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May 24 - MA-7

neneulike wrote 23 minutes ago: I need to be up early tomorrow to take my mum shopping for garden furniture, and an invisible being … more →

Tags: Going On Up There Then, Atlas, Aurora, Mercury, spaceflight

We’ll Go No More A-Roving

Ana Caballero wrote 59 minutes ago: So, we’ll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the m … more →

Tags: English poetry, Earth, Moon, So No More We'll Go a Roving

The Sun As A Time Keeper

Jack Case wrote 1 hour ago: It has only been possible to give a brief explanation of this topic here.  A fuller exposition is gi … more →

Tags: Astro-Navigation, Celestial Navigation, Navigation, time

Does the cloud mean having to rethink software development?

astrocompute wrote 2 hours ago: Marten Mickos recently wrote a guest post on GigaOM titled: “For developers, the cloud means h … more →

Tags: astroinformatics, Cloud Computing, Cyberinfrastructure, Data Management, High-Performance Computing, image mosaics, informatics, Information sharing, parallelization

Do Creationists Believe The Earth Is Flat?

Logan Rees wrote 5 hours ago:   If the basis of creationism is a literal translation of the Bible, do creationists also belie … more →

Tags: Agnosticism, Atheism, Bible, biblical literalism, biblical literalists, Christianity, Christians, Climate, Creation

Jelly Doughnuts!

Norman Van Treeck wrote 6 hours ago: “Mmmmm…doughnuts” Homer Simpson. Today is Friday, and I am in charge of bringing i … more →

Tags: Play and No Work, Astrophotography, bagel, bagels, donut, donuts, doughnut, Doughnuts, Hubble

This time-lapse video of the northern lights in Jasper National Park is incredible

Ishmael N. Daro wrote 9 hours ago: A massive X Class solar flare on May 13 had some stunning effects here on Earth a few days later whe … more →

Tags: Science News, NASA, richard gottardo, science and technology, solar astronomy, sunspots and solar flares

Accurate Distance Measurement Resolves Major Astronomical Mystery

terraxt wrote 10 hours ago: Sometimes astronomy is like real estate — what’s important is location, location, and lo … more →

Tags: Astrophysics, Space, NASA, Space Distance Measure

First Attempt At Transmitting My Novel, Sesla…The Enchanted Planet

JA Ireland wrote 10 hours ago: Kinkorx Observatory.Let The Magic Begin Subject; First attempt at transmitting my novel. Greetings f … more →

Tags: JA's Novels, Sesla.....The Enchanted Planet, Milky Way, Soccer Table of Spanish Primera Division, Maxx Zeqster, Science Fiction Detective Novel, Milky Way Galaxy

What is dark energy?

Frederic Abel wrote 10 hours ago: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/05/23/what-is-dark-energy-2/ Image credit: Einstein and … more →

Tags: Various, energy density, General Relativity, Ethan Siegel, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Energy

Sagittarius Full Moon-Lunar Eclipse12 comments

Eddie Two Hawks wrote 10 hours ago:                                        May 25, 2013    0:26 am EDT                                   … more →

Tags: Astrology, People, Art, astrological sign, astrology, Earth, Earth and Sun, eastern time zone, electromagnetic shifts

Do you use yours?

Susan Reichert wrote 11 hours ago: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) an Italian Physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher  said, … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, People, Common Sense, Galileo Galilei, Science, Modern Science, Telescope, Intellect, Father

A few technical notes on an exoplanet—HR 8799c

jaksichja wrote 15 hours ago: Exoplanet HR 8799c Constellation Pegasus Right ascension 23h 07m 28.7150s Declination +21degrees 08m … more →

Tags: Science, Technology

Watch out for northern (and southern) lights

RhEvans wrote 16 hours ago: The occurennce of the northern (and southern) lights should increase over the next several months. T … more →

Tags: Nature, Sunspot Cycle, coronal mass ejection, Aurora Borealis, Aurora Australis

Star Tracker

Theo wrote 17 hours ago: This is my current star tracker that I use to take widefield astrophotos. It kept me busy and out of … more →

Tags: Milky Way, star tracker, LR4:

Most Detailed Observations Ever Of The Ring Nebula

George Arnold wrote 18 hours ago: Image credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O’Dell The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the m … more →

Tags: Agencies & Organisations, ESA (European Space Agency), General Astronomy, NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration), Nebulae, Astronomy (2), esa, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA

The Planet of the Red Sand - Part 13 comments

sYrpharon wrote 18 hours ago: Mars, the most famous planet among all. This planet is well known to mankind since the very early ag … more →

Tags: Science, Astronomy (2), Life, Mars, Extraterrestrial, Alien, Theory, universe, panspermia

Astronomers Team Up With The Public To Solve Decade Old Puzzle

George Arnold wrote 18 hours ago: An extremely precise measurement of the distance to a star system has finally allowed astronomers to … more →

Tags: Amateur Astronomy, black holes, General Astronomy, Stars, Astronomy (2), Binary Stars, Black Hole, Nature, News

Bad Astronomy

Lia Cunningham wrote 18 hours ago: Recently I saw the new Star Trek movie Into Darkness. Admittedly I was into it, but like most scifi … more →

Tags: Science posts, Lesson Resources, Science, universe, Classroom Resources


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