The United Nations has designated 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy.
The Cosmos Portal is working in concert with the “IAU Portal to the Universe” project to provide authoritative and trustworthy information about astronomy and space science, combining scientific review with the power of Web-based collaboration.
-
FeaturedArticle
What Is a Dwarf Planet?
What is a dwarf planet? When the final vote on the definition of "planet" was made, and the eight dominant bodies in the solar system were declared (quite rationally) a class separate from the...
-
FeaturedBlog Post
13th Issue of Astronomy Education Review now available
Astronomy Education Review (AER), the web-based journal/magazine about astronomy education and outreach, announces the on-line publication of its 13th issue, now complete on the Web at...
-
FeaturedEvent
213th American Astronomical Society Meeting
4-8 January 2009 Long Beach, CA
Latest News
The Sun Shows Signs of Life: Solar Cycle 24 Begins
NASA (Nov. 13, 2008) – After two-plus years of few sunspots, even fewer solar flares, and a generally eerie calm, the sun is finally showing signs of life. "I think solar minimum is behind us,"...
More in this Portal…
Articles
Blog Posts
- The Night Sky: November 2008
- Notes from the Astronomy Underground- Astropalooza
- Notes from the Astronomy Underground: Just a Theory
- The Night Sky: October 2008
- Mike Brown's Planets: Circular Arguments
- Notes from the Astronomy Underground: Another Shameless Plug
- Notes from the Astronomy Underground: A Shameless Plug
News Articles
- NSF / NASA 'Firefly' CubeSat Mission to Study Link Between Lightning and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
- APEX reveals glowing stellar nurseries
- A Pool of Distant Galaxies the deepest ultraviolet image of the Universe yet
- Giant simulation could solve mystery of dark matter
- 'Ghost of Mirach' Materializes in Space Telescope Image
- Cosmic Lens Reveals Distant Galactic Violence
- New Comet Discovered By Canadian Astronomer
