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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
Nov 5, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
so this is what happened:
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 5, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
9 gigapixel image of the night sky. We are totally insignificant 84 million stars of our Milky way Zoomable image (get lost in this image) download image here:
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 5, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
Holy Cow! Astronomers agog at mysterious new supernova An event known as ‘Cow’ that has rocked astronomy since June likely offers a close look at the birth of a neutron star or black hole. For many astronomers, 2018 will be ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 12, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
A star almost as old as the universe in our back yard. This 13.5-Billion-Year-Old Star Is a Tiny Relic from Just After the Big Bang. Astronomers think they have identified a star they believe to be about 13.5 billion years old, which would ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 12, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
Science debate in action. I started to express a sense of skeptical curiosity when it appeared that LIGO was detecting several signals in a year or two. That would mean there are several black holes merging, maybe too many? ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 14, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by speljamr
Massive impact crater beneath Greenland could explain Ice Age climate swing
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 14, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
A super earth confirmed just 6 Light years away around a the well known Barnard's star.
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 20, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
"Chekov: "Captain! We found the wessel! and it's called the enterprise." This thing is big!!
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 20, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
Dang! NASA could do so much but war is getting in the way. Here’s what NASA could accomplish if it had the US military’s $600 billion budget
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Nov 21, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
since most stellar systems are binaries, astronomers have searched for our suns twin and may have found it source article: Astronomers May Have Just Discovered Our Sun's Long-Lost Identical Twin It's thought ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 21, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
the milky way radio signature reflected off the moon. That's a lot of number crunching! Stunning timelapse video embedded in article. The Milky Way's Reflection Shines on Surface of the Moon in Stunning New Image Radio waves from ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 24, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
another alien mega structure around a distant star? Probably not Astronomers spot another star that flickers like Tabby’s star It’s unclear what’s causing the newly discovered object to blink, but it’s probably not ...
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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 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 6, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lutherzme
This is cool! Video made from Cassini photos.
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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 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 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
Jan 9, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Lukian
NASA's Hubble Helps Astronomers Uncover the Brightest Quasar in the Early Universe Zoom Lens in Space Gives Hubble a Peek into the Era of Galaxy Birth Less than a billion years after the big bang, a monster black hole began devouring anything ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 14, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by AntaresRose
The planet earth and waves.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 22, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Amzungu
LINK'First' Māori astronomy school in the modern era opens in Bay of Plenty
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 23, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Hathacat
That's here. That's home. That's us, as Carl Sagan once said. The moon is in there too, but I am not sure where.
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Aug 6, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Black dot on the left is Mercury
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 9, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Horsehead Nebula by William Martin
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 14, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by ballou
Space Snapshot NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter recently snapped this image of beautiful textures in the ice of Mars’ south pole. Stretching horizontally across the bottom of the image is a giant trough where deeper layers of ice can be seen. Image ...
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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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