted light
echoing from the original explosion of the Tycho supernova, as well as a second supernova called Cassiopeia A
(bei der sogar schon die spektroskopische Bestimmung des Explosionstyps anhand eines Echos gelang).
| CfA,
Spitzer,
MPA und
Subaru Press Releases. Auch:
Papers von Rest et al. und
Krause et al.
|
| Ernst Stuhlinger, One of the Last Von Braun Rocket Team Members, Dies von D. Wingo -
one of the last surviving members of the 126 German rocket scientists brought over to
the United States after world war II has passed away quietly at 94.
| SpaceRef. Auch:
Huntsville Times
(mehr,
Kommentar,
sidebar,
mehr;
frueher),
New York Times,
AP,
Space Today, DPA
|
| Juergen Ehlers und die Relativitaetstheorie von R. Breuer - der grosse
Gravitationsforscher ist ueberraschend verstorben.
| WissensLogs
|
| Ist der Teufelsstein ein Himmelsstein? von D. Skrzypczak - Spekulationen ueber
Sternbilder auf einem bronzezeitlichen "Naepfchenstein" ...
| Mitteldeutsche
Zeitung
|
| Wissenschaft auf Abwegen von B. Affenzeller - die Welteislehre.
| Report
|
| If the Stones Could Speak von C. Alexander - Searching for the Meaning of Stonehenge.
| National Geographic.
Auch: New York Times
|
| Professor D. T. Whiteside: Historian of mathematics whose prodigious work
on Newton's papers astonished the scholarly world von P. Bursill-Hall - er starb am 23. April.
| Independent.
Auch: Times,
Guardian. Und:
The Newton Project Sowie:
Cosmic Variance
|
| Review: To a Distant Day von J. Foust - The Rocket Pioneers von C. Gainor.
| The Space Review
|
| Not so amateur von O. Gingerich - Review von Keep Watching the Skies! The Story
of Operation Moonwatch von P. McCray.
| Nature 453 [8.5.2008] 156
|
| Blind Date: Using proper motions to determine the ages of historical images
von J. Barron et al. - with the known proper motions of stars we can "run back
the clock" to an approximation of the night sky in any given year.
| Preprint. Auch:
Physics ArXiv Blog
|
| Der gluehende Weltgeist von C. Thomas - Dieter Hildebrandts grossartige
"Biographie unserer Sonne".
| Frankfurter
Rundschau
|
| A Super Solar Flare von T. Bell & T. Phillips - der Carrington-Flare von 1859.
| Science @ NASA
|
| 25 Jahre Komet IRAS-Araki-Alcock von B. Leitner - Anfang Mai 1983 wurde der
Komet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) entdeckt und kam nur wenige Tage später extrem nahe an die Erde heran.
| Astronomie.de.
Auch: alter TIME-Artikel,
Daten & Bilder
|
| Remarkable Eclipses: a sketch of the most interesting circumstances connected with
the observation if solar and lunar eclipses, both in ancient and modern times - von W. Lynn.
| Komplettes Buch (59 Seiten)
aus dem Jahre 1909
|
| The Cartoon that Introduced Sputnik to America, 1957 - nicht unbedingt akkurat ...
| IO9. Auch:
Look Magazine 1957
|
| Triumph of the medieval mind von P. Ball - modern science began several hundred
years earlier than we have come to imagine; it got going in the twelfth century.
| Nature 452 [17 April 2008] 816-818
|
| Eratosthenes' Too-Big Earth & Too-Tiny Universe und Aristarchos Unbound: Ancient
Vision u.a.
| DIO March 2008
|
| The Man Who Invented Mars von N. Zaroulis - a brilliant, wealthy, charming
Boston Brahmin named Percival Lowell popularized the idea that we are not alone in the universe.
| Boston
Globe Sunday Magazine. Auch: IO9
|
| Moondust and Duct Tape - turning back the clock 36 years reveals the key roll
of duct tape in NASA's Apollo program.
| Science@NASA
|
| Botschaft vom Anfang von M. Rauner - wie vor 13,7 Milliarden Jahren das Universum entstand (mit
historischen Exkursen).
| ZEIT
|
| Neil Armstrong's 'small step' was very small indeed von J. Hecht - he roamed an
area smaller than a soccer pitch, and Aldrin only managed about a third of that.
| New
Scientist Blog
|
| Die Endlichkeit des Lichtes von L. Carone - ein seltener Besuch in der alten Pariser Sternwarte.
| ScienceBlogs
|
| Thousands come to watch the "Buran" prototype travel on the river Rhine von D. Fischer - 1000s
are lining up on the banks of the river Rhine to see the Buran prototype make a pass enroute to a museum in Speyer.
| Cosmos 4 U.
