http://news.u-trade.org/ U-Trade Astronomy en-us 2008-07-09 2008-07-09 iulian@u-trade.org iulian@u-trade.org http://news.u-trade.org/astronomy/weird-radiation-ring-around-a-dead-star.html
Using the Spitzer Telescope NASA discovered a weird ring of material that circled around the magnetic debris of an exploded star.

The body of this dead star named "SGR 1900+14' is a magnetar. Magnetars are the cores of huge stars that expl [...]]]> Wrote in Astronomy on 2008-05-30 10:43:03 http://news.u-trade.org/astronomy/phoenix-is-in-the-far-north-of-mars.html
Good news from NASA: it seems that Phoenix, the space ship sent to help research various aspects from Mars has reached its destination and landed safely. The landing itself is a big success since from the 13 spacecrafts that attempted landing on Mars [...]]]> Wrote in Astronomy on 2008-05-27 07:46:43 http://news.u-trade.org/astronomy/chances-to-be-hit-by-asteroids-greater-than-expected.html
Until recently it was thought that the chances for big space rocks to hit Earth are about one at a million, but a recent study lead by a Columbia University geophysicist named Dallas Abbott indicates that those odds may not be correct.

Geo [...]]]> Wrote in Astronomy on 2008-05-26 09:55:37 http://news.u-trade.org/astronomy/new-research-on-black-holes-shakes-einsteins-theories.html
In his theory of relativity, Einstein claims that the black holes are so powerful so they can bend space and time, and they've condensed so much matter and energy into a single point that they could suck in forever anything nearby, including light. T [...]]]> Wrote in Astronomy on 2008-05-17 09:31:50 http://news.u-trade.org/astronomy/will-phoenix-mars-lander-survive-the-landing.html
Last week we announced you that the small spacecraft called the Phoenix Mars Lander is scheduled to land on Mars this month, 25 May. More news about the mission is being revealed just as we spoke and one of the new things we found is that there are a [...]]]> Wrote in Astronomy on 2008-05-14 11:04:53