On Dec 7, 10:50*am, Dan McShane wrote: On Dec 7, 6:03*am, wrote: On Dec 5, 11:37*pm, Dan McShane...

A recent discussion prompted a revisit to one of those proofs of the orbital motion of the Earth that only the amazing tools of contemporary imaging power...

The following statement should look quaint and awkward to the eyes of a genuine astronomer here - "The solstice officially falls on 22 December this year -...

It's a Small World: Kepler Spacecraft Discovers First Known Earth-Size Exoplanet http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=kepler-20-smallest ...

Space Weather News for Dec. 20, 2011 http://spaceweather.com SUNRISE COMET: Comet Lovejoy is receding from the sun, remarkably still intact after its Dec....

On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:19:41 -0800 (PST), Too_Many_Tools wrote: On Dec 18, 11:25*am, Benny Fishhole ...

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Ed Conrad will be making the Supreme Sacrifice. He has decided to donate his petrified brain to Science. Here are some very nice pictures of one...

Active galactic nuclei measure the universe http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/47391 Darach Watson and colleagues at the University of Copenhagen,...

Yes, Virginia, there IS a bidding war going on for Jerry Sandusky memorabilia on eBay and there's no end in sight. A perfect example is the astounding...

National Geographic: The ions that make up the solar wind can collide with the Moon's surface, essentially sandblasting it in a process called sputtering....

Space Weather News for Dec. 15, 2011 http://spaceweather.com SUNDIVING COMET: Comet Lovejoy is plunging toward the sun, and its ~200-meter wide core is...

Dear group, I need your help in relation to the 1st edition of the publication Life in the Universe by J. Bennett and S. Shostak and which I think was...

From my location on the edge of the planet (Let it go Gerrald!) the times for maximum totality and moonset were the same. The umbral phase of today's lunar...

by Ken Croswell Their cores spin at least ten times faster than their surfaces. Link: http://KenCroswell.com/GiantStarRotation.html .

by Ken Croswell A gas cloud may plunge into the Galaxy's biggest black hole in less than...

We're certainly aware that Sandusky, Ohio, is quite fed up with all that adverse publicity but don't believe that it's going to change its name because it's...

Dear group, I need your help in relation to the 2nd and 3rd editions of the publication The Cosmic Perspective by Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan Donahue, Nicholas...

I have considered why some people who encounter the astronomical works as they were originally intended do not feel or are unmoved when misusing or...

It's a miracle (maybe even better than Tim Tebow). Jerry Sandusky's "Jerry Sandusky Penn State Playing Card" currently for sale on eBay had three...