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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
May 17, 2018May 2018

Posted by Spooner
I'm heading out to the CA central valley this weekend (on the way to San Francisco) to one of it's darkest spots (class 2-3 Bortle scale)! If anyone else is in the area let me know and we can observe together. I'll have my new 8" goto Dob with me!
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All Things Astronomy
May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by Catnublia
Two more weeks and I'll be able to afford a telescope for stargazing! ?
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All Things Astronomy
May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Job Posting that made my heart skip a beat. Damn it! I should have finished my PhD. How much fun would THIS be?! ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by DianaGinger
Interesting and fantastic information here!
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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 19, 2018May 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
The conservation of energy is an absolute law, and yet it seems to fly in the face of things we observe every day. Sparks create a fire, which generates heat—manifest energy that wasn’t there before. A battery produces power. A nuclear bomb ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by ScienceBiker
Dense clouds swirl around Venus in this stunning image taken by our Pioneer Venus mission. The spacecraft, which launched OTD in 1978, was the first to orbit the planet:
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All Things Astronomy
May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Lukian
Can we find planet 9 already?
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All Things Astronomy
May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
In early 2016, two planetary scientists declared that a ghost planet is hiding in the depths of the solar system, well beyond the orbit of Pluto. Their claim, which they made based on the curious orbits of distant icy worlds, quickly sparked a race ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by Lukian
Jupiter may have captured an alien asteroid. Article with video included in the link.
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All Things Astronomy
May 22, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Mr. Universe discusses liquid water plumes on Europa.
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All Things Astronomy
May 22, 2018May 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
How long is a day on Mercury?
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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 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
The moon wishes you good night.
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All Things Astronomy
May 23, 2018May 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
The moon wishes you good night.
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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 25, 2018May 2018

Posted by OleBlueEyes
Are neutron stars made of neutronium? Do neutron stars turn into black holes thru the absorbtion of mass? Did did the first proto-stars form in gas cloud galaxies or by themselves? Do dark energy and matter interact like light energy and matter on a ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 25, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
POLLWhat should we do with the Hubble Space Telescope?
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All Things Astronomy
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
Bright reddish Antares – also known as Alpha Scorpii – is easy to spot on a summer night. It is the brightest star – and distinctly reddish in color – in the fishhook-shaped pattern of stars known as the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion. ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by QuintKnickers
Anybody here heard of any interesting theories on what the Great Attractor might be?
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All Things Astronomy
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by QuintKnickers
POLLJust wondering if there's consensus here.
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All Things Astronomy
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by QuintKnickers
Does anyone else here suspect that space will turn into the old west in the next 50 years or so? I'm actually kind of hoping for it. There should be a real push on. Not for colonizing Mars, but for exploiting the asteroid belt. Phobos seems to me ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
Should Pluto Be a Planet After All? Experts Weigh In Artist's impression of Pluto and Charon as seen from one of Pluto's other moons. Credit: David Aguilar/Center for Astrophysics Now that Pluto may have regained its status as the largest object in ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 30, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
... and you thought "Solo" was a good movie. First solo neutron star discovered outside of the Milky Way
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All Things Astronomy
May 30, 2018May 2018

Posted by Georgy303
A little bit of "navigator history" and olden days sailors' use of astronomy.
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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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