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18:37 UTC
Sky and Telescope
The First Half of Lunation from 24-12-14 to 05-01-15 .. I...
The post The First Half of Lunation from 24-12-14 to 05-01-15 .. It too includes christmas moon,31st moon,2015 first night’s moon and first full moon of 2015 .. :) appeared ...
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18:37 UTC
Sky and Telescope
Conjunction of Venus and Mercury January 10, 2015
The post Conjunction of Venus and Mercury January 10, 2015 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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18:37 UTC
Sky and Telescope
Comet Lovejoy imaged on 01-09-2015
The post Comet Lovejoy imaged on 01-09-2015 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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18:37 UTC
Sky and Telescope
Venus & Mercury Conjunction from a light polluted sky
The post Venus & Mercury Conjunction from a light polluted sky appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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18:37 UTC
Sky and Telescope
Venus and Mercury at dawn, from a high polluted light are...
The post Venus and Mercury at dawn, from a high polluted light area south from Madrid (Spain) appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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18:37 UTC
Sky and Telescope
Reflections of Venus and Mercury
The post Reflections of Venus and Mercury appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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18:37 UTC
Sky and Telescope
Abyaneh 360
The post Abyaneh 360 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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18:36 UTC
Gary Seronik.com
Weekend Stargazer: January 16 - 18
Comet Lovejoy finder chart for the January 16 – 18 weekend.With the Moon out of the way, Comet Lovejoy takes centre stage this weekend.read more
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18:20 UTC
NASA Commercial Cre...
Don’t Let the Year Slip By!
We’re almost two weeks into 2015, so if you don’t have some new digits dangling from your door or wall by now it’s time to catch up. The good news ...
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18:03 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Roscosmos Boss Throws Cold Water on New Space Station, Ch...
Roscosmos head Sergey Savelyev said Russia has no current plans to build a successor to the International Space Station before 2025. He also characterized the possibility of the Chinese Shenzhou ...
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18:02 UTC
Sky and Telescope
Black Hole Binary En Route to Merger?
Astronomers poring through two decades of archival and survey observations have discovered what looks like a pair of supermassive black holes closing in for a merger.When galaxies merge, astronomers expect ...
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17:50 UTC
What's Up? The Spac...
Sun Spews 1st Solar Flare for 2015
Hey Space Placers!The Sun remains active into 2015 as it produced the year's 1st solar flare visible on the right:NASA SDOAs provided by NASA:The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, ...
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17:45 UTC
Science World Repor...
Worms on the International Space Station May Help Astrona...
There are several hazards when it comes to space travel, and one of them is muscle and bone loss. Now, a tiny roundworm may help keep astronauts healthy on long-duration ...
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17:43 UTC
Astrobiology Magazi...
ESA: Fresh Supplies and Experiments for Samantha
Yesterday, ESA and NASA astronauts captured the Dragon spacecraft with its supplies and new experiments for the six astronauts living 400 km above our planet.
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17:43 UTC
Space Fellowship
First Notable Solar Flare of 2015
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 11:24 p.m. EST on Jan. 12, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the ...
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17:41 UTC
Space Fellowship
Station Crew Opens Dragon for Business
The hatches to Dragon were opened for business Tuesday morning at 3:23 a.m. EST and the crew began unpacking critical gear that will support 256 science experiments. The SpaceX commercial ...
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17:30 UTC
Universe Today
One of the Milky Way’s Arms Might Encircle the Entire Gal...
Given that our Solar System sits inside the Milky Way Galaxy, getting a clear picture of what it looks like as a whole can be quite tricky. In fact, it ...
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17:21 UTC
Starts With A Bang!
Everything you ever wanted to know about nothing (Synopsi...
Have you ever thought about what “nothing” truly is? We used to think about it in terms of simply removing all the particles from a given region of space, which ...
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17:21 UTC
Starts With a Bang!
Everything you ever wanted to know about nothing
What physics says about the vacuum: A visit to the seashore.Continue reading on Medium »
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17:02 UTC
NASA Tech Briefs
New Vision Algorithm Enables Household Robots
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory believe that household robots should take advantage of their mobility and their relatively static environments to make object recognition easier, by ...
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17:00 UTC
Discovery News - Sp...
Unprecedented Flare Blasts from Galaxy's Black Hole
The giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy recently spit out the largest X-ray flare ever seen in that region.
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17:00 UTC
io9 Space
The Remains Of Britain's Missing Lander May Have Been Spo...
Rumors are swirling that the British Beagle 2 lander — missing since Christmas Day in 2003 — has been spotted on the surface of the Red Planet by NASA's Reconnaissance ...
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16:52 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Firefly Space Systems, NASA Ink Space Act Agreement
AUSTIN, Texas (Firefly PR) — Firefly Space Systems, Inc. (“Firefly”), a small satellite launch company, is pleased to announce it has entered into a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with the ...
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16:51 UTC
NASA Space Station ...
Crew Opens Dragon for Business
The hatches to Dragon were opened for business Tuesday morning at 3:23 a.m. EST and the crew began unpacking critical gear that will support 256 science experiments. The SpaceX commercial ...
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16:51 UTC
Universe Today
Faster-Than-Light Lasers Could “Illuminate” the Universe
It’s a cornerstone of modern physics that nothing in the Universe is faster than the speed of light (c). However, Einstein’s theory of special relativity does allow for instances where ...
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16:50 UTC
Sky and Telescope
Lodestar X2 Autoguider from Starlight Xpress
Starlight Xpress announces the Lodestar X2 Autoguider ($649), a tiny imaging and autoguiding camera.The post Lodestar X2 Autoguider from Starlight Xpress appeared first on Sky & Telescope. Starlight XpressUnit 3, ...