Auch: AstroJahr,
Fischers Bilder
|
| 'Breakthrough' at Stonehenge dig von R. Morelle - archaeologists carrying out an
excavation at Stonehenge say they have broken through to a layer that may finally explain why the site was built.
| BBC. Auch:
MSNBC
|
| TDRS-1 Satellite Reaches 25 Years Of Age - the first of six Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite (TDRS) system spacecraft completed 25 years of successful on-orbit operations on April 4.
| SpaceMart
|
| History: An astrolabe for the people von P. Ball - the fate of a rare astrolabe hangs
in the balance while the British Museum in London tries to raise £350,000 to acquire it.
| Nature 452 [3.4.2008] 534
|
| The curious case of the disappearing physicist - and cosmologist - Ettore Majorana.
| arXiv Blog
|
| View from the top von S. Klein - Review der R.-Lüst-Biografie Der Wissenschaftsmacher.
| Nature 452 [27.3.2008] 411-2
|
| New theory emerges in Gagarin death mystery - it is likely to continue,
however, as long as it is shrouded in official secrecy.
| AFP.
Auch: Novosti,
SPIEGEL
|
| Galileo the artist von T. de Padova - Review von Galileo der Künstler. Die Zeichnung,
der Mond, die Sonne von H. Bredekamp.
| Nature 452 [20.3.2008] 289
|
| The "Mars Curse": Why Have So Many Missions Failed? von I. O'Neill - why have nearly two thirds of all Mars missions
failed in some way?
| Universe Today
|
| So who did mention geostationary telecom sats first? von D. Fischer - Clarke
struggled in vain to set the record straight during his lifetime.
| Cosmos 4 U.
Auch: Res Communis
|
| The Vanishing Rings of Saturn - four hundred years ago, the same phenomenon puzzled Galileo.
| Science@NASA
|
| An Unlikely Map of 'A Better Sky' - in 1944 an eccentric Englishman published
a book in which he expounded his proposal to change the names of stars and constellations in order
for them to be easier to learn.
| Strange
Maps Blog
|
| "Pampelmusen-Satellit" umkreist seit 50 Jahren die Erde von M. Zens - der amerikanische Satellit
Vanguard 1 wurde am 17. Maerz 1958 ins All geschossen. Damit ist er der aelteste Satellit, der sich noch in einer
Umlaufbahn um die Erde befindet.
| Bild der Wissenschaft. Auch:
NRL PR,
SeeSat,
MSNBC,
Space.com,
NRL-Seiten
|
| Galileo's Telescope - the instrument that changed the world: Webseiten zu
einer neuen Ausstellung in Florenz.
| Titelseite. Auch
FAZ-Diaschau
|
| Bitte nicht wegwerfen! von K. Hentschel - allzu oft werden Quellen der
Physikgeschichte achtlos entsorgt, statt sie zu sichern.
| ProPhysik
|
| Max Planck - Revolutionaer wider Willen: Die Sonderausstellung praesentiert den Vater der
Quantentheorie und gibt neue Einblicke in die Geschichte der Physik.
| MPG
Pressemitteilung
|
| Ein Gleichklang aus Kindertagen von C. Thomas - Kopie der Himmelsscheibe in Frankfurt.
| Fr. Rundschau
|
| Memories of a New Moon von J. Rao - 38 years ago, in the year 1970, new moon also fell on
March 7 and brought with it one of nature's greatest spectacles, a total eclipse of the sun.
| Space.com
|
| Cajal on Solar Eclipse von L. Triarhou & M. del Cerro - an impression that
sculpted a lasting memory on the mind of the great neuroanatomist S. Cajal, an 8-year-old boy at
the time, was the total solar eclipse of 18 July 1860.
| European
Neurology 59 [2008]- free access
|
| Giordano-Bruno-Tage in Berlin - drei Ereignisse werden Anfang Maerz in
Berlin stattfinden, die im Zusammenhang mit Giordano Bruno stehen.
| Pressemitteilung der GBS. Auch:
PM der Humboldt-Univ.
|
| Astrospies - a space story you've never seen, the story of the Astrospies.
| NOVA transcript. Auch:
The Space Review
|
| Der galaktische Revolutionaer - vor 535 Jahren: Geburtstag des Astronomen Nikolaus Kopernikus.
| WDR 2 Stichtag Audio
und Notizen
|
| AAAS: 50 Years of the Space Age von M. Ford - a discussion panel that included Roald Sagdeev,
Kathy Sullivan and a VP of Boeing's Civil Space Program.
| Ars
Technica
|
| Himmelsscheibe von Nebra als Vorhersageinstrument von T. Schoene - Hinweis auf
totale MoFi am 21.2.?
| Mitteldeutsche
Zeitung
|
| On the Accuracy of Galileo's Observations von C. Graney - Galileo had no knowledge
of wave optics, so when he was measuring stellar apparent sizes he was producing very accurate measurements
of diffraction artifacts and not physical bodies.
| Reprint von Baltic Astronomy 16 [2007] 443ff.
Auch: Reviews von Galileo's
Glassworks und The
Invetion of the Telescope
|
| How Lunar Landers Sandblasted the Moon von D. Powell - the seemingly gentle touchdowns of the
six Apollo Lunar Modules (LMs) on the moon between 1969 and 1972 were actually incredibly violent events.
| Space.com
|
| Astronomie der Steinzeit - zwischen Sonnenwende und Siebengestirn (8 Artikel).
| Scinexx Dossier. Auch:
NASA Connect (Video)!
|
| How a Lunar Eclipse Saved Columbus von J. Rao - Certain lunar eclipses had
an overwhelming effect on historic events.
| Space.com
|
| Historical Globes of the Red Planet von R. van Gent - the early cartography of Mars has
been discussed in several papers, but little has been written about the small Martian globes that were
commercially produced in this period.
| Website
|
| Fire and grace von D. Day - the new Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the
US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.
| The Space Review picture show
|
| Dannenberg is honored for his efforts von E. Musland - the eldest surviving
member of von Braun's German rocket team received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the AIAA.
| Huntsville
Times
|
| Remembering When U.S. Finally (and Really) Joined the Space Race -
zum 50. Jahrestag des Starts des ersten US-Erdsatelliten:
NASA-Broschüre
(Kurztext),
Montana State Univ.,
House Science,
AIA und
Schriever Press Releases,
The Space Review,
CollectSpace,
APOD,
Eines Tages,
NASA Watch,
Welt,
New York Times,
Fla.
Today (earlier),
LA Times,
Huntsville Times
(more),
MSNBC,
Space Politics,
New Scientist
Blog, Pas.*News,
Bad Astronomy Blog,
Daily Gaz.
|
| Van Allen remembered as belts turn 50 von W. Burrows - Review der van-Allen-Biografie
von A. Foerstner.
| Nature 451 [31.1.2008] 523
|
| Peter Staudhammer, Who Designed NASA Instruments, Dies at 73 von J. Pearce - a wide-ranging
aerospace engineer and executive who helped design instruments and engines used by NASA in landings on Mars and
the Moon, died on Jan. 14.
| New York Times
|
| America honors the last of the German rocketeers - nine members of the [original von
Braun] team are still alive. Six are original members of the team.
| Newhouse News Service. Auch:
Huntsville Times
(more,
OpEd),
CSM
|
| Sputnik's designer forgotten von P. McCarter - Korolev was once a young boy who
built toy rockets and dreamed of making one that could take him to the moon.
| Huntsville
Times
|
| Islam's forgotten geniuses von J. Al-Khalili - The untold story of Arabic
brilliance should be a timely reminder of a proud heritage.
| Telegraph.
Auch: KosmoLogs
|
| Review: America's Deep Space Pioneer von J. Foust - Review der Pickering-Biografie
von D. Mudgway.
| The Space Review.
|
| A Solar Eclipse Painting from the 1700s von J. Pasachoff - is this painting
the earliest realistic depiction of a total eclipse of the Sun? Some historians believe it is.
| Astronomy Picture of the Day
|
| "Vorprogramm" zum IYA: Niederlande feiern 400 Jahre Teleskop von D. Fischer -
Lipperheys misslungener Patentantrag fuer ein Fernrohr vom Oktober 1608 wird als Anlass fuer allerlei
Outreach-Projekte genommen.
| Blog
zum Internationalen Jahr der Astronomie. Auch:
LPOD.
|
| Senenmut: An Ancient Egyptian Astronomer von B. Novakovic - some light on the
life of Senenmut, the chief architect and astronomer during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut.
| Preprint
|
| German engineer was last of team at NASA von M. Marshall - mit Werner Dahm ist der
letzte von von Brauns urspruenglichen 118 Leuten gestorben, der noch fuer die NASA arbeitete.
| Huntsville
Times (mehr),
Ann Arbor News
|
| A calendar Quipu of the early 17th century and its relationship with the Inca astronomy von
L. Laurencich-Minelli & G. Magli - astronomical events in Cusco correspond closely to the data reported in the Quipu.
| Preprint
|
| THE STORY OF ECLIPSES - SIMPLY TOLD FOR GENERAL READERS von G. Chambers - das komplette
Buch von 1899 frei im Web!
| Projekt Gutenberg
|
| Father of China's space program named the 2007 Person of the Year by Aviation
Week - he co-founded the JPL in 1944 was later was deported back to China where he began work as
leader of the missile program.
| PR
NewsWire. Auch: The Space Review
(Nachtrag),
Xinhua
|
| The epic journey from Kepler's laws to Newton's law of universal gravitation revisited von
H. Chang & W. Hsiang - wie man der fundamentale Schritt einfacher gelingt.
| Preprint
|
| The last of its breed von R. Crease - a reference work that changed the history of science
has now been brought into the 21st century with new entries and an online version.
| Physics World
|
