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The President and First Lady host NASA astronauts, area middle schoolers, and innovators in the field of astronomy for a night of fun, learning, and stargazing on the South Lawn. October 7, 2009. (Public Domain). (Read More)
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Kentucky Space:
The Planetary Society has developed an online catalog of exoplanets that look like playing cards. Saying that Kepler could add a number of cards to that deck, Exoplanetology reviews the catalog and takes it one very useful step further. If The Planetary Society provided an API to their database, developers might be able to (Read More)
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Universe Today:
The winner: Arp 274. Credit: NASANASA asked the public to vote on where they want the Hubble Space Telescope to be pointed in the "Hubble, You Decide" contest. Nearly 140,000 votes were cast online to help decide. And the winner is: a pair of interacting galaxies that look like they are hugging. Called Arp 274 (from (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
I was in the process of writing a post about true binary systems with exoplanets when I was alerted to a very interesting article. It seems that we have new additions to the list of exoplanets that belong to a binary system or multiple star system.High-resolution imaging of 14 exoplanet hosts stars revealed stellar companio (Read More)
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Planetary Society Weblog:
Some of you are probably thinking "oh, grow up," but honestly, when you talk about Uranus to any English-speaking audience, young or old, I promise you that the humorous sound of the planet's name is the first thing that ninety percent of them think of.
Here is a great altnerative.
Don't forget to support the 365 Days of (Read More)
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Submitted by Rapideye
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What's happening at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy? To help find out, the orbiting Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have combined their efforts to survey the region in unprecedented detail in infrared light. Infrared light is particularly useful for probing the Milky Way's center because visible light is more greatly (Read More)
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Submitted by Metapsyche
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New Planets and possibly an Earth-Like Moon Found. Plus other Astronomy News Tidbits. (Read More)
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Submitted by Davec
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Astronomy.com, Astronomy Magazine, offers daily astronomy and space news, star charts, pictures of planets, space missions, eclipse and much more. (Read More)
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Astronomy.com, Astronomy Magazine, offers daily astronomy and space news, star charts, pictures of planets, space missions, eclipse and much more. (Read More)
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Submitted by Davec:
“For at least two or three thousand years people have wondered, why does the sun shine? What does it mean when there’s an eclipse? What are comets? Why do the stars shine? People have asked about these things for a very long time. And we have now answers to most of these questions.” – Virginia Trimble. (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
At first I was saddened by the fact that Pluto was demoted from planethood. I was even amused by the new classification called "plutoids". I love playing with words, but plutoid sounded too funny to me. Why not have Jupiteroid, or even Earthoid? And all the debate that ensued about pluto's demotion just prompted me to call (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
Penn State University has recently opened up a Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds. Directed by Alex Wolszczan, Evan Pugh professor of astronomy and astrophysics, the center is devoted to broad, interdisciplinary research in the field of extrasolar planets, to promoting collaborations among scientists, and to improvi (Read More)
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Exoplanetology:
If there is any book at all that best captures Exoplanetology--The Art and Science of Exoplanets, then it is this book: Infinite Worlds by Ray Villard and Lynnette Cook.Prior to 1992 there were no known planets orbiting stars outside our own solar system. In the next few years, fast-paced developments in astronomy have reve (Read More)
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