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Well would you look at that, it’s APOD time again. In 185 AD, Chinese astronomers recorded the appearance of a new star in the Nanmen asterism – a part of the sky identified with Alpha and Beta...
View ArticleCelebrating July 13, “Skylab-Esperance Day”
Celebrating July 13, “Skylab-Esperance Day” Here’s an old story from 2009 by Ian O’Neill for Discovery News: That was when [California Highway Radio DJ Scott Barley] stumbled on the story about the...
View ArticleGrail spacecraft to study moon’s gravity field
Grail spacecraft to study moon’s gravity field Alicia Chang, the AP: Over the New Year’s weekend, a pair of spacecraft the size of washing machines are set to enter orbit around it in the latest lunar...
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The Big Picture’s collection of photos from the eclipse on Sunday/Monday was probably my favorite set in recent memory. It has my new Twitter profile pic (#4), a supreme badass (#17), two photos that...
View ArticleGet Ready, Because Voyager I Is *This Close* to Leaving Our Solar System
Get Ready, Because Voyager I Is *This Close* to Leaving Our Solar System Rebecca J. Rosen for The Atlantic: Last week, in the corners of the Internet devoted to outer space, things started to get a...
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You’re going to keep track of the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars as it happens tonight, right? OF COURSE YOU ARE, THIS WAS THE RHETORICALEST OF RHETORICAL QUESTIONS If for some silly reason...
View ArticleAlpha Centauri and the New Astronomy
Alpha Centauri and the New Astronomy Lee Billings, guest writing on interstellar exploration blog Centauri Dreams:1 At a distance of just over 4.3 light years, the stars of Alpha Centauri are only a...
View ArticleThe Two Teams Searching for Planets Orbiting Alpha Centauri
The Two Teams Searching for Planets Orbiting Alpha Centauri Speaking of Lee Billings, here’s another piece from him about Alpha Centauri. This time it’s a long form profile in Seed Magazine of the two...
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So Juan Carlos Casado took this totally amazing and real photo of an aurora in Greenland in August. Astronomy Picture of the Day posted it (go there and you can mouse over the photo to see...
View ArticleDwarf Planet Has No Atmosphere, New Look Suggests
Dwarf Planet Has No Atmosphere, New Look Suggests Sindya N. Bhanoo reporting for The New York Times: Not much is known about Makemake, a dwarf planet that circles the Sun beyond Pluto. But scientists...
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