Science Gossip supports science journalism through blogs, where it collects science news of interest to the average person and lets the blogosphere handle the in-depth coverage. http://sciencegossip.info sciencegossip-astronomyhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation <p>Geographical features observed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter indicates that the Moon has shrunk by a hundred meters.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eiJMxrCPkNmHYCkrkolszoVzQEY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eiJMxrCPkNmHYCkrkolszoVzQEY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eiJMxrCPkNmHYCkrkolszoVzQEY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eiJMxrCPkNmHYCkrkolszoVzQEY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/676Psn9vLPY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/676Psn9vLPY/ 627 at http://sciencegossip.info Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:12:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/08/19/the-moon-is-shrinking/ <p>Anomalous levels of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of Neptune indicate that there was a comet impact 230 years ago.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zlvQh16zxJxzdoI3EVU9EyRFhwg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zlvQh16zxJxzdoI3EVU9EyRFhwg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zlvQh16zxJxzdoI3EVU9EyRFhwg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zlvQh16zxJxzdoI3EVU9EyRFhwg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/GCakxUHnahE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/GCakxUHnahE/ancientimpactonneptune 621 at http://sciencegossip.info Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:26:20 +0000 http://sites.google.com/site/urbanastronomer/Urban-Astronomer-Updates/ancientimpactonneptune <p>Worlds of the approximate size of Earth appear to dominate our Milky Way.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ab2Y9fQkNlnRCPowvsA0q159HDc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ab2Y9fQkNlnRCPowvsA0q159HDc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ab2Y9fQkNlnRCPowvsA0q159HDc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ab2Y9fQkNlnRCPowvsA0q159HDc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/aAkADdU8gmI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/aAkADdU8gmI/ 618 at http://sciencegossip.info Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:05:39 +0000 http://www.astroengine.com/?p=7346 <p>A quasar is observed to act as a gravitational lens for the first time, which allows an estimate of the mass of the galaxy hosting the quasar.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7PPciEkxhBf5yLHFJmweDe4W06w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7PPciEkxhBf5yLHFJmweDe4W06w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7PPciEkxhBf5yLHFJmweDe4W06w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7PPciEkxhBf5yLHFJmweDe4W06w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/ljf4GVJPL_4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/ljf4GVJPL_4/see_a_quasar_gravitationally_l.php 617 at http://sciencegossip.info Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:45:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/07/see_a_quasar_gravitationally_l.php <p>A star with 265 times the mass of our Sun is discovered, the heaviest one discovered to date.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZDYvRwry8OQqGQJprB883hqOfuA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZDYvRwry8OQqGQJprB883hqOfuA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZDYvRwry8OQqGQJprB883hqOfuA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZDYvRwry8OQqGQJprB883hqOfuA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/3GvksAN5LZY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/3GvksAN5LZY/the_biggest_star_weve_ever_fou.php 616 at http://sciencegossip.info Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:53:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/07/the_biggest_star_weve_ever_fou.php <p>The Planck spacecraft, designed to observe the cosmic microwave in unprecedented detail, releases its first all sky map.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5JEJnHi8-Ph8J6gI-Q6w4TiECXo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5JEJnHi8-Ph8J6gI-Q6w4TiECXo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5JEJnHi8-Ph8J6gI-Q6w4TiECXo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5JEJnHi8-Ph8J6gI-Q6w4TiECXo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/yFS7g-iEUsA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/yFS7g-iEUsA/000942.shtml 609 at http://sciencegossip.info Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:45:40 +0000 http://www.strudel.org.uk/blog/astro/000942.shtml <p>Astronomers verify that a supposed directly imaged exoplanet is indeed a planet.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TmhN4ey3DQ6veABOXowDw9Zpkh0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TmhN4ey3DQ6veABOXowDw9Zpkh0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TmhN4ey3DQ6veABOXowDw9Zpkh0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TmhN4ey3DQ6veABOXowDw9Zpkh0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/SfmHfpcTOuk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/SfmHfpcTOuk/astronomers-verify-directly-imaged-planet.aspx 607 at http://sciencegossip.info Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:47:19 +0000 http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/blogs/astronomy/2010/06/22/astronomers-verify-directly-imaged-planet.aspx <p>The Earth and Moon may have been formed over a hundred million years later than previously thought.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dcHRIwg_TOAv3J1uref3dmBbGPk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dcHRIwg_TOAv3J1uref3dmBbGPk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dcHRIwg_TOAv3J1uref3dmBbGPk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dcHRIwg_TOAv3J1uref3dmBbGPk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/MAzJ0aI8RAM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/MAzJ0aI8RAM/earth-and-moon-formed-later-than.html 600 at http://sciencegossip.info Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:42:14 +0000 http://astronomyquest.blogspot.com/2010/06/earth-and-moon-formed-later-than.html <p>The science team for the Kepler spacecraft announces the discovery of 306 new extrasolar planets.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8ODDzpb8Lx6y_cRhs6ignkP4XJY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8ODDzpb8Lx6y_cRhs6ignkP4XJY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8ODDzpb8Lx6y_cRhs6ignkP4XJY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8ODDzpb8Lx6y_cRhs6ignkP4XJY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/R44Qw_fwAT4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/R44Qw_fwAT4/how_many_planets_are_out_there.php 598 at http://sciencegossip.info Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:08:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/06/how_many_planets_are_out_there.php <p>Some characteristics of Titan's atmosphere is consistent with the existence of methane-based life, although there are likely other explanations.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2PVp12otXWKQ0fZaSu14BFjJrds/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2PVp12otXWKQ0fZaSu14BFjJrds/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2PVp12otXWKQ0fZaSu14BFjJrds/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2PVp12otXWKQ0fZaSu14BFjJrds/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~4/KT_YCfJ69oM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.sciencegossip.info/~r/sciencegossip-astronomy/~3/KT_YCfJ69oM/ 596 at http://sciencegossip.info Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:00:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/06/07/has-life-on-titan-been-discovered-no/