Scientists study it like never before and many people enjoy astronomy today. With old and new discoveries, space missions, current events, videos and photos, astronomy is a hobby that can fill countless hours. It can also be a lot of fun. So here are a few of the latest and greatest astronomy facts, figures and happenings.
On any day meteors are a key element of astronomy today for that day. As 2008 came to an end meteors certainly were in the news. Taurids in Leonids were featured in November. Gemenids peaked in December, but unfortunately it was also the time of a full moon making them impossible to see. No need to worry. Meteor showers can continue for as long as four weeks. So there’s a lot of clear time to view these falling chunks of space debris.
A moon return was often discussed for astronomy today in the year 2008. The talk is of this as a world wide effort rather something any one country or agency would endeavor to accomplish. The goal may be to establish a moon base or even a colony on the moon. Imagine that. The old science-fiction show Space 1999 may soon come to life.
Space garbage, a used up tank, was often discussed when people talked about astronomy today. It had been discarded into space where it orbited for many months. But eventually its orbit decayed. There was even worry that some of the pieces might strike people. But thankfully that didn’t happen.
The good old Hubble telescope made the biggest impact in astronomy today. Bear was the saga of damage which took a month to repair. Hubble then took the first visible light images of a planet orbiting another star. Hubble telescope sure had a full year.
Astronomy today isn’t hard to follow. The Internet is a great source for this information.
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