Recent Astronomy Articles
Recent astronomy articles can be found both online and in print magazines. When new images are taken, people write about it. When space agencies announce missions, people write. Discussion abounds about everything. Here are just a few.
There were many recent astronomy articles on space dust that was bumpy. Why is that? Hydrogen is the most abundant element in creation. However, larger molecules require that hydrogen bonds. But a special medium is required in the cold of space. Scientists now realize that bumpy molecules may fit that bill. Bumpy dusty, who would have thought it.
The Death Star is one of the moons of Saturn. With its huge crater, it resembles the famous movie prop. In August 2008 it became a subject of many recent astronomy articles when the Cassini spacecraft passed near the moon, Mimas. New photos and information were gathered. Folks loved to see this news. Scientists believe the mission will create new understanding as to the number of crater creating objects that pass near to Saturn. This can give new insight into how busy our solar system is as far as impact capable objects, as well as reveal the true extent of how other planets, like Saturn, serve as object scrubbers in our solar system.
For years people have studied dark matter. It's not well understood how it helps the universe expand. Dark matter was a popular headline in recent astronomy articles. SNAP, the SuperNova/Acceleration Probe, was planned to help solve dark matter by examining many distant supernovae. Dark matter makes up about 70% of the matter in the universe, so learning about it is important.
A proto-sun is the name given to our sun before it officially became a star. Many researchers, however wondered whether this proto-sun may have emitted useful heat or light or particles. Recent astronomy articles answer this question with a resounding yes. 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.
For any astronomy enthusiast it's important to keep up on Recent astronomy articles.






