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Mysterious radio bursts reveal missing matter in cosmos

Last post by Graeme1858 « Thu May 28, 2020 8:27 pm
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by smp » Thu May 28, 2020 2:39 pm

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From Sciencemag.org:
Roughly half of the “normal” matter in the universe—the stuff that makes up stars, planets, and even us—exists as mere wisps of...

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Very interesting.

Thanks

Regards

Graeme

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Thu May 28, 2020 8:27 pm
Bankrupt OneWeb seeks license for 48,000 satellites, even more than SpaceX

Last post by Ylem « Wed May 27, 2020 9:00 pm
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by smp » Wed May 27, 2020 8:51 pm

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From Ars Technica:
SpaceX and OneWeb have asked for US permission to launch tens of thousands of additional satellites into low Earth orbit....

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Plus all the other ones already up there...

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Wed May 27, 2020 9:00 pm
On this day in history-Kennedy, go to the Moon.

Last post by smp « Tue May 26, 2020 5:31 pm
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by KingClinton » Tue May 26, 2020 11:22 am

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On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an...

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Very exciting! I cannot wait!

smp

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Tue May 26, 2020 5:31 pm
Scientists puzzle over massive star system

Last post by Makuser « Fri May 22, 2020 8:17 pm
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by Buckethead 2.0 » Wed May 20, 2020 4:18 am

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Fri May 22, 2020 8:17 pm
How a long-gone Apollo rocket returned to Earth

Last post by Buckethead 2.0 « Fri May 22, 2020 5:25 pm
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by Buckethead 2.0 » Fri May 22, 2020 11:51 am

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Fri May 22, 2020 5:25 pm
NASA Names The Next Space Telescope After The Brilliant 'Mother of Hubble'

Last post by helicon « Fri May 22, 2020 2:06 pm
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by Buckethead 2.0 » Fri May 22, 2020 12:30 pm

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Fri May 22, 2020 2:06 pm
Tagish Lake meteorite

Last post by smp « Wed May 20, 2020 2:46 pm
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by Thefatkitty » Wed May 20, 2020 1:45 pm

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Thought this was interesting; for me it was a bright spot in all the pandemic/economy news... :lol:

Tagish Lake meteorite that fell in northern...

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Great article! Thanks for sharing this, Mark!

smp

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Wed May 20, 2020 2:46 pm
ESO telescope sees signs of planet birth.

Last post by smp « Wed May 20, 2020 2:45 pm
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by KingClinton » Wed May 20, 2020 1:40 pm

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Wed May 20, 2020 2:45 pm
Is there another fundamental force of nature?

Last post by smp « Wed May 20, 2020 1:17 pm
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by SparWeb » Wed May 20, 2020 4:31 am

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Scientists in Hungary claim to have found a new particle that reveals a fifth force of nature.
Article by Eric Betz | Published: Tuesday, March 10,...

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Thanks very much for sharing this, Steven!

smp

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Wed May 20, 2020 1:17 pm
New images reveal the heart of Jupiter's storms and the planet's jack-o-lantern glow

Last post by Buckethead 2.0 « Wed May 20, 2020 11:39 am
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by smp » Sun May 10, 2020 9:27 pm

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From CNN.com:
(CNN) - Jupiter is known for its massive storms, but trying to peer inside them requires teamwork by the Juno spacecraft, the Hubble...

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Let's see some teenagers try to smash THAT pumpkin! :lol: Thanks for the link.

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Wed May 20, 2020 11:39 am
Three Million Light-Year Long Bridge Between Two Galaxy Clusters Warped by Supermassive Black Hole

Last post by Buckethead 2.0 « Tue May 19, 2020 9:28 pm
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by Buckethead 2.0 » Mon May 18, 2020 7:13 pm

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Tue May 19, 2020 9:28 pm
Astronomers Find a Record-Breaking Star That's Nearly as Old as The Universe

Last post by Buckethead 2.0 « Tue May 19, 2020 9:23 pm
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by Buckethead 2.0 » Sun May 17, 2020 8:37 pm

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Tue May 19, 2020 9:23 pm
Comet Swan

Last post by Graeme1858 « Mon May 18, 2020 9:25 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Mon May 18, 2020 9:20 pm

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A friend of mine saw a report on Facebook today that the newly discovered Comet Swan was going to visible to the naked eye in the Northern...

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Here's a thread all about Comet Swan:

Regards

Graeme

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Last post by Graeme1858
Mon May 18, 2020 9:25 pm
Scientists spot 'one in a million' super-Earth

Last post by Makuser « Thu May 14, 2020 8:58 pm
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by helicon » Wed May 13, 2020 6:03 pm

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Not sure if anyone has posted this story yet. Found it interesting...

