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Watermelon planetbadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - 3 hours ago Mercury! Holy Haleakala. Look at those rays! They go all the way across the planet! This is Mercury as seen by MESSENGER, which flew by the planet for a second time yesterday (out of three passes on its way to … Also tagged: cool stuff, science, nasa, pretty pictures |
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Dense Exoplanet Creates Classification Calamityuniversetoday.com » Universe Today - 13 hours ago Given all the fervor over the definition of Pluto (planet? dwarf planet? snowball?), let's hope the debate over the discovery of a planet that lies in an equally hazy area of classification is a little calmer. The … |
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A Herschel Anniversary - NGC 891 by Ken Crawforduniversetoday.com » Universe Today - 13 hours ago NGC891 by Ken Crawford On this night - October 6 - in 1784, Sir William Herschel was busy at the eyepiece of his telescope with a new galaxy he'd just discovered. It was a beauty, too. A pencil-slim, edge-on galaxy … |
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Incoming!!!badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - 17 hours ago Update: we’re about an hour away here (it’s 1:30 UT as I write this) and I’m not seeing much more on this. I hope we’ll get some footage of it as it breaks up… in the meantime, check out this animation of what the … Also tagged: cool stuff, deathfromtheskies |
abc.net.au » ABC News: World - 17 hours ago
An asteroid discovered earlier on Monday by an Arizona observatory will hit Earth's atmosphere over Sudan in a few hours but will burn up before it can hit the ground or endanger aircraft, astronomers said.
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Meteor Predicted to Hit Earth's Atmosphere Tonightwired.com » Wired: Wired Science - 17 hours ago A meteoroid around the size of a Smart Car is predicted to burn up in Earth's atmosphere over Sudan tonight, marking the first time scientists have made such a forecast. There's no danger from an object this size, but … |
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Dense Exoplanet Creates Classification Calamityuniversetoday.com » Universe Today - 18 hours ago Given all the fervor over the definition of Pluto (planet? dwarf planet? snowball?), let's hope the debate over the discovery of a planet that lies in an equally hazy area of classification is a little calmer. The … |
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A Herschel Anniversary - NGC 891 by Ken Crawforduniversetoday.com » Universe Today - 18 hours ago NGC891 by Ken Crawford On this night - October 6 - in 1784, Sir William Herschel was busy at the eyepiece of his telescope with a new galaxy he'd just discovered. It was a beauty, too. A pencil-slim, edge-on galaxy … |
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Astronomers find a planet denser than leadbadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Oct 6, 2008 Planets circle the stars that dot the heavens. Before 1995, we couldn’t have said that with any certainty. Now we know of more than 30 planets orbiting distant stars, and we have a fleet of telescopes looking for … Also tagged: cool stuff |
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MESSENGER flies by Mercury tonight!badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Oct 5, 2008 Mercury, shot by MESSENGER on Oct. 5. The NASA probe MESSENGER will pass by Mercury for the second time at 08:40 UT Monday (which is the middle of the night for the US). I’ll get up first thing and write about what it … Also tagged: space, nasa, pretty pictures |