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Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

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All Things Astronomy
Oct 21, 2019Oct 2019

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Ghost Nebula
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 21, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Our pretty Moon
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 18, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Comet 67P/C-G on 15 October, from a distance of 9.9 km from the centre of the comet. Released October 17, 2014. Five years ago, but I still thinks it is neat we got that close.
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 15, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by yvilletom
A Faith for Our Time: One place to start is Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Creed for People In A Hurry”: “In the beginning, nearly fourteen billion years ago, all the space and all the matter and all the energy of the known universe was contained ...
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 8, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by BrianFinn
Nobel prize in physics for discovering exoplanets (currently teaching this in class) and radiation from the big band - cosmic background. For Peebles, this is long overdue. For Mayor and Queloz, they opened the way for some really remarkable ...
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 1, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Moon, Jupiter and four of it's Moons
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 27, 2019Sep 2019

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Dai Jianfeng, Gyirong valley Tibet
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 20, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Loki, the largest volcano on Jupiter's moon Io, erupts on a more or less regular schedule.
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 20, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Common Misconception 3, Part 2: If you’re not doing math, you’re not doing science. Answer: Science does not begin with mathematics, but with direct observation, experiment, and insights into cause-and-effect relationships. . . . Today’s ...
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 18, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Thinking inside the box, lol.
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Sep 15, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Common Misconception 3, Part 1: If you’re not doing math, you’re not doing science. Answer: Science does not begin with mathematics, but with direct observation, experiment, and insights into cause-and-effect relationships. Many of today’s ...
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 12, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Druvius
We have a visitor! Woohoo!
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 11, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by ballou
LINKScientists have discovered water vapor on a potentially habitable super-Earth for the first time. That planet is now our best bet for finding alien life.
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 9, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Common Misconceptions 3: A Preview, Three Voices Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. Nikola Tesla...
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Sep 8, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Common Misconception 2: Some people say Electric Universe proponents reject the laws of physics. Answer: Science is the study of patterns in nature to find dependable relationships between causes and effects. As scientists confirm these ...
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 7, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Hathacat
I just had to.....
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Sep 7, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Common Misconception 1: Science is self-correcting. Answer: This misconception can be validly answered by both yes and no. No matter how glowingly scientists describe the virtues of the scientific method, it is and always will be a human system ...
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Sep 5, 2019Sep 2019

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Common Misconception 9: Einstein’s relativity theory has been proven. Answer: Einstein’s Relativity theory is the Special Relativity (SR) theory of 1905 and the General Relativity (GR) theory of 1915. Both examine the motion of physical bodies ...
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Sep 4, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Here’s Neil deGrasse Tyson, in Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, 2017, on page 17: “In the beginning, nearly fourteen billion years ago, all the space and all the matter and all the energy of the known universe was contained in a volume less ...
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Sep 2, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) Widely Claimed as Evidence for the Big Bang If there is background radiation coming our way, how would we recognize it? It would have to originate from far behind the galaxies and nebulae that surround ...
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 27, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Dying Star Sheds Its Outer Layer
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 22, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Hathacat
The Trifid Nebula is a binocular object, visible in the direction toward the Teapot.
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 17, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by ToolGuy
Oldest stars in our galaxy. Article about collision and how we know.
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 16, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Andromeda galaxy, closest large spiral
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 15, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by ToolGuy
Collisions on Jupiter.
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Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alSolar minimum was in 2019 so the sun is ramping up in flares, spots and prominences.

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by RobecologyFor those following the JWST.

Posted by AnonySchmoose The post-launch set-up of the new James Webb telescope has gone very well.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by starwatcher-al Did you know that you can see Venus in the daytime?

Posted by starwatcher-alOne of these days I think that I'll figure out this Nikon.
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