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Sky Factory’s stellar foregroundbadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - 15 hours ago I have managed to pull a muscle in my shoulder, so writing is really hard today. Until I can make my left arm move normally, I will simply leave you with this incredible image of Gamma Cygni, a bright star in the … Also tagged: astronomy |
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HUGE EXOPLANET NEWS ITEMS: PICTURES!!!badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 13, 2008 This is incredible: For the first time, ever, astronomers have captured an optical image of a planet orbiting a star like our own. And that’s not all: we also have a second picture showing TWO planets orbiting a … Also tagged: cool stuff, science, astronomy |
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The Big Picture: Antarcticabadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 12, 2008 The Big Picture (the Boston Globe’s feature displaying gorgeous super-hi-res pictures) is running a page full of shots of Antarctica. I give the author much credit for including several pics of astronomical … Also tagged: cool stuff |
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Happybadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 7, 2008 Imagine you forage for food every day, and came across something that massed 10 times what you do. You’d be happy too. As long as the pumpkin wasn’t fermented… Unhappy: I hope that squirrel didn’t have to do the walk … Also tagged: humor |
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Voyaging deep into the Universebadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 7, 2008 The European Southern Observatory just released a picture that I can only call astonishing: the deepest ground-based look into the universe ever undertaken. It’s part of the Chandra (X-Ray Observatory) Deep Field … Also tagged: cool stuff, science, astronomy |
badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 5, 2008
How awesome is this? A live webcam in Alaska that shows the aurorae! Since it’s live, it will only show the aurorae 1) when they are active, and 2) when it’s nighttime in Alaska. I looked last week and there were …
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Pikes Peakbadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 2, 2008 Last week I found myself on an airplane to Albuquerque… for reasons I’ll disclose eventually. From Boulder it’s less than an hour’s flight, so I spent more time in the car than in the air. In fact, I did my business so … Also tagged: cool stuff |
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Cassini hi-reses Enceladusbadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 1, 2008 I have to go to a birthday party (srsly) so I can’t put my usual spin on this, but yesterday Cassini swept over the south pole of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, snapping away at the active regions of geysering there. The … Also tagged: astronomy |
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Hubble Telescope, back on the air!badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Oct 30, 2008 The Hubble Space Telescope is up and kickin’ once again, and just to prove it, check this puppy out: AWESOME! That’s Arp 147, a pair of interacting galaxies. Halton Arp, an astronomer, made an extensive catalog of … |
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Pinhole astronomybadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Oct 29, 2008 Hot on the heels of the amazing image of Pluto and Charon, and the simply cool one of Jupiter through an iPhone, comes one that is just as nifty, and made with an even simpler camera! New Scientist has the details of … Also tagged: cool stuff, photography, astronomy, sun |