Earth with rings

Via: BoingBoing

Looking into a black hole

"Using new data from ESA's XMM-Newton spaceborne observatory, astronomers have probed closer than ever to a supermassive black hole lying deep at the core of a distant active galaxy." [The picture is an artist's illustration, not a photo.]

King's Canyon Star Trails

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IYA Sites 2009 and Darwin

International Year of Astronomy sites: Parteners: NASA, Astro League and AAVSO. Finally the interesting evolution site: Evolution: Darwin

IYA2009

This year is the International Year of Astronomy. It has many major goals but only 2 will affect the common people: Increase scientific awareness and increase widespread knowledge of the subject. The other goals are to improve/ create better astronomic tools and activities including 100 Hours of Astronomy. Their official website can be found at Astronomy2009.org.

Space.com

Space as in the Universe not as in room although there is a lot of room in the Universe. Space.com may explore many of the up-to-date information of the constantly advancing astronomy category of Science. Photo here.