Tag Archives: astronomy

There’s A Moon In The Sky

And it’s called the super-moon. Source.

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Saturday: The Super Moon Of 2012

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NASA Films Massive Solar Flare

There’s been a lot of solar photography lately.

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Sunny To Partly Cloudy

Buzzfeed points out lots of cool photos of the sun by “astrophotographer” Alan Friedman.

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NASA Films Solar Tornado

Amazing and cool. A giant solar tornado – five times the Earth’s diameter – swirling at incredible speed of some 186,000 mph has been captured on video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. ­This is the first time a giant solar twister has been caught on video. Solar tornadoes, known as solar prominences, are shaped by the sun’s magnetic field and …

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MINNESOTA: Last Night’s Northern Lights

Did anybody see it? Tonight should be even better.

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More On Tonight’s Solar Storm

Twitter is abuzz with plans for Northern Lights watching parties across Britain, Canada and Europe. Astronomers say the aurora borealis may be viewable in some parts of the United States “below the Great Lakes,” but a full moon tonight may dampen the effect. The New York Times has the down side of the event. The largest solar storm in five …

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NASA’s Photo Of The Day

Description: The dark, inner shadow of planet Earth is called the umbra. Shaped like a cone extending into space, it has a circular cross section most easily seen during a lunar eclipse. For example, last Saturday the Full Moon slid across the southern half of Earth’s umbral shadow, entertaining moonwatchers around much of the planet. In the total phase of …

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Closest Earth-Like Planet Yet Found

NASA reports: It’s the closest match to Earth that has yet been found. Recently discovered planet Kepler 22b has therefore instantly become the best place to find life outside our Solar System. The planet’s host star, Kepler 22, is actually slightly smaller and cooler than the Sun, and lies 600 light-years from Earth toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus). …

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Astronomy Photo Of 2011

Buzzfeed reports that the above photo of Jupiter with lo and Ganymede has been named Astronomy Photo of 2011.

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NASA’s Photo Of The Day

A sunspot so massive it can be seen without a telescope is expected to remain active for another week. (For scale, an image of the Earth was inserted above.) Scientists recently concluded that sunspot activity has an effect on the Earth’s weather, but to what degree remains unknown.

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Tweet Of The Day – NASA

The crashing satellite landed in the ocean. All those arguments about the probability of being hit? Feh.

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Photo Of The Day – Canadian Aurora

Via NASA’s Astronomy Photo Of The Day: September’s equinox arrives today at 0905 UT. As the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south, spring begins in the southern hemisphere and autumn in the north. And though the seasonal connection is still puzzling, both spring and autumn bring an increase in geomagnetic storms. So as northern nights grow longer, the equinox …

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Hubble Telescope Proves Bible Is True

According to a breathless news release from Christian Newswire, recent photos taken by the Hubble telescope prove the biblical story of the creation of the universe. OK!

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The Ballad Of Comet Elenin

The self-titled Third Eagle of the Apocalypse brings us a tribute to the Comet Elenin, which Jeebus, in His Merciful Glory, is sending to kill us all. Praise!

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Catholic Group: Galileo Was Wrong

A bizarre sect of wingnut Catholics is back in the news for their long-running claim that Galileo was wrong about heliocentrism. Because it says so in the Bible. And according to the Chicago Tribune, the group’s membership is growing. Those promoting geocentrism argue that heliocentrism, or the centuries-old consensus among scientists that Earth revolves around the sun, is a conspiracy …

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Jeebus Will Save Us From The Comet

And it’s all going down on August 15th!

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Photo Of The Day – Manhattanhenge

JMG reader Inga sends us her stunning photo of last night’s Manhattanhenge.

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SATURDAY: Extreme Supermoon

This Saturday the moon makes its closest approach to Earth in 18 years in what astronomers call an “extreme supermoon.” If no clouds get in the way, it should be a great night for stargazers. But the moon, which will appear about 10 to 15 percent larger than normal, could create abnormally high tides from Friday through Sunday, experts say. …

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The Search For Planet X

Astrophysicists at the University of Louisiana said today they are close to proving the existence of an enormous gas planet on the far outer edges of the solar system. The long-pondered tenth planet (if you still count Pluto) could be four times larger than Jupiter and its existence would explain the behavior of nearby comets. The potential new planet has …

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