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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 8, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by Lukian
Happy International women's Day. Thanks for discovery the Universe for all of us to admire! The Women Who Mapped the Universe And Still Couldn’t Get Any Respect At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of women known as ...
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All Things Astronomy
Mar 20, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by Charlene
A martyr for science..
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All Things Astronomy
Mar 24, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by Smorie
If an object the same mass as the Earth was to whiz past the Earth but miss by less than 500km, what would be the effects? Would there be massive tsunamis? Would people get pulled off the ground? Would there be no effect at all? Mats ...
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 12, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by Lukian
She is passionate!
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 26, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by Lukian
Astronomers Just Detected The Universe Is Expanding Much Faster Than It Should Be The latest measurement of the expansion rate of the Universe is in, and it has confirmed with more certainty than ever that we have a real dilly of...
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 29, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by Lukian
we are in a void! wasn't that a Star Trek episode? Yep, several voids have been found in the observable universe but the one we are in is the biggest! It makes everything other than what's in our galaxy, but in the universe, so far away from us....
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All Things Astronomy
May 4, 2019May 2019

Posted by Lukian
Are these events that common? I understand that colliding massive objects may appear as common when considering light=gravity speed, distance, the time of the event and the size of the universe but still, one event a week? ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 20, 2019May 2019

Posted by Ohub
Wow - comet hits Jupiter captured by amateur astronomer.
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All Things Astronomy
May 22, 2019May 2019

Posted by Lukian
This is a short post to announce that I am suspending my account here in a couple of days and then probably deleting it. I have transferred my groups. Thanks all! Bye!
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All Things Astronomy
May 31, 2019May 2019

Posted by desertastronomer
Carl Sagan - The Music of the Cosmos
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 12, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Jupiter and a few, ( Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) of it's 67 moons. 49 official.
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 13, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Space station photo of Venus and the earth. Such a thin blue line.
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 16, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Hathacat
The moon and Saturn and 4 moons
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 19, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Scientists have discovered a massive subsurface deposit of dense material - probably metal - beneath the largest crater on the moon. Did it result from a huge asteroid impact or a former lunar ocean of molten rock? Read more: 👓 Photo: ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 22, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Moon crater
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 28, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Saturns rings
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 5, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Hathacat
The rings of the 7th planet, Uranus, are thin and dark. But new thermal images from the ALMA and VLT telescopes show them glowing brightly.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 9, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by desertastronomer
We go between Saturn and the sun July 9
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 14, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Hathacat
50 years later, about the Apollo Retroreflector
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 17, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Here's What Neil Armstrong Saw As He Landed Apollo 11's Eagle on the Moon
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 4, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Hathacat
The known exoplanets
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 8, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
All things astronomy.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 12, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Lukian
-Energy 'Ghost Particle' Traced to Distant Galaxy in Astronomy Breakthrough An artist's illustration of a blazar like the one recently found to be accelerating neutrinos and cosmic rays to tremendous speeds. The supermassive black hole at the ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 14, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
A great link to the latest information on black holes. Very informative.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 25, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Lukian
I stumbled upon this today....what a great pic!
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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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