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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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May 30, 2020May 2020

Posted by JuneSummerSky
Woo hoo! SpaceX NASA launch live updates: Launch a success as Dragon capsule separates from Falcon 9 rocket - The Washington Post
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All Things Astronomy
May 30, 2020May 2020

Posted by Hathacat
MARS 1 mars-hole_ lava tube 2 Perspective-view-of-Korolev-crater 3 This incredible image shows the complex terrain of the Juventae Chasma, a weathered 250-kilometre-long (155-mile) box canyon carved into the surface of Mars.
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All Things Astronomy
May 25, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
This is called "the old moon in the new moon's arms" . Because you can see the part of the moon that is not illuminated by the sun. that's the "old moon'. You can see detail because sunlight reflected off the earth and onto the moon then reflects ...
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May 24, 2020May 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Thunderstorm seen from space...
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All Things Astronomy
May 24, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
This evening in the western sky. Venus and Mercury are joined by a very thin crescent moon.
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All Things Astronomy
May 21, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
Tonight, right now, Venus is very close to Mercury in the western sky. Tomorrow Mercury will be above Venus as they separate while Venus plunges towards the horizon by month's end. Mercury will get higher, reaching it's greatest elongation from the ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 20, 2020May 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Pretty line up
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All Things Astronomy
May 19, 2020May 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Comet Swan
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May 18, 2020May 2020

Posted by dalefvictor
In the movie "The Meaning of Life" "The Galaxy Song" got me thinking. We are living on a planet that has been within a Solar System that has been traversing this Galaxy called the MIlky Way, just like in the song. However, what this means is that ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 15, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
I never though to do this but, I write a star column for a local landowners association and am posting it here. It's bi-monthly and if I get a few likes I'll post every time I write it. I hope you find it interesting ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 13, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
Science/Nerd alert: Apparently all the text books and the other sources which we have read over our life about how gold is formed was wrong. Just a few nights ago we were watching "How the universe works" and how a few years ago many of our ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 10, 2020May 2020

Posted by yvilletom
Electric Star Birth Stephen Smith May 8, 2020 Stars do not follow the course that conventional understanding demands. Stars are not born in clouds of gas far less dense than a puff of smoke. They are not balls of hot gas, they are composed of ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 6, 2020May 2020

Posted by Charlene
A Black Hole has been discovered a mere 1k light years from earth..It's part of a triple binary system named Telescopium, and is visible to the naked eyes in the southern hemisphere. It was discovered by the ESOs 2.2 metre telescope in Chile. ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 4, 2020May 2020

Posted by Mooolah
Cloudy in Wisconsin. Meteor shower from Haley's Comet
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May 1, 2020May 2020

Posted by yvilletom
I've seen no mention here of NASA's APOD, or Astronomy Picture of the Day. Firefox allows, or used to allow, users to set a background image. On the bar menu below the picture, click on "Archive".
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 29, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
Yes, this brewery/restaurant has an observatory built in. The picture of the telescope was taken in darkness (without flash of course). The site is Bend, Oregon. We saw the 2017 solar eclipse just north of there. We were going to o to Madras but the ...
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 29, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by DevilMayCare
more 30th anniversary images from hubble
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 28, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Mooolah
clouds here in Wisconsin =0{
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Apr 28, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by dalefvictor
I found this interesting.
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 27, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by DevilMayCare
NASA | Fiery Looping Rain on the Sun: without a doubt, one of the most amazing things i've ever seen in my life.
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 27, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by DevilMayCare
the little dot we live on. the book of knowledge. vol. 7. 1912 the comparative sizes of the sun and the planets. the outline of science. 1922 lunar eclipse beginning. the outline of science. vol 1. 1922
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 26, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
I appreciate this youtuber (John Michael Godier):
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Apr 24, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Happy 30th Hubble! The Lagoon Nebula The Spirograph Nebula
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Apr 24, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Hoag’s Object Hubble Ultra Deep Field IRAS 20324+4057 a proto star
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 24, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Butterfly Nebula Eagle Nebula Galaxy NGC 4214
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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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