Creating a Home Observatory
Guest Post by Melinda Wilson Whether you are an amateur or veteran astronomer you are probably all too familiar with the difficulties inherent in observing the…
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No Asteroid Impact in 2040
Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in 2040. Current findings and analysis data were…
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Venus Transit Movie
I recently received an email about a movie of the Venus transit that had been recorded down in Crete. The video was shot with a 6″…
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Tropical Lakes Seen on Titan by Cassini Spacecraft
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spied long-standing methane lakes, or puddles, in the “tropics” of Saturn’s moon Titan. One of the tropical lakes appears to be about…
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‘Heavy Metal’ Stars Not Needed for Small Planets to Form
The formation of small worlds like Earth previously was thought to occur mostly around stars rich in heavy elements such as iron and silicon. However, new…
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Black Hole Growth Out of Sync With Galaxy Growth
New evidence from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory challenges prevailing ideas about how black holes grow in the centers of galaxies. Astronomers long have thought that a…
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Successful Liftoff for NASA’S NuSTAR Mission
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at noon EDT (9 a.m. PDT) Wednesday, beginning its mission…
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Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope Detects the Highest-Energy Light From a Solar Flare
During a powerful solar blast on March 7, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected the highest-energy light ever associated with an eruption on the sun. The…
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Curiosity Mars Rover Team Aims to Land Closer to Prime Science Site
NASA has narrowed the target for its most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, which will land on the Red Planet in August. The car-sized rover will arrive…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 460: Possible Occultation of Pluto From US East Coast
AAVSO Alert Notice 460 Possible occultation of Pluto from US East Coast June 10, 2012 The AAVSO have been asked to help disseminate the news of…
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