Photon Fishing

Hi everyone, I'm hosting the 581st Carnival of Space where we assemble the best in space science and astronomy reporting. If you have...

Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are binary systems consisting of a white dwarf and a secondary "normal" star. Materia...

Figure 1. A typical dwarf nova. Credit NASA via www.skyandtelescope.com In a study accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of...

A key idea in astronomy is that stars form from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. The left over materials from the star formation swirl a...

Binning groups pixels together which has the effect of making the group appear as a bigger single pixel as shown in figure 1 below (Templ...

One of the most awesome features of modern amateur telescopes is that they can connect with a computer to allow control by a wide assortment...

Figure 1. Henrietta Swan Leavitt (Johnson 2005) Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born on the Fourth of July in 1868 in Lancaster Massachuse...