Want to Become a Solar System Ambassador for NASA?
Could you be one a NASA Solar System Ambassador? If you want to share your passion of space with the public, being one is the perfect…
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NASA Considers Futuristic Space Exploration Concepts
Proposals Include Wind-Powered Automatons and Icy Volcano Divers Each year, NASA funds a handful of futuristic concepts to push forward the boundaries of space exploration. These…
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Videos of the Moon Without a Telescope
If you want to get up close and personal with the Moon, you need a decent telescope and eyepiece to be able to zoom in to…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 513: Request for Observations of GW Lib in Support of HST Observations
AAVSO Alert Notice 513 Request for observations of GW Lib in support of HST observations March 18, 2015 Dr. Paula Szkody, University of Washington, has requested…
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Methane Spike on Mars Verified by Curiosity
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a…
Read the articleAAVSO Alert Notice 506: Alpha Com Eclipse Observing Campaign
AAVSO Alert Notice 506 Alpha Com eclipse observing campaign December 5, 2014 Drs. Matthew W. Muterspaugh and Gregory W. Henry (Tennessee State University) have requested AAVSO…
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Save 25% on LunarPhase Pro in the Cyber Monday Sale!
I’m offering a 25% on my LunarPhasePro astronomy #software on Cyber Monday (starting now). Payment options include PayPal, #Bitcoin and Clickbank. I don’t do these sales…
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All NASA Mars Orbiters Healthy After Comet Siding Spring Flyby
All three NASA orbiters around Mars confirmed their healthy status Sunday after each took shelter behind Mars during a period of risk from dust released by…
Read the articleAAVSO Alert Notice 504: Epsilon Aur Monitoring During Predicted Pulsation Phase
AAVSO Alert Notice 504 Epsilon Aur monitoring during predicted pulsation phase September 17, 2014 Dr. Robert Stencel (University of Denver Astronomy Program) has requested that AAVSO…
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A Sequence of Star-Forming Regions in a Molecular Cloud
Just as children are sorted into age groups at school, so the seeds of new stars can also be found in ‘classes’ of others of similar…
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