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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 2, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
NASA makes its entire video and image library freely accessible
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 8, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by chilehead9
A map of our solar system where 1 pixel equals the diameter of the Moon. You're in for a LOT of scrolling. The distance between Uranus and Neptune compared to the inner planets blew my brain gasket
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 12, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Druvius
IT'S ABOUT TIME! AND VOYAGER 2, CHANG'E-4, NEW HORIZONS, AND ULTIMA THULE
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 17, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by RichieO
Abell deep field long exposure of tiny patch of black area, almost every speck is a galaxy, and note the gravitational lensing…
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 18, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by chilehead9
Outer solar system experts find 'far out there' dwarf planet 120 AU from the Sun Pluto is currently only 34 AU from the Sun.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 21, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Denker
Faint starlight between galaxies shows distribution of dark matter. From Hubble images this makes it much easier to see dark matter and maybe divine whether it is self-interacting.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 26, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
blue on red interesting. NASA discovered an electric blue sand dune on Mars — and the photos are mind-blowing NASA found an exquisite sand dune on Mars over the summer that is literally out of this world. The photo of the electric blue sand ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 3, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by RichieO
Happy perihelion 3 January 2019 5000,000km closer to the sun than at aphelion… Resulting in slightly warmer Northern hemisphere winters and warmer Southern hemisphere summers and visa versa at aphelion… It’s amazing how many people think (by...
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 8, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Us from 70 million miles away
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 12, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by VineetHonkan
So I ordered a few books on India's space program...a big one titled 'From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet', 'ISRO: A Personal History', and 'The Indian Space Programme: India's Incredible Journey From the Third World to the First'.
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 14, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by AntaresRose
Earth pole shift.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 11, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Lukian
Ever heard of this little gem of a teenager? Pretty soon everybody will know her name! NASA Is Training This 17-Year-Old Girl to Become One of the First Humans on Mars
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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 13, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Frankenstein Moon: Charon High-Res maps of Pluto and it’s bizarre moon from New Horizons
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 27, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Anonbene
Space debris. Is all the space debris we send up basically travelling in the same direction at the same speed or is it it just going Willy nilly everywhere at different speeds? I'm wondering if it's likely that the ISS will run into a slower moving ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 28, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Lukian
I think Japan is developing the tech to eventually mine asteroids.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 30, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by TidesnStars
Does everyone know, we just went through 2 moon in 1 month. We had an eclipse. This was the longest eclipse of this century. So this was a very relevant happening. I was out tonight because they said America couldn't see it was well. What I saw was ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 31, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by vcg1234
We have too much here, not enough there... must be something that can be done. Nature article (abstract tells it all)
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 5, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by vcg1234
What should you do when opportunity doesn’t come knocking... Waiting to hear back from Opportunity Rover on Mars as the dust settles. (I can think of several more bad puns but I’ll save you the grief ?... for now)
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 8, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Whatever.... EM gave us this:
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 13, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by vcg1234
That's it! I've had it. I'm not making any more stars. I'll just eject all the left over material now. ;)
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 14, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Lukian
This is a little strange event happening. Solar observatory in NM has been shutdown by the FBI... release the X-Files plots!!
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 18, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Lutherzme
Fresh Air podcast - Neil deGrasse Tyson examines the unspoken alliance between science and war.
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 21, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by vcg1234
CubeSat Technology I ❤️ this newsletter! Sign up. Always good stuff in here!
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 30, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Oumuamua - the first known Interstellar traveller - amazing that we know this much about stars in our local galaxy to be able to pinpoint 4 stars from which this visitor likely came. Rock is still a little creepy to me ?
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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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