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BBC “Stargazing” Viewer Discovers an Exoplanet

Thursday, January 19th, 2012 at 9:37 pm  
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…  Stargazing series’ return to BBC Two on Monday (Jan. 16th).
Volunteers have tripled to more than 100,000 people, and the number of images inspected has now reached a million.
The new planet candidate’s status will need more checking, but it looks strong, said Dr Lintott.
“It would be our …

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Massive Plasma Blasts Swirl Across the Sun’S Surface

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 at 3:06 am  
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…  new video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows huge blasts of plasma, called solar prominences, curling around the sun’s tumultuous magnetic field. The remarkable activity was captured Nov. 14 to 15 using a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. Never look at the Sun directly yourself – it can …

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Sun

Monday, August 8th, 2011 at 2:34 am  
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…  as well as leisure. However these abundant natural assets may also trigger sad boating accidents that contain caused thousands of subjects and their families to suffer much. Within the last few years the number of vessels registered yearly have sum up to almost 900000. Because of the talk about …

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Storms on Saturn and the Sun

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 at 4:17 pm  
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Big Storm on Saturn: Did you get a telescope for Christmas? If so, point it at Saturn. A giant storm even brighter than Saturn’s rings is raging through the planet’s cloudtops. Amateur images and sky maps are featured on http://spaceweather.com.
Geomagnetic Storm in Progress: At the time this post is …

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Possible Aurora Alert for May 27th

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 at 12:23 pm  
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…  magnetic filament on the sun erupted yesterday (May 24th), and the blast hurled a coronal mass ejection in the general direction of Earth. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras around May 27th when the advancing cloud is likely to deal a glancing blow to our planet’s magnetic ……

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Annular Solar Eclipse Coming Up on Jan 15th

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 11:45 pm  
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…  Moon is about to pass directly in front of the sun, producing an annular solar eclipse on Jan. 15th between 05:00 and 09:00 GMT.
The zone of visibility stretches from Africa across the Indian Ocean to eastern Asia.
Onlookers in those places should be alert for crescent-shaped shadows …

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Sky at Night: April 2008 – the Sun, Revealed

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 11:15 pm  
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…  2008 – The Sun, Revealed: It’s the start of a new solar cycle, and the spacecraft Ulysses faces retirement, but solar missions Stereo and SOHO are still revealing our nearest star in a new ……

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Sky at Night: February 2008 – Messenger to Mercury

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 at 9:31 pm  
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…  2008 – Messenger to Mercury: Mercury is a world of extremes and enigmas – the closest one to the Sun. The spacecraft Messenger, which has just reached it after a four year journey, now offers enthralling pictures of its hidden side, which has never been seen before. Sir …

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