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should I stay awake long enough to watch the Ultima Thule flyby? by [email protected]
If NASA will be showing photographs from the spacecraft as it flies past 'Ultima Thule' tonight I would be interested in watching. However, I do not wish to...
January 1st 19 06:03 PM
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The astronomical New Year by Gerald Kelleher
The actual story of timekeeping is worth telling as there is one year that rules them all to borrow a phrase from a fictional work. In our annual trek around...
January 1st 19 04:32 PM
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Apollo photo from 50 years ago by Gerald Kelleher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise#/media/File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg The Earth's and moon's divisor always run parallel to each other and...
December 29th 18 09:00 PM
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Quito, Equador by Gerald Kelleher
Setting out in an aircraft at noon from Quito, about 1km North from the Equator, at a speed of 1669.8km/hr to the West and following the line of the...
December 27th 18 07:56 AM
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Sending astronauts to Mars would be stupid, astronaut says by StarDust
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46364179 I think so too! Maybe another 50 years, but by than robots going to be so sophisticated , no need for...
December 25th 18 04:09 AM
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A gift for Christmas by Gerald Kelleher
It is so much fun matching the positions of the faster moving planets and especially Mercury with actual time lapse footage...
December 24th 18 10:03 PM
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How do you pronounce Pleiades? by [email protected]
On Wednesday, April 28, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Allan Tingey wrote: How do you pronounce Pleiades? It's Plea-AWE-dess accent on the middle syllable....
December 23rd 18 04:06 AM
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Light pollution! by StarDust
Clearly seen in this space video, Earth at night! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT3voFvVEcI
December 22nd 18 05:05 PM
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Space walk!!!! by StarDust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zj8uXo9_yg Allsome view of earth!
December 22nd 18 03:10 PM
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If some gravity "leaks" into a 4th physical dimension, why can't theymeasure the loss? by RichA[_6_]
They measured gravity waves from colliding neutron stars and black holes, how much more difficult would it be to measure gravity loss? They call the dimension...
December 22nd 18 04:22 AM
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Solstice December 2018 by Gerald Kelleher
The great forward motion of the Earth through space has turned the North and South Poles to their appointed positions on the Solstice...
December 21st 18 05:58 AM
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Korolev crater filled with ice. by StarDust
https://mashable.com/article/mars-ice-korolev-crater-photo-esa/#XE.8O3VEHsqJ Amazing! Why NASA not send robots here?
December 21st 18 02:23 AM
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Documentary about Cassini includes LOONS who protested over its power source by RichA[_6