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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
Mar 5, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by Thx4luh
At some point the government's around the world are going to have to wake up to the idea the only true preventable National disaster is deflecting comets or asteroids. It's happened four other times in Earth history... It will happen again. .. Maybe ...
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 28, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by AntaresRose
History of the Horse Head Nebula. This is an article on just the Horsehead Nebula. The article gives some more information on the nebula and where it is located. I have included the link to get to the article.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 28, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Thx4luh
New to this
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 28, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by RichieO
The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (HXDF) Thousands of galaxy's of every type, each with billions of stars and all in an area you could cover with a finger nail at arms length...
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 27, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by AntaresRose
Iconic Horse Head Nebula. actual link to picture.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 27, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by AntaresRose
Elephant Trunk Nebula.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 24, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
Opportunity's entire mission in a 6 minutes timelapse video.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 23, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by AntaresRose
Outer space is so vast. There is so much going on around us that I suspect we will never know all of what exists beyond the Milky Way.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 22, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
Last pic sent by Opportunity (sad)
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 20, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Pedrohbds
Magnificent view of the Milkyway from the surface of Mars with visible Galaxy in the background. Sorry, I couldn't resist this one.
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Feb 14, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
The end of an era (nobody posted about this here yet...) Opportunity Mars rover is officially dead after 15-year mission ...On 10 June, Opportunity sent its last signal to Earth. Since then, operators have frantically sent ...
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 11, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
Saw this pic past in my FB feed. Went to get the source... and yes it is authentic (was just checking to make sure). We are such a small blue dot (that is probably making big noise in the universe communicating with our satellites) ref: ...
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 9, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Anonbene
The serious astronomers have finally given in and went with it.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 8, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Anonbene
Universes inside of black holes.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 8, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
Big storm on Uranus (yes the planet) Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune During its routine yearly monitoring of the weather on our solar system's outer planets, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new mysterious dark...
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 6, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Can I brag about my BIL's new job? Have you heard of spaceship Unity? Virgin airlines. Their "new" aeronautical engineer gots it covered! lol!
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 6, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
NASA Is Going to Knock an Asteroid Out of Orbit in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test As over-the-top as movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact may be, they do get across a very non-fictional message: you definitely don't want to...
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 6, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
Why Don’t We Have a Photo of a Black Hole Yet? ... we need to be just a little more patient.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 5, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
IGR J11014-6103: Has the Speediest Pulsar Been Found? Researchers using three different telescopes — NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton in space, and the Parkes radio telescope in Australia — may have found the fastest ...
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 1, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Image taken through a Celestron 11 Edge HD with a Seibert Optics 1.5X Barlow and a Celestron Skyris 236M camera. I didn't see a name for who took this image.
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 31, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Lukian
NASA's Hubble telescope finds a surprise neighbor galaxy hiding out Oh hello, Bedin 1. We didn't see you sneaking around back there. Bedin 1 appears on the lower end of this Hubble image of globular cluster NGC 6752. NASA, ESA and L. Bedin ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 31, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by starwatcher-al
This is the best I could do what with all the clouds around. From this position the moon will slide below Venus. If you have clear sky and can find the moon, use binoculars throughout the day and you will see Venus above the moon. There are clear ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 30, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by starwatcher-al
So, tomorrow morning the moon is going to occult Venus but not in the USA. Down in South America and the Pacific ocean. But, Venus will be very close to the moon here in this country so take a look. The photo is from 2009.
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 28, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by VineetHonkan
So I've been reading up Isro a Personal History, and it is really interesting. It's about a person named R Aravamudan who was one of the initial scientists chosen by Mr. Sarabhai for the ISRO project. It's an interesting read about how India became a...
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 28, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Lukian
sunny, sunny, sunnyyyy dayys! How the sun looked like everyday of 2018.
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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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