Tata Surya Teraneh yang Pernah Ditemukan

"Betul-betul menakjubkan dan membingungkan!!", Itulah yang ada dalam pikiranku pada saat membaca berita sains dari KOMPAS.com ini. Bagaimana tidak, di luar angkasa nun jauh disana, terdapat dua planet raksasa yang berevolusi bintang ganda yang terdiri dari bintang katai putih dan katai merah.

Hmmmmm... untuk berita selengkapnya, simak aja cerita yang disadur dari kompas.com berikut ini.

Tim astronom yang salah satu anggotanya adalah Dr Gavin Ramsay dari Observatorium Armagh menemukan bukti adanya tata surya atau sistem keplanetan yang paling aneh. Dalam tata surya tersebut, dua planet raksasa mengitari bintang ganda bernama UZ For yang terdiri dari bintang katai merah dan katai putih.
Hasil observasi tim astronom itu dipublikasikan di jurnal Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society dengan judul "Possible detection of two giant extrasolar planets orbiting the eclipsing polar UZ Fornacis". Jika kelak terbukti kebenarannya, maka tata surya itu akan menjadi tata surya baru yang paling aneh.
Dalam sistem bintang ganda, dua bintang yang berpasangan akan

Black Hole Caught Eating a Star, Gamma-Ray Flash Hints

A huge "belch" of radiation from a supermassive black hole indicates that the cosmic monster recently devoured a star, scientists say.

Earlier this year astronomers spied a burst of high-energy gamma rays emanating from the center of a dwarf galaxy 3.8 billion light-years away. The odd flash, dubbed Sw 1644+57, is one is the brightest and longest gamma ray bursts (GRBs) yet seen.

In visible light and infrared wavelengths, the burst is as bright as a hundred billion suns. (Related: "Ultrabright Gamma-ray Burst 'Blinded' NASA Telescope.")

"We believe this explosive event was caused by a supermassive black hole ten million times

Hasil Jepretan Kamera Gerhana Bulan Total 16 Juni 2011 (dari berbagai tempat di Indonesia)

Ini dia hasil jepretan kamera gerhana bulan total yang berlangsung cukup lama, yaitu sekitar jam 01.45 WIB sampai 03.05 WIB. (Sumber: teman2 Kaskuser)

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Ini yang menurut ane paling indah.... 

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How to Watch the Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow

Tomorrow the world gets to experience the longest lunar eclipse in 11 years. However, your ability to actually watch it first-hand depends on where you are in the world and how late you are willing to stay up.

Luckily, due to modern technology and a few helpful people in areas of the world where the eclipse will be clearest, you’ll be able to watch it from the comfort of your own home via the Internet.

The Sky Watchers Association of North Bengal (SWAN) in India will be doing a live webcast of the event which starts at 20:12:36 UT, which is 15:12:36 EST. So if you are in the US it makes for a relatively easy watch in the mid-afternoon if you are near a PC with an Internet connection.

The event is sure to be memorable due to the fact it will last for about 1 hour and 40 minutes giving everyone ample time to appreciate what is happening.

I don’t doubt there will be lost of footage recorded so don’t worry about missing it completely. A record of the event will appear on popular video sites such as YouTube and Vimeo.

Tune in to SWAN tomorrow to watch the lunar eclipse live.