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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
Dec 28, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
The poster comes from a bogus astrology website but the moon phases are accurate...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 27, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by chilehead9
Andromeda, (the galaxy, not the constellation) if it were brighter, would appear in our sky six times larger than the full Moon despite being 2.5 million light years away.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 26, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
blue on red interesting. NASA discovered an electric blue sand dune on Mars — and the photos are mind-blowing NASA found an exquisite sand dune on Mars over the summer that is literally out of this world. The photo of the electric blue sand ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 26, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by RichieO
Mark Twain was an amazing guy but did you know he was born and died during the years of two visits of Halley's comet?
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 24, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by VineetHonkan
I've been thinking, NDT is right. We were too busy using the moon landing as a goal for the space race that after Apollo 17 we just said fuck it and then went for Mars. We sort of lost interest and focused on another planet instead of the Moon. Aside...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 24, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by VineetHonkan
I was out for my morning walk here in India, and I captured a great pic of the Sun as it rose...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 22, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by VineetHonkan
How many here are fans of Futurama?
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 21, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
Top sky-watching events coming in 2019 Get ready to witness amazing eclipses, a rare planetary transit, and more celestial wonders in the new year. Super blood moon eclipse—January 20-21 Moon joins Jupiter—April 23 Eta Aquarid meteor ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 21, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Denker
Faint starlight between galaxies shows distribution of dark matter. From Hubble images this makes it much easier to see dark matter and maybe divine whether it is self-interacting.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 21, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by mkeaman
The "Disappearing Rings" of Saturn!
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 19, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
There is no collision... just alignment The two galaxies in this image only appear to be colliding—they are separated by tens of millions of light-years, about 10 times the distance between the Milky Way and Andromeda. Further proof there’s ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 18, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by chilehead9
Outer solar system experts find 'far out there' dwarf planet 120 AU from the Sun Pluto is currently only 34 AU from the Sun.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 17, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
Rosetta witnesses birth of baby bow shock around comet. ... As the supersonic solar wind flows past objects in its path, such as planets or smaller bodies, it first hits a boundary known as a bow shock. As the name suggests, this phenomenon is ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 17, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
I'm sure this probe will give us years of awesome pics The Parker Solar Probe takes its first up-close look at the sun The spacecraft broke speed and distance records on its initial solar flyby FIRST LOOK One of the first images NASA’s ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 17, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by RichieO
The most moving video on Youtube, Carl Sagan says it all, we all miss you buddy…
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 17, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by RichieO
One of my favorite lunar photos...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 17, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by RichieO
Abell deep field long exposure of tiny patch of black area, almost every speck is a galaxy, and note the gravitational lensing…
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Dec 16, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
This Breathtaking Image Is a Real Photo of Two Stars Destroying Each OtherThe death of a binary star can be a spectacularly violent thing. This picture shows the binary system R Aquarii, a red giant throwing off its outer envelope, which is being ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 15, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by VineetHonkan
Here in Toronto every month at U of T (University of Toronto St. George Campus, downtown Toronto, the greatest city in the world! lol) the graduate astronomy society holds an outreach where they discuss current things on the bend. things like ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 12, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Druvius
IT'S ABOUT TIME! AND VOYAGER 2, CHANG'E-4, NEW HORIZONS, AND ULTIMA THULE
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 8, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by chilehead9
A map of our solar system where 1 pixel equals the diameter of the Moon. You're in for a LOT of scrolling. The distance between Uranus and Neptune compared to the inner planets blew my brain gasket
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 6, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lutherzme
This is cool! Video made from Cassini photos.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 4, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by starwatcher-al
Comet Wirtanen now visible in binoculars. It is in Cetus near the star Phi. Large but diffuse glow about the size of the full moon. No central condensation, just a patch of glowing gas. In the next week it will move towards the head of Cetus and on...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 4, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
Wow what an approach to the asteroid Bennu!! After traveling two billion miles over more than two years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft will survey the asteroid, collect a sample, and bring...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 3, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
Come to think of it, we never took a pic of the sun's poles Revealed: the first ever picture of the sun’s north pole Here’s a view you’ve never seen before. Detailed images of the sun in all its blazing glory – with ...
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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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