Recent Astronomy Articles For Hobbyists

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Recent Astronomy Articles For Hobbyists

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Recent astronomy articles appear all over the Internet and in magazines dedicated to the science and the hobby. New photos of space objects result in articles. New space missions result in articles. Every new discovery and piece of information generates a tremendous amount of discussion. This article relates a few of them.

There were many recent astronomy articles on space dust that was bumpy. Why is that? Scientists have long known that hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. However, larger molecules require that hydrogen bonds. But a special medium is required in the cold of space. It could be the bumpy surface of dust that helps in that process. Nobody thinks of dust being bumpy when they vacuum.

One of Saturn’s moons is called the “Death Star.” It looks like the Star Wars space station, with a huge crater on one side. Cassini passed near this moon, news of which prompted many recent astronomy articles. Some stunning images and a lot of new data resulted. It was a popular story. One hope scientists have is that this new data will reveal information about the number of crater creating objects fly through the Saturn system. There’s still a lot to learn about traffic through the solar system, and how the giants Jupiter and Saturn help keep things clear.

It’s long been known that dark matter exists in the universe. It helps the universe expand, but it’s not clear how it does this. Dark matter was the subject of many recent astronomy articles in 2008. SNAP, the SuperNova/Acceleration Probe, was planned to help solve dark matter by examining many distant supernovae. It’s important because about 70% of the stuff in the universe is dark matter.

A proto-sun is the name given to our sun before it officially became a star. Emissions of heat and light as well as solar winds from this proto-sun have long been a matter of contention. Yes it did, says recent astronomy articles. Scientists have used new techniques to discover that the protosun did indeed emit ultraviolet and other particles in an early form of the solar wind. All of this helped life on Earth form.

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