We Should Still Dream of the Stars
This video is an inspirational call-to-arms for anyone who’s ever looked to the stars and dreamed of a day when the sky was, in fact, not…
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Fifth Moon Discovered Orbiting Pluto
A team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered another moon orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto. They say the new moon, Pluto’s 5th, is…
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Night Skies Timelapse Video
Here’s a video showing various star trails and time lapses of the night key that I came across on Vimeo. The details for the video are…
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A Tech Update From Planetary Resources Chief Asteroid Miner
Here’s the latest update from Planetary Resources on what’s happening with their asteroid mining plans: Yesterday Eric Anderson was at the Farnborough Air Show with Richard…
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SpaceX Completes Design Review of Crew-Rated Dragon Capsule
NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed an important design review of the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft. The concept baseline review presented NASA…
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NASA 3D App Lets You Experience Robotic Space Travel
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Top Astronomy Binoculars for Sale on Amazon
Amazon have emailed me to let me know that the top selling binoculars in their Binoculars, Telescopes & Optics department are. If you’ve been thinking about…
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Mars Express Reveals a Complex Geological History on Mars
ESA’s Mars Express has imaged an area to the south of the famed Valles Marineris canyon on the Red Planet, showing a wide range of tectonic…
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XMM Newton Reveals the Beating Heart of a Newborn Star
The violent behaviour of a young Sun-like star spinning at high speed and spewing out super-hot plasma has been revealed thanks to the combined X-ray vision…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 464: Observers Requested for Jovian Extinction Events
AAVSO Alert Notice 464 Observers requested for Jovian Extinction Events (JEE2012) July 6, 2012 Scotty Degenhardt (Santa Fe, NM), a pioneer in the use of video…
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