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Astronomy & Space: The November program: The Clouds of Magellan
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. The November program: The Clouds of Magellan. Running time 30 Minutes. ALSO SEE OUR PAST SHOWS RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE COLUMNS. The astronomers at the Armagh Observatory in northern ireland has a long history of observing the clouds from the Boyden Observatory in South Africa before the founding of the European Southern Observatory in northern Chile. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). This month's New Program. The Sun in action.
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Astronomy & Space: Observatory named for John Glenn proposed at Hocking Hills
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. Observatory named for John Glenn proposed at Hocking Hills. Backers are fundraising to build an observatory and astronomy park named for the late space hero John Glenn at an Ohio state park. The head of the non-profit group's board said in a statement that the park could offer research and education opportunities, help spark visitors' interest in science and astronomy and honour Glenn's legacy. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Astronomy & Space: Did a solar storm damage Earth’s magnetic field?
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. Did a solar storm damage Earth’s magnetic field? A review of data, relating to the summer of 2015, suggests a solar storm struck the Earth’s magnetic field. This unprecedented event lasted a couple of hours, and it could have shrunk the Earth’s magnetosphere. The review of the 2015 event suggests a solar storm of such intensity passed Earth’s magnetosphere (which provides a natural defence against cosmic radiation). Th...The eve...
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Astronomy & Space: Piecing together a big bang, one meteorite at a time
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. Piecing together a big bang, one meteorite at a time. Xu Weibiao, a professor at the Purple Mountain Observatory, is helping to assemble an understanding of a massive asteroid that broke up above Earth thousands of years ago, raining down hunks weighing nearly 30 tonnes across Xinjiang. How does the Altay event compare with the Gibeon meteorite shower in Namibia, long regarded as the world’s largest? In 1898, some herdsmen disco...
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Astronomy & Space: It turns out the Sun is more cooler than we previously thought
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. It turns out the Sun is more cooler than we previously thought. Article: The Mount Wilson Observatory S-index of the Sun. Authors: Ricky Egeland, Willie Soon, Sallie Baliunas, Jeffrey C. Hall, Alexei A. Pevtsov, and Luca Bertello. First author’s institutions: High Altitude Observatory; Montana State University. Well, now that we have dealt with accuracy, what about precision? Effects on future studies. This month's New Program.
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Astronomy & Space: Why must time be a dimension?
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. Why must time be a dimension? 8220;It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life’s parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.” -. That’s this week’s Ask Ethan question from Thomas Anderson, who wants to know:. Your location in this Universe isn’t just described by spatial coordinates (...
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Astronomy & Space: Tangled threads weave through cosmic oddity
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. Tangled threads weave through cosmic oddity. New observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the intricate structure of the galaxy NGC 4696 in greater detail than ever before. The elliptical galaxy is a beautiful cosmic oddity with a bright core wrapped in system of dark, swirling, thread-like filaments. Right ascension 12h 48m 49.3s Declination −41° 18′ 40″ Mag 11.4. Even if NGC 4696 keeps impressive com...
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Astronomy & Space: Why do massive stars lose gas as they evolve? Mira supercomputer may provide answers
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. Why do massive stars lose gas as they evolve? Mira supercomputer may provide answers. Scientists believe they're close to understanding why massive stars lose mass in the form of gas as they evolve. The only problem: a lack of computing power. Access to Mira means that we will be able to run calculations that otherwise would take about 150,000 years to run on our laptops," Cantiello said in a news release. Unlike smaller one-dim...
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Astronomy & Space: NASA’s Cassini space probe images Prometheus
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. NASA’s Cassini space probe images Prometheus. Prometheus is an inner satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980 (some time before October 25) from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe, and was provisionally designated S/1980 S 27. In late 1985 it was officially named after Prometheus, a Titan in Greek mythology. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 226,000 miles (364,000 kilometres) from Prometheus and at a su...
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Astronomy & Space: Interview: Helen Sedgwick, Author of ‘The Comet Seekers’
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Monthly Guide to the Night Sky. YouTube] Never miss a show PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. Interview: Helen Sedgwick, Author of ‘The Comet Seekers’. Their first conversation takes place a while after the run, as they are drawn towards one another, even as Róisín is flooded with uncertainty about wanting his company:. 10077;One hour, forty minutes of darkness, and someone is behind her. Five days she has been here, five days she has searched the sky alone. Róisín turns around. What are you looking for? François stays w...
