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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 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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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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Nov 6, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
It's official! Strong evidence that Saggitarius A black hole exists in the center of our galaxy. paper: abstract: We report the detection of continuous positional and polarization changes of the compact source SgrA in high states ...
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 11, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Lukian
Another bump in the Russian space program: Soyuz Space Crew Makes Emergency Landing After Terrifying Booster Failure
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 27, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Eclipsechaser
Hopefully the weather will hold for tonight's Lunar Eclipse. Here's Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweet from a while back.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 29, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by vcg1234
This... but really what I’m hoping for a massive CME that causes massive power outages in major cities for at least a few days/nights. Won’t matter though, most people will still spend them looking down at their smart phones instead of up at the ...
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 3, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Lukian
This is an interesting ensemble:
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 12, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Can someone please explain/confirm? In the APOD 8/11/18 the eclipsed moon appears redder and roughly same apparent size as Mars. Is this because the image is composed of a series of different length exposures to cover a range of ...
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 8, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Lukian
Astronomers Have Detected an Intense And Mysteriously Low Frequency Radio Signal Coming From Space Hello?
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Jan 3, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Charlene
The Webb is 60% of the way to L2!!! ?
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All Things Astronomy
Mar 3, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Hathacat
How big Andromeda would be in our sky if we could see it all.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 7, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Hathacat
I would not normally post a joke here, but come on!
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Aug 6, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Charlene
This is incredible..
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All Things Astronomy
May 6, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Friends: please chime in with your opinions on this. ://youtu.be/c5WP3gcjJ9M
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All Things Astronomy
May 14, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Juno, in mythology, the wrathful woman who catches her husband Jupiter cheating, also a satellite sent to extensively photograph planet Jupiter. Astronomers do have a wicked sense of humor sometimes don’t they?
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All Things Astronomy
May 19, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
200,000 stars can’t be wrong... we will find them, all them planets!
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All Things Astronomy
May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
The horrible disease of astrophilia - cure not yet discovered ?
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All Things Astronomy
May 25, 2018May 2018

Posted by OleBlueEyes
The Big Bang had no size , infinitesimally small and infinitely large, no freaking SpaceTime in the moment.
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All Things Astronomy
May 30, 2018May 2018

Posted by Georgy303
Black holes have always both fascinated and terrified me. As a child I remember being scared that a black hole was the one natural phenomena from which nothing could escape, not even light. That idea still terrifies me today,but I can't stop being ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 6, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Maybe this should go in the Memes group but I like it here better.
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 11, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Spirit 2004-2010 Opportunity 2004-2018? Say it ain’t so! Keep an eye on the little engine that could - mission lasting longer than most marriages but we aren’t ready for it to end!
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 19, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by VAH1979
I saw a movie last night about the Challenger disaster titled "The Challenger Disaster." It didn't really deal with astronomy or science as much as it was an investigation into what went wrong. It was IMO a well done movie (granted there were some ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 23, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by starwatcher-al
I just took a look at Mars. Could barely make out a tiny polar cap and nothing else on the planet. Last week there were dark markings visible, so, yes the dust storm is in full swing. bummer for seeing any detail. Lets hope it subsides soon
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 28, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
The multiverse theory states that though our universe is one of many, it’s a lucky one. But new research calls that luck into question. By Amber Jorgenson | Published: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 MultiverseNEWSTILE Jaime Salcido/EAGLE Collaboration ...
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 22, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Lukian
Anybody else bothered by this claim: Every few minutes, a pair of black holes collides somewhere in the Universe, sending shivers called gravitational waves through the fabric of spacetime? Shivers all right! ...
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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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