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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
Aug 28, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by starwatcher-al
Solar minimum was in 2019 so the sun is ramping up in flares, spots and prominences. Here is one from 8-25. That thing is at least 75,000 miles above the sun's surface.!! Much larger than the earth!! Photo taken with a dedicated solar telescope. You...
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Jun 9, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by euG5555
Push Gravity Sir Issac Newton said that space moves through matter freely without friction. By moving through space, you experience momentum, change in momentum lags behind the change in velocity. The momentum of an object applies pressure on the ...
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Jun 9, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by euG5555
Sir Issac Newton said that space moves through matter freely without friction. By moving through space, you experience momentum, change in momentum lags behind the change in velocity. The momentum of an object applies pressure on the object stopping ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 6, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by yvilletom
The Strangest Comet in the Solar System - Thunderbolts Ten min. Comet 29P is part of a group of comets called the Centaurs which orbit between Saturn and Jupiter. Besides being one of the largest known comets at 37 miles across, it’s ...
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 15, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by euG5555
Gravity is the result of warped space-time. Matter affected by gravity is the result of experiencing a change in uniform motion. Change in momentum lags behind a change in velocity. Matter on the surface of the Earth is applying pressure on the core:...
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All Things Astronomy
May 10, 2021May 2021

Posted by levan
Our observable universe is 13.8 billion years old. It’s about 93 billion light years in diameter. It contains at least 200 billion galaxies and over 700 quintillion planets. As of now, over 4,300 exoplanets has been confirmed. They’re called ...
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 21, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Hathacat
Comet Lovejoy disjointed tail caused by solar winds
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Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Hathacat
This little dot is Earth about 6 Billion kilometers away (3.7 billion miles) taken by Voyager 1, as it was leaving our solar system. So much life in that little Pale Blue Dot.
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by yvilletom
The stars near the edges of spiral galaxies revolve with the same angular velocity as stars close to their centers. Newtonian theory, which explains our solar system well, ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 17, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by yvilletom
The recent posts here on comets make the following relevant: Top 10 Reasons the Universe is Electric 9: Electric Comets | Space News Scott Douglas July 16, 2020 Through eight installments of this series, Top 10 Reasons the Universe is Electric, we...
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 30, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Hathacat
An image from Longjiang 2 of the solar eclipse that crossed over South America on July 2, 2019.
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May 18, 2020May 2020

Posted by dalefvictor
In the movie "The Meaning of Life" "The Galaxy Song" got me thinking. We are living on a planet that has been within a Solar System that has been traversing this Galaxy called the MIlky Way, just like in the song. However, what this means is that ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 15, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
I never though to do this but, I write a star column for a local landowners association and am posting it here. It's bi-monthly and if I get a few likes I'll post every time I write it. I hope you find it interesting ...
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 29, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
Yes, this brewery/restaurant has an observatory built in. The picture of the telescope was taken in darkness (without flash of course). The site is Bend, Oregon. We saw the 2017 solar eclipse just north of there. We were going to o to Madras but the ...
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Mar 23, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by yvilletom
Ordered Chaos Stephen Smith March 16, 2020 Heliophysicists remain baffled by many aspects of the Sun’s behavior, because they do not completely apprehend its electrical component. The mainstream journal’s content reveals this lack in several ...
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All Things Astronomy
Mar 21, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
I know it's 4 years away... But atlases of the path of the next total solar eclipse are available. The path of the eclipse goes from Mexico through eastern Canada.
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Mar 4, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by yvilletom
Volcanic Vents? February 28, 2020 Deep pits on Mars are not easy to explain. Previous Picture of the Day articles discuss many unusual formations on Mars. Craters, canyons, dunes and many other features do not readily correspond to contemporary ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 6, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Here is the inner part of our solar system, from the sun to the 5th planet, Jupiter. In this illustration, the asteroid belt is the white donut-shaped cloud.
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Dec 22, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by yvilletom
The Electric Reality — Briefly Electric Universe cosmology is based on electrically charged bodies embedded in a charged plasma. Plasma is a gas in which electrons have been removed from some of the atoms—in short the gas is ionized. Like a ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 5, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by BourbonTroubador
NASA’s Solar Probe Found Things Near the Sun That We Can’t Explain
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 17, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Hathacat
How about starting the day with an extraordinary birth...What you see here is what is called a planetary proplyd, a strange name that describes a fantastic cosmic event. This one is located in the Orion Nebula. Look at it and think of us as we were, ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 10, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by RavenCT
First Solar Corona Photo ever taken:
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 3, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Ohub
A picture of the solar eclipse from lunar orbit. This is so cool.
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All Things Astronomy
Mar 24, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by AntaresRose
The rotation of our solar system.
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All Things Astronomy
Mar 20, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by AntaresRose
New solar system forming. Check link below.
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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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