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Scientists have discovered X-rays coming from Uranus

Last post by Thefatkitty « Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:40 pm
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by smp » Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:20 pm

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From CNN.com:
(CNN) - Uranus is emitting X-rays, and scientists want to take a closer look.
That's the mysterious conclusion of a new study, which...

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Interesting article Stephen, thanks! I know it won't happen in my lifetime, but sending a pair of probes to actually go into orbit around Uranus and...

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Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:40 pm
NEO 231937 (2001 FO32) March 20-22

Last post by Dragonsfire « Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:32 pm
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by OzEclipse » Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:25 am

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NEO Asteroid 231937 (2001 FO32) is coming.

It will pass approx 5 lunar distances from Earth March 21 and be visible in larger scopes for a couple...

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Thanks!

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Last post by Dragonsfire
Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:32 pm
Starlink and OneWeb satellites ready for launch on opposite sides of the world

Last post by Tim456 « Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:09 am
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by smp » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:35 pm

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From SpaceFlightNow.com:
SpaceX and OneWeb — space industry rivals and owners of two of the largest fleets of commercial satellites — are set to add...

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SpaceX has put up 240 starlink satellites in March alone. Another 180 scheduled for April. I don't see their pace decreasing anytime soon. Probably a...

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Last post by Tim456
Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:09 am
Event Horizon Telescope captures new view of black hole in polarized light

Last post by smp « Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:16 pm

by smp » Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:16 pm

From Ars Technica:
...the EHT collaboration is back with another groundbreaking result: a new image of the same black hole, this time showing how it...

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Last post by smp
Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:16 pm
20 trailblazing women in astronomy and astrophysics

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Wed Mar 24, 2021 5:36 am
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by smp » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:40 pm

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From Space.com:
From discovering planets to following comets, women all over the world play a crucial role in astronomy. While it's hard to pick the...

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Wonderful list. It was Stars in the Making by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin that got me past the pretty lights and fascinated to understand how they shone.

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Wed Mar 24, 2021 5:36 am
Mission to clean up space junk with magnets set for launch

Last post by Richard « Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:23 pm
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by smp » Sat Mar 20, 2021 6:33 pm

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From CNN:
A demonstration mission to test new technology developed by the company Astroscale to clean up space debris is set to launch in the early...

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Well the amount of 'junk' must be increasing at an alarming rate , it should be that if you send something up then you must clean up after but...

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Last post by Richard
Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:23 pm
Nova Cass 2021

Last post by mikemarotta « Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:13 pm
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by mikemarotta » Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:31 pm

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Jeremy Shears Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 6:13 AM
Reply-To: Jeremy Shears
To: baa-alerts@britastro.simplelists.com
I would like to alert members to a...

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Thanks to the Society for Popular Astronomy, you can find good directions for locating this 8th magnitude target here:

It is a series of star maps...

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Last post by mikemarotta
Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:13 pm
Zodiacal Light may come from Mars

Last post by Thefatkitty « Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:39 am
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by KathyNS » Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:38 pm

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Do Mars dust storms cause the mysterious zodiacal light?

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That's really interesting; thanks Kathy! :D

All the best,

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Last post by Thefatkitty
Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:39 am
UFO Spotting

Last post by pakarinen « Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:42 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:03 am

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New UFO Taskforce:

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All I can say is my abduction didn't go too well.
The little guy escaped by morning.

Slippery little buggers...

Flight Instructor and Student...

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Last post by pakarinen
Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:42 pm
Gloucestershire Meteorite

Last post by helicon « Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:28 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:06 am

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Several rocky fragments have been recovered from the fireball that lit up the sky above southern England just over a week ago.

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Very cool Graeme!

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Last post by helicon
Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:28 pm
The "Enormous Space Telescope"

Last post by AntennaGuy « Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:37 pm
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by AntennaGuy » Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:01 pm

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FYI:

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A small number of inflatable/deployable thin-film space-borne parabolic dish antennas have actually been built (see, for example ) . Needless to say,...

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Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:37 pm
Quad conjunction

Last post by helicon « Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:42 pm
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by OzEclipse » Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:48 am

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CLOSE APPROACH OF JUPITER, MERCURY & COMET TEMPEL

On the Morning of March 5th, next Friday, there will be a relatively close approach of three...

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Thanks Joe for the heads up. I need to check and make sure it will be visible here. If so, I will go for it.

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Last post by helicon
Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:42 pm
Amazing footage of the Mars landing

Last post by helicon « Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:45 pm
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by AstroBee » Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:25 am

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I'm not sure if you guys have seen this but they are finally getting video footage of the Perseverance rover landing and my mind is officially BLOWN!

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Amazing video. Saw it yesterday afternoon on Twitter.

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Last post by helicon
Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:45 pm
There's a Storm Coming

Last post by Makuser « Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:36 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:18 am

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There's a Storm Coming:

Regards

Graeme

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Hi Graeme. Thanks for the interesting link and report. Although the CME is not directly targeted at us, the edge may cause some power grid or...

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Last post by Makuser
Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:36 pm
Weird Planets

Last post by Refractordude « Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:28 am

by Refractordude » Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:28 am

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Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:28 am
New nebula discovered

Last post by MistrBadgr « Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:11 am
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by KathyNS » Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:29 pm

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This very faint nebula was discovered last year. They are calling it a planetary nebula because of its shape, but its size and internal structures...

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There is a type of soft bodied oceanic creature that looks like that.

That is an interesting object. I don't think I will get out my 60mm refractor...

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Last post by MistrBadgr
Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:11 am
There’s a tantalizing sign of a habitable-zone planet in Alpha Centauri

Last post by Bigzmey « Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:56 pm
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by smp » Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:49 pm

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From TechnologyReview.com:
An international team of astronomers has found signs that a habitable planet may be lurking in Alpha Centauri, a binary...

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Reading a fine print, it is not Earth-like, but more Neptune-like.

Another nit to pick is that chronograph is not the word for the the instrument...

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Last post by Bigzmey
Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:56 pm
Astronomers: A comet fragment, not an asteroid, killed off the dinosaurs

Last post by smp « Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:58 pm

by smp » Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:58 pm

From Ars Technica:
...in a new paper published in Scientific Reports, Harvard astronomers offer an alternative: a special kind of comet—originating...

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Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:58 pm
The Photoacoustic Effect

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:44 am
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by SparWeb » Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:49 am

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I'm having trouble believing this.

Apparently, the sound that some people report hearing when they see a meteor flash overhead is not necessarily in...

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The article seems very well reasoned to me. Whether or not one would hear a sound from a meteor would depend on the detailed physical properties of...

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:44 am
AAS Reaches out to Amateur Affiliates

Last post by mikemarotta « Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:41 pm
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by mikemarotta » Sun Dec 20, 2020 7:50 pm

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A new initiative to include amateurs in the American Astronomical Society professional organization is being launched at the 237th Meeting, 10-13...

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(Ahead of the 237th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, I sent this to the early adopters who formed a core group. Among them was the AAS...

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Last post by mikemarotta
Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:41 pm
Puzzling six-exoplanet system with rhythmic movement challenges theories of how planets form

Last post by Makuser « Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:04 pm
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by smp » Thu Jan 28, 2021 5:41 pm

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From phys.org:
Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO's VLT), astronomers...

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Hi Stephen. A very interesting article here. Several astronomers are still studying the possibility of a harmonic resonance within our own solar...

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Last post by Makuser
Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:04 pm
SpaceX launches 143 satellites into orbit, most ever

Last post by smp « Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:37 pm

by smp » Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:37 pm

From Ars Technica:
Sunday 10:15am ET Update: At the opening of its launch window, a Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida on Sunday morning and made...

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Last post by smp
Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:37 pm
may be a new comet on the way ?

Last post by AntennaGuy « Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:28 am
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by messier 111 » Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:19 pm

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let's hope ???

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Good to know! Still waiting/hoping to witness one of those brilliant comets with a bright and blazing tail, visible across the sky in both night and...

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Last post by AntennaGuy
Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:28 am
Radio Telescope in PR

Last post by helicon « Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:37 pm
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by murphcc1 » Fri Jan 01, 2021 11:59 pm

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I'd like to see this!!!!

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I saw this story on Facebook earlier this morning. $8 million is not a whole lot of money these days. GoFundme is also a good idea...

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Last post by helicon
Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:37 pm
The most distant galaxy is upending our model of the universe's history

Last post by seigell « Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:45 pm
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by smp » Sun Dec 27, 2020 3:22 pm

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I stumbled upon this today. From Salon.com:
According to a new study published Dec. 14 in the journal Nature Astronomy, astronomers have confirmed...

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A second-generation galaxy (or at least predominance of second-generation stars) at 13.4 BLy?? Makes one question the accuracy of the Time-Distance...

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Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:45 pm

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