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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
Oct 2, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Denker
Long space journeys could destroy astronauts guts and prematurely age brains... interesting article.
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 3, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Lukian
we have a goblin in our midst. Astronomers have discovered a distant world in the outer Solar System. Named 2015 TG387 and nicknamed The Goblin, it never gets any closer to the Sun than about 65 times the Earth–Sun distance, or roughly twice ...
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 3, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Lukian
we can see it but it's still silent... Silent Opportunity Mars Rover Spotted from Space (Photo) The dust has cleared enough for NASA's Mars rover Opportunity to be spotted from space. On Thursday (Sept. 20), the agency's Mars Reconnaissance ...
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 13, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Aivery
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have a belt of 15-metre-tall ice spikes
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Oct 26, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Lukian
Well it's official. I am the new host of All Things Astronomy. I don't see myself changing much. @LaMariposa will be missed.
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 26, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Lukian
what is this? There's a Strange White Cloud Lingering Over Mars Right Now High over the peak of a long dead volcano on the Martian equator, a feathery white cloud stretches across the sky. At first glance it looks like the plume of an eruption,...
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Nov 3, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Simplysassy
Has anyone watched How the Universe Works narrated by Mike Rowe? Fascinating!!!
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 8, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Denker
I discovered this really neat YouTube channel called Astrum which is worth a look if you’re into astronomy. It uses a lot of authentic footage. Here’s an example of the kind of video’s this guy does, on the planet Neptune... Pretty...
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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 Lukian
Dark matter hurricane passing through our solar system. There’s a “dark matter hurricane” blowing through our corner of the Milky Way galaxy. Right this second, it’s passing over Earth. And this fast-moving stream could ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 17, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
I can't wait until we finally get that pic!! Most images of black holes are illustrations. Here’s what our telescopes actually capture. Soon, we may get to see one up close for the first time.
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 23, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Pseudoscience
Living in Washington state makes it rather difficult to stargaze... always cloudy.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 3, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
Come to think of it, we never took a pic of the sun's poles Revealed: the first ever picture of the sun’s north pole Here’s a view you’ve never seen before. Detailed images of the sun in all its blazing glory – with ...
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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 15, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by VineetHonkan
Here in Toronto every month at U of T (University of Toronto St. George Campus, downtown Toronto, the greatest city in the world! lol) the graduate astronomy society holds an outreach where they discuss current things on the bend. things like ...
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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
Dec 30, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Hathacat
Interesting
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 9, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Lukian
these may be more common than expected Mysterious radio signals from deep space detected Astronomers have revealed details of mysterious signals emanating from a distant galaxy, picked up by a telescope in Canada. The precise nature and origin...
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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
Aug 15, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by ToolGuy
Collisions on Jupiter.
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Sep 2, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) Widely Claimed as Evidence for the Big Bang If there is background radiation coming our way, how would we recognize it? It would have to originate from far behind the galaxies and nebulae that surround ...
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Sep 5, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Common Misconception 9: Einstein’s relativity theory has been proven. Answer: Einstein’s Relativity theory is the Special Relativity (SR) theory of 1905 and the General Relativity (GR) theory of 1915. Both examine the motion of physical bodies ...
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Sep 7, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Common Misconception 1: Science is self-correcting. Answer: This misconception can be validly answered by both yes and no. No matter how glowingly scientists describe the virtues of the scientific method, it is and always will be a human system ...
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Sep 15, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by yvilletom
Common Misconception 3, Part 1: If you’re not doing math, you’re not doing science. Answer: Science does not begin with mathematics, but with direct observation, experiment, and insights into cause-and-effect relationships. Many of today’s ...
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 21, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Our pretty Moon
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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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