The Summer Moon Illusion
Sometimes you can’t believe your eyes. This weekend is one of those times. On Saturday night, June 30th, step outside at sunset and look around. You’ll…
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Moon-Venus Occultation in 2007
On Monday 18 June the Moon will occult brilliant Venus, mag -4.4, at about 13:58 UT). The exact time of the occultation will depend on your…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 351: Campaign for a New Eclipsing Cepheid
AAVSO Alert Notice 351 Campaign for a New Eclipsing Cepheid June 8, 2007 Name: TYC 1031 01262 1 ASAS 182611+1212.6 1821+12B (Harvard Designation) ASAS182612 (AAVSO name)…
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MESSENGER Venus Flyby
Picture this: A spaceship swoops in from the void, plunging toward a cloudy planet about the size of Earth. A laser beam lances out from the…
Read the articleAwesome Galaxy Upheaval
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence for an “awesome upheaval” in a massive cluster of galaxies. A bright arc of ferociously hot gas…
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Predicting Solar Radiation Storms
A scientist using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has found a way to forecast solar radiation storms. The new method offers as much as one…
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NASA dedicated a unique astronomy aircraft to pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh on the 80th anniversary of his historic transatlantic flight. Erik Lindbergh, the pilot’s grandson, joined…
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This Hubble Space Telescope composite image shows a ghostly ‘ring’ of dark matter in the galaxy cluster Cl 0024+17. The ring-like structure is evident in the…
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“We have mapped the temperature variations with longitude across the entire surface of a planet that is so far away, its light takes 60 years to…
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Artist’s illustration of supernova SN 2006gy Credit: Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/UC Berkeley/N.Smith et al.; IR: Lick/UC Berkeley/J.Bloom & C.Hansen The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded may…
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