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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
Jan 30, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by starwatcher-al
So, tomorrow morning the moon is going to occult Venus but not in the USA. Down in South America and the Pacific ocean. But, Venus will be very close to the moon here in this country so take a look. The photo is from 2009.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 6, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
Why Don’t We Have a Photo of a Black Hole Yet? ... we need to be just a little more patient.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 6, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Can I brag about my BIL's new job? Have you heard of spaceship Unity? Virgin airlines. Their "new" aeronautical engineer gots it covered! lol!
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 23, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by AntaresRose
Outer space is so vast. There is so much going on around us that I suspect we will never know all of what exists beyond the Milky Way.
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 16, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by SkepticalJim28
This arrived in the mail today! I'm extremely excited to start putting it together and use it, but I'm also sort of nervous. It is an Orion XT Classic Dobsonian XT10, so it's big and somewhat intimating. This is my first telescope, and I was ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 16, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Lukian
Astronomers discover first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals The first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals has been discovered by astronomers at the University of Warwick, and ...
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 8, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Anonbene
Universes inside of black holes.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 15, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Hathacat
Were any of you on this site during the last solar eclipse in the US? Want to post your picks for me to see? I saw it and it was one of the fantastic moments of my life!
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 4, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by starwatcher-al
As afr as mars is concerned, the dust storm is still covering the entire planet. There is no detail of any kind visible. Such a shame as Mars right now is almost as large as it ever gets in a scope. We have about another month of decent size for Mars...
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 27, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by vcg1234
A Tale of Two Cities (scratch that, Launches) Also... Dragon flight ready in ONE month! Make a plan, troubleshoot it, execute it, make progress. No excuses.
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 1, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by vcg1234
“Atmospheric leak” is an uncomfortable phrase when you’re on the ISS. Lucky fix but... what if? Would be a tragic setback. Aging vehicles... hurry up SpaceX!
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 5, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by JohnBeret
What did the organic chemist say to the philosopher? i think ergot i am.
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 11, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Lukian
I knew it. I knew moonmoon made no sense at all.... but I would have guessed that satellite would have been the word Bigger Moons Have Moons, And Some Are Calling Them 'Moonmoons' The New Scientist magazine popularized the term, but two ...
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 24, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by Lukian
I just found out @LaMariposa has deleted her account. She had sent me a quick PM to ask me to take over this group. Has anybody heard anything for why she decided to leave?
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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
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 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
Apr 25, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Catnublia
First tattoo, got the second half planned for August!
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All Things Astronomy
May 17, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Remind you of fingerprints or tree rings? Fascinating image. ://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180516.html
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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
Jun 13, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Opportunity is on my mind... NASA news conference 1:30 pm ET : As amazing as our Earthly total solar eclipse was last year, how different would the experience be if the proportions of size to distance weren't to ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 29, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by vcg1234
AND we're off again! NASA+SpaceX - No more Falcon 9 Block 4s... onto more Dragons and Block 5s... exciting time for science investigations and travel in space.
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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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All Things Astronomy
Jun 16, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Lukian
Stephen Hawking Buried Between Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 28, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Lukian
sunny, sunny, sunnyyyy dayys! How the sun looked like everyday of 2018.
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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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