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Recent solar flare seen bombarding Earth with gamma rays
From the “Oh noes it’s Radiation” department, Dr. Leif Svalgaard points out we all got a gamma ray bath on that recent big solar flare. I wonder how many Banana Equivalent Doses we a… more →
Watts Up With That?
Sounds from Space
wrote 2 weeks ago: Radio waves surround us everywhere. All natural radio signals are created by moving charged particle … more →
Image of the Day: The Vela Pulsar --"A Vast, Natural Particle Accelerator"
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wrote 1 month ago: SOURCE The Vela pulsar is a neutron star about 12 miles in diameter, itself spinning at … more →
Fermi space telescope's 'spirograph' of the Vela pulsar - video
wrote 2 months ago: spirograph of the vela pulsar plotted by the fermi space telescope (image & video: nasa, … more →
Fermi Epicycles
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wrote 1 year ago: The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST) or … more →
Fermi Epicycles: The Vela Pulsar's Path
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wrote 1 year ago: I saw this picture on APOD today, and fell in love with it. APOD’s explanation of what it is: … more →
Recent solar flare seen bombarding Earth with gamma rays
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wrote 1 year ago: From the “Oh noes it’s Radiation” department, Dr. Leif Svalgaard points out we all … more →
Grunt
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wrote 1 year ago: I recently ran across this video piece by Louie Giglio entitled “Mashup of Stars and Whales Singing … more →
Astronomy Picture of the Day
wrote 2 years ago: Vela Supernova Remnant Explanation: The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy runs through this complex and … more →
Sound of the Universe
wrote 3 years ago: I am not talking the about by Depeche Mode here. Some spacecraft have instruments capable of capturi … more →
