Recent Astronomy Articles

Recent astronomy articles appear all over the Internet and in magazines dedicated to the science and the hobby. People write when new images are taken. New space missions result in articles. Every new discovery and piece of information generates a tremendous amount of discussion. This article relates a few of them.

Something as simple as bumpy space dust generated a great deal of interest and a lot of the recent astronomy articles. Why is that? Hydrogen is the most abundant element in creation. But hydrogen has to bond to form the larger molecules observed in the universe. But a special medium is required in the cold of space. Scientists now realize that bumpy molecules may fit that bill. Bumpy dusty, who would have thought it.

The Death Star is one of the moons of Saturn. It's a huge crater that makes it look like the movie menace. Cassini passed near this moon, news of which prompted many recent astronomy articles. We gained a lot of compelling data from this mission, including stunning images. Folks loved to see this news. This information will help shed light on the number of impact objects that pass through Saturn's orbit. This can give new insight into how busy our solar system is as far as impact capable objects, as well as reveal the true extent of how other planets, like Saturn, serve as object scrubbers in our solar system.

It's long been known that dark matter exists in the universe. It contributes to the expansion of the universe, but scientists don't really know how. In 2008 a number of the recent astronomy articles were dedicated to the search for and analysis of dark matter. There was a plan to study distant supernovae to learn about dark matter. It's important because about 70% of the stuff in the universe is dark matter.

Before our sun was really a star it was a condensing mass of space matter called a protosun. But scientists wondered if this protosun emitted any heat or light or a solar wind enough to effect the formation of life on Earth. The answer is yes according to recent astronomy articles. Better technology has shown that the proto-sun did send out solar winds as well as a great deal of heat and light. These emissions helped form life on Earth even before the sun was a sun.

The Internet is a great source for learning about recent astronomy articles.