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The staring eye of a crescent moon | Bad Astronomy
10 Feb 2012 at 10:42am Sometimes, the images from the Cassini Saturn probe are so cool it?s tempting just to post them and say, "Look at THAT!" See what I mean? [Click to gigantesenate.] But of course, I can?t just leave it at that. This image , taken on January 4, 2012, is a bit different than most. Sure, we see Saturn?s magnificent rings, nearly edge on from this perspective. And we?ve seen this icy moon Enceladus ...
8 Feb 2012 at 6:57am Sometimes, I like to think of a photon of light as a car on a road. As the road dips and curves, a car has to follow that path, dipping and curving as well. It might be weird to think of space as curving, but it does. Gravity from massive objects warps space, and a beam of light moving through that curved space curves along with it. This is the principle behind what?s called gravitational ...
6 Feb 2012 at 10:09am Enjoy astronomy and watching the night?s sky? If so, a newly formed Astronomy Association through The Nature Institute in Godfrey has a special program coming up that you won?t want to miss.
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