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Hello Michael. A very interesting article and read Michael. Using the gravitational microlensing technique is being used more often now. Thanks for...

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Last post by Makuser
Thu May 14, 2020 8:58 pm
M61/SN2020jfo

Last post by Graeme1858 « Wed May 13, 2020 5:50 am
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by Graeme1858 » Mon May 11, 2020 10:20 pm

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Do we know about this one?

Supernova 2020jfo

It's in M61 so should be easy to find!

Regards

Graeme

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Here's my one:

Single image 900 sec @ 400 iso. 11/05/20 @ 23:45.

Regards

Graeme

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Last post by Graeme1858
Wed May 13, 2020 5:50 am
Orbital Debris

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Mon May 11, 2020 10:15 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Mon May 11, 2020 8:01 pm

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I think that's above the Indian Ocean not in the Indian Ocean.

Regards

Graeme

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I could not find anything extra on the news feed dealing with this event so thinking it may have been removed now.

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Last post by Lady Fraktor
Mon May 11, 2020 10:15 pm
Wisconsin’s Yerkes Observatory Has New Ownership.

Last post by pakarinen « Mon May 11, 2020 4:02 pm
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by KingClinton » Wed May 06, 2020 1:08 pm

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Mon May 11, 2020 4:02 pm
Supernova 2020hvf in ngc 3643

Last post by milanpicard « Sat May 09, 2020 9:48 pm
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by milanpicard » Sat May 09, 2020 8:09 am

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They showed it on the rochesterastronomy at 12.7 mag. Doesmanyone have info/pics/finder/confirmtion anything on this?

If Alan or someone has already...

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Alan, ha, finally! I knew you would be way ahead of me in the sn business but I just could not find a thread from you! Thanks. I posted here cuz last...

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Sat May 09, 2020 9:48 pm
Scientists identify tiny satellite around an asteroid NASA's Lucy spacecraft will visit

Last post by Makuser « Sat May 09, 2020 3:46 pm
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by smp » Fri May 08, 2020 12:28 pm

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From Space.com:
NASA's Lucy asteroid mission already faced a busy itinerary with seven different space-rock targets. Now, the team has discovered...

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Hello Stephen. This is a very interesting article, and not just about Lucy, but also the research program too. Thanks for the great link Stephen, and...

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Last post by Makuser
Sat May 09, 2020 3:46 pm
Details of SpaceX's Starlink "Visorsat" Revealed

Last post by Graeme1858 « Sat May 09, 2020 1:33 pm
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by smp » Sat May 09, 2020 1:04 pm

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From SkyAndTelescope.org:
The Starlink megaconstellation, which will consist of at least some 12,000 satellites and possibly up to 42,000, will be...

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Thanks Stephen.

It's a start, let's hope it's not just empty promises.

Regards

Graeme

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Last post by Graeme1858
Sat May 09, 2020 1:33 pm
Newfound black hole is the closest one to Earth we've ever found

Last post by GCoyote « Thu May 07, 2020 4:39 pm
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by smp » Wed May 06, 2020 12:46 pm

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From Space.com:
A newfound black hole may be the closest black hole to Earth, and you can spot its cosmic home in the night sky without a telescope....

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Not visible from our latitudes. We'll have to see who in the southern locales wants to try this.

I would be more than happy to try.
Just purchase...

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Last post by GCoyote
Thu May 07, 2020 4:39 pm
Hubble captures breakup of comet ATLAS

Last post by Unitron48 « Thu May 07, 2020 10:35 am
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by smp » Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:28 pm

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From Phys.lorg:
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with the sharpest view yet of the breakup of Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)....

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Great captures! Thanks for sharing.

Hubble...the space telescope that keeps on giving!

Dave

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Last post by Unitron48
Thu May 07, 2020 10:35 am
4 amazing astronomical discoveries from ancient Greece.

Last post by Unitron48 « Thu May 07, 2020 10:33 am
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by KingClinton » Mon May 04, 2020 6:47 pm

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Thu May 07, 2020 10:33 am
Slime in Space

Last post by Graeme1858 « Sun May 03, 2020 3:58 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Sun May 03, 2020 7:17 am

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Slime science on the ISS! Looks like they're just having fun to me!

Regards

Graeme

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Seems it's just a viscous, er, slime!

Regards

Graeme

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Last post by Graeme1858
Sun May 03, 2020 3:58 pm
Planet Three Times More Massive Than Jupiter Found 1,200 Light-years Away

Last post by smp « Fri May 01, 2020 12:21 am
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by smp » Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:04 pm

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Here's the Newsweek article I found on MSN.com:
Astronomers have discovered a planet three times more massive than Jupiter, and 300 times more...

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My edit window has closed, so here is a good link for the Newsweek article:

smp

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Fri May 01, 2020 12:21 am

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