The Release of LunarPhase Pro Version 4 – and a Potted History of My Astronomy Software
The Main Screen for LunarPhase Pro Verison 4. Click the image for a full-size view I wrote my first astronomy application back in 1981 while I…
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Is There a Subsurface Ocean on Jupiter’s Largest Moon Ganymede?
In the video below, scientists Tony Darnell, Dr. Carol Christian and Scott Lewis discuss observations of Ganymede with the Hubble Space Telescope science team. Nearly 500…
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Data From Pan-STARRS Released to the Public
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, in conjunction with the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, Hawaii, publicly released data yesterday…
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ExoMars 2020 Is a Go!
The first ExoMars mission arrived at the Red Planet in October and now the second mission has been confirmed to complete its construction for a 2020…
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Rosetta Finds Carbon Dioxide Ice Surprise on Comet
As Rosetta’s comet approached its most active period last year, the spacecraft spotted carbon dioxide ice – never before seen on a comet – followed by…
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NASA and FEMA’s Tabletop Asteroid Impact Exercise
What would we do if we discovered a large asteroid on course to impact Earth? While highly unlikely, that was the high-consequence scenario discussed by attendees…
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The ExoMars Schiaparelli Crash Site
New high-resolution images taken by a NASA orbiter show parts of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module and its landing site in colour on the Red Planet. Schiaparelli…
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Space Robotics Lecture – What We Can Expect From Future Robotic Missions
The ability to rove the surface of Mars has revolutionized NASA missions. With more advanced mobility, cliff faces, cave ceilings, and the surfaces of asteroids and…
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There Are 10X More Galaxies in the Universe Than We Thought!
The universe suddenly looks a lot more crowded, thanks to a deep-sky census assembled from surveys taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories. Astronomers…
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V Hydrae Shoots Out Plasma Cannon Balls
Great balls of fire! NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the planet Mars, being ejected near a…
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