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16:48 UTC
SPACE.com
Supernova Blast in Superwind Galaxy Glows in Amateur Phot...
This stunning image shows a bright supernova in the Superwind galaxy taken on Jan. 2 by astrophotographer Justin Ng.
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16:47 UTC
ISS On-Orbit Status...
ISS Daily Summary Report – 01/13/15
SpaceX-5 Dragon Ingress and Cargo Ops: The crew started their day by opening the Dragon hatch, obtaining an air sample, and installing Inter-module Ventilation (IMV) ducting. They then began cargo ...
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16:30 UTC
Discover
Bees Drink with Expandable Mop Tongues
A perennially fascinating question to scientists is how animals get liquids into their faces without cups, straws or hands. In recent years they've cracked the puzzle in dogs and cats, ...
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16:23 UTC
SPACE.com
Chinese Moon Lander Spots Pinwheel Galaxy from Lunar Surf...
China's first lunar lander Chang'e 3 remains is still operation after more than a year on the moon, and has captured a photo of a distant galaxy as seen from ...
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16:18 UTC
Symmetry
Dark horse of the dark matter hunt
Dark matter might be made up of a type of particle not many scientists are looking for: the axion. The ADMX experiment seems to be an exercise in contradictions.Dark matter, ...
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16:08 UTC
SPACE.com
Comet C/2014 Lovejoy Snapped By Amateur Astronomer | Time...
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16:02 UTC
Of Particular Signi...
Giving Public Talk Jan. 20th in Cambridge, MA
Hope all of you had a good holiday and a good start to the New Year!I myself continue to be extraordinarily busy as we move into 2015, but I am ...
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16:00 UTC
io9 Space
Eight Types Of Ice Halos Are Crammed Into One Glorious Wi...
This incredible display isn't some a futuristic domed city in an alien icy landscape or an artist's concept of magnetic fields, but a very real optical phenomena here on Earth. ...
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15:54 UTC
NASA Watch
CASIS Is Doing a Reality TV Show in Space
International Space Station Reality Series In Works From Znak&Jones;, Deadline "Znak&Jones;, the recently launched production company of veteran reality producers Natalka Znak and Simon Jones, has partnered with the Center ...
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15:26 UTC
One Universe at a T...
The Last Mile
Using data from the Cassini spacecraft, we've now measured the position of Saturn accurate to within a mile.The post The Last Mile appeared first on Brian Koberlein. A few days ...
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15:13 UTC
Coalition for Space...
CSExtra – Top Space News for Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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STARtorialist
shadowplaynyc:
Galactic Ying Yang. A newer version of th...
shadowplaynyc: Galactic Ying Yang. A newer version of the #Galaxy Tee coming pronto ✨ #magellanicCloud #Magellan #Hubble #Hunble25 #galactic #space #ineedmorespace #stars #starclustet #nebula #nasa #Shadowplaynyc #shadowplaynycme shadowplaynyc NGC 346 ...
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15:02 UTC
EarthSky Blog
What are cloud streets?
Cloud streets are long rows of cumulus clouds that are oriented parallel to the direction of the wind. Check out these cool images! The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite ...
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14:53 UTC
UrtheCast
UrtheCast Announces Advisory Board To Provide Strategic G...
VANCOUVER, January 13, 2015 | UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast”or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the creation of an Advisory Board to advise the Company’s senior management team on strategy, ...
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14:11 UTC
NASA Watch
Texans In Congress Are Going To Make Things Difficult for...
Boehner defectors booted from panel, The Hill "Boehner was elected to a third term as Speaker with 216 votes on Tuesday, with 25 Republicans defecting in a failed attempt to ...
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13:44 UTC
The Solstice Blog
Two Supermassive Black Holes are Merging
A vast number of Galaxies in the Universe have a central black hole that is incredibly massive. The Black Hole at the centre of the Milky Way, dubbed Sag A*, ...
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13:26 UTC
Astroblog
The Sky This Week - Thursday January 15 to Thursday Janua...
The New Moon is Tuesday January 20. Venus is prominent in the twilight evening sky while Mercury falls back to the horizon. Mars is just visible in the early evening. ...
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13:13 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Successful RS-25 Firing at NASA Stennis
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (NASA PR) — The new year is off to a hot start for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). The engine that will drive America’s next great ...
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13:12 UTC
Space-For-All at Ho...
Carnival of Space #388 – Urban Astronomer
The Urban Astronomer hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
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13:10 UTC
Lunar Meteorite Hun...
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JAN2015
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert review – 'kill half of what you see'The GuardianNow, though, we are at the point where we are the meteor. Our impact on life ...
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13:02 UTC
Lupu Victor Astrono...
(Video) Craters on the Moon seen clearly through telescop...
The south of the Moon is full of countless craters, where large basins of lava are missing. Craters Heraclitus and Licetus (90/75 km) are some of seen in these images ...
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EarthSky Blog
Star of the week: Capella is two golden stars
We see Capella as the brightest star in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer. It is really two stars, each with a golden color similar to our sun. Capella is the ...
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13:00 UTC
New Scientist
Space weather report to keep GPS on track
A new service called FLARECAST will predict destructive solar storms minute-by-minute to warn when satellites are in danger
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EarthSky Blog
NASA’s way cool retro posters for futuristic space travel
Making future travel plans .. with an emphasis on 'future?' Check out these exoplanet travel posters from NASA. In late December, 2014, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s (fictional) Exoplanet Travel ...