ASTRONOMISCHE INFORMATIONEN
© Susanne Weimer
HIGHLIGHTS 2006
Jan Feb Mär Apr Mai Jun Jul Aug Sep Okt Nov Dez
2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
August 2006
25. Aug [BBC] Streit um die neue Planeten-Definition der IAU
24. Aug [IAU] IAU-Entscheidung zur Definition von Planeten im Sonnensystem - Pluto ist kein Planet mehr
23. Aug [BBC] NASA tauft neues Raumschiff 'Orion'
23. Aug [NRAO] Entdeckung eines sehr ungewöhnlichen Magnetars mit gepulster Radiostrahlung
23. Aug [BBC] Anousheh Ansari wurde als nächste Weltraumtouristin zur ISS bestätigt
23. Aug [JPL] Verhindern supermassive schwarze Löcher in großen elliptischen Galaxien die Sternentstehung?
21. Aug [Harvard] Die Beobachtung der Kollision von zwei großen Galaxienhaufen liefert den bisher stärksten Beweis für die Existenz der dunklen Materie.
21. Aug [BBC] Der japanische Geschäftsmann Daisuke Enomoto scheitert am medizinischen Test und wird nicht als Weltraumtourist zur ISS fliegen.
18. Aug [NASA] STS 115: Der Countdown für den Start der Raumfähre Atlantis beginnt am 24. August
18. Aug [NASA] NASA Selects Crew and Cargo Transportation to Orbit Partners
17. Aug [ESO/MPG] Entdeckung großer Scheibengalaxien, die nur 3 Milliarden Jahre nach dem Urknall entstanden sind
16. Aug [IAU] The IAU draft definition of 'planet' and 'plutons'
10. Aug [ESO] Stars Too Old to be Trusted? A possible Stellar Solution to the Cosmological Lithium Problem
08. Aug [Harvard] Chandra Independently Determines Hubble Constant
07. Aug [NRAO] Researchers Use NRAO Telescope to Study Formation Of Chemical Precursors to Life
04. Aug [ESO] The 'Planemo' Twins. Astronomers Discover Double Planetary Mass Object
03. Aug [ESO] A Sub-Stellar Jonah. Brown Dwarf Survives Being Swallowed
01. Aug [Berkeley] New images of Jupiter's red spots
Juli 2006
31. Jul [Berkeley] Mars' dust storms may produce peroxide snow
27. Jul [JPL] Cassini Finds Lakes on Titan's Arctic Region
26. Jul [ESO] Island Universes with a Twist. VLT Images of Perturbed Galaxies
25. Jul [MPG] Alte Pulsare haben keine polaren Hotspots. Kommt die Energie der Hotspots bei jungen Pulsaren aus dem Inneren?
24. Jul [JPL] Planet-Forming Disks Might Put the Brakes on Stars
21. Jul [ESO] Looking Deep with Infrared Eyes. First data release from UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey
19. Jul [MPG] Detaillierte Beobachtungen der Stoßwelle nach dem neuen Ausbruch von RS Ophiuchi
19. Jul [NRAO] 'Special Case' Stellar Blast Teaching Astronomers New Lessons About Cosmic Explosions
18. Jul [ESO] Towards a European Extremely Large Telescope. ESO sets-up ELT Project Office
13. Jul [MPG] Das APEX-Teleskop für den Submillimeter-Bereich liefert erste Messergebnisse
03. Jul [ESO] Falling Onto the Dark - Rare Blob Unveiled: Evidence for Hydrogen Gas Falling onto a Dark Matter Clump?
Juni 2006
29. Jun [MPG] Kaltes Gas in der Andromedagalaxie
28. Jun [ESO] The Hooked Galaxy - ESO's VLT Image of Supernova in Interacting Galaxy
20. Jun [BBC] Bevorstehende neue Definition des Begriffs 'Planet' - was wird aus Pluto?
08. Jun [ESO] The Toucan's Diamond - VLT Image of a Unique Swarm of Stars, 47 Tuc
06. Jun [Berkeley] Distant ball of dust not dusty enough
06. Jun [ESO] Do 'Planemos' Have Progeny? Planetary-Mass Objects Found to be Surrounded by Disc
01. Jun [Harvard] The Case of the Neutron Star With a Wayward Wake
01. Jun [NASA] Der erste von drei Mini-Satelliten wird an Bord der Internationalen Raumstation getestet.
Mai 2006
18. Mai [ESO] Trio of Neptunes and their Belt. HARPS Instrument Finds Unusual Planetary System
11. Mai [ESO] Twin Explosions In Gigantic Dusty Potato Crisp
10. Mai [MPG] Interstellares organisches Material in Meteoriten
08. Mai [ESO] Physics in Universe's Youth. With ESO's VLT, Astronomers Find Molecular Hydrogen at Edge of Universe
05. Mai [MPIfR] LOFAR - ein neues Radioteleskop in Deutschland
01. Mai [NRAO] VLBA Reveals Closest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
April 2006
25. Apr [ESO] The Comet With a Broken Heart. VLT Takes Images of Disintegrating Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
24. Apr [Harvard] NASA's Chandra Finds Black Holes Are 'Green'
14. Apr [ESO] The Great Easter Egg Hunt: The Void's Incredible Richness. Huge Astronomical Image of 'Empty Space' Obtained with ESO Telescope
11. Apr [STScI] Hubble Finds that the 'Tenth Planet' is Slightly Larger than Pluto
07. Apr [ESO] Cosmic Spider is Good Mother. VLT FORS Image of the Inner Parts of the Tarantula Nebula
06. Apr [Harvard] Proto Supermassive Binary Black Hole Detected in X-rays
06. Apr [Berkeley] Blue ring discovered around Uranus
März 2006
23. Mär [Harvard] NASA's Chandra Finds Evidence for Quasar Ignition
22. Mär [ESO] The Sun's New Exotic Neighbour. Very Cool Brown Dwarf Discovered Around Star in the Solar Neighbourhood
15. Mär [STScI] Astronomers Measure Precise Mass of a Binary Brown Dwarf
15. Mär [ESO] The Cosmic Dance of Distant Galaxies. GIRAFFE at VLT reveals the turbulent life of distant galaxies
15. Mär [MPG] Brachte Dunkle Materie die ersten Sterne zum Leuchten?
10. Mär [STScI] Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth
01. Mär [NRAO] Magnetic Fields Sculpt Narrow Jets From Dying Star
01. Mär [PPARC] Part-Time Pulsar Yields New Insight Into Inner Workings of Cosmic Clocks
Februar 2006
28. Feb [ESO] Cepheids and their 'Cocoons'. Interferometry Helps Discover Envelopes Around Supergiant Stars
27. Feb [PPARC] Scientists Detect New Kind of Cosmic Explosion
23. Feb [ESO] Man-made Star Shines in the Southern Sky. First Light for the VLT Laser Guide Star Facility
23. Feb [ESO] A Blast To Chase. VLT Image of SN 2006X in Spiral Galaxy Messier 100
22. Feb [STScI] Hubble Confirms New Moons of Pluto
22. Feb [PPARC] Successful Launch for Japanese Space Telescope
21. Feb [PPARC] Japanese Space Telescope to survey the Hidden Universe
20. Feb [PPARC] Dark Matter further challenged by improved modified gravity
16. Feb [PPARC] Jodrell Bank Astronomers Find New Type of Star
16. Feb [NRAO] Still-Forming Solar System May Have Planets Orbiting Star in Opposite Directions, Astronomers Say
15. Feb [ESO] The Invisible Galaxies That Could Not Hide. Metal-Rich Distant Galaxy Found With ESO's VLT
09. Feb [PPARC] On the Scent of a Pre-Historic Particle Accelerator?
07. Feb [ESO] How to Steal a Million Stars? VLT Study Reveals Troubled Past of Globular Cluster Messier 12
03. Feb [Harvard] Detection of Hot Halo Gets Theory Out of Hot Water
03. Feb [PPARC] K-band Infrared Multi-Object Spectrometer: A New Insight into Galaxy Formation and Evolution
01. Feb [MPG] Neu entdeckter 'Planet' 2003 UB313 ist größer als Pluto
01. Feb [Keck] Trojan Asteroid Patroclus: Comet in Disguise?
01. Feb [Berkeley] Binary asteroid in Jupiter's orbit may be icy comet from solar system's infancy
01. Feb [PPARC] Discovery of the smallest yet Earth-like planet
Januar 2006
25. Jan [PPARC] Square Kilometre Array: World's Largest Telescope
25. Jan [ESO] It's Far, It's Small, It's Cool: It's an Icy Exoplanet! Distant Planet Brings Astronomers Closer To Home
25. Jan [STScI] Astronomers Find Smallest Extrasolar Planet Yet Around Normal Star
19. Jan [NASA] New Horizons - die erste Mission zu Pluto - ist nach einem erfolgreichen Start auf dem Weg.
19. Jan [Berkeley] Two new dusty planetary disks may be astrophysical mirrors of our Kuiper Belt
12. Jan [NRAO] Huge 'Superbubble' of Gas Blowing Out of Milky Way
12. Jan [NRAO] Astronomers Discover Fastest-Spinning Pulsar
12. Jan [Berkeley] Astronomers find magnetic Slinky in Orion
11. Jan [NRAO] Engine's Running, But Where's the Fuel?
11. Jan [STScI] Hubble Panoramic View of Orion Nebula Reveals Thousands of Stars
11. Jan [UF] Planet finders use much faster instrument to discover distant planet
10. Jan [NOAO] Rapidly Spinning Star Vega has Cool Dark Equator
10. Jan [Keck] Scientists See Better, Fainter with New Keck Laser Guide Star
10. Jan [Harvard] NASA's Chandra Finds Black Holes Stirring Up Galaxies
10. Jan [STScI] Monster Black Holes Grow After Galactic Mergers
09. Jan [Berkeley] Milky Way galaxy is warped and vibrating like a drum
09. Jan [NOAO] Dissecting Light from Ancient Stellar Explosions
09. Jan [NOAO] Huge Images Show Majestic Beauty and Violence of Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
09. Jan [STScI] There's More to the North Star Than Meets the Eye
09. Jan [STScI] Mystery Solved: High-Energy Fireworks Linked to Massive Star Cluster
06. Jan [Keck] Grain growth in Orion Nebula protoplanetary disks
04. Jan [ESO] Measuring the Size of a Small, Frost World. Stellar occultation allows VLT to determine Charon's size and to put upper limit on its atmosphere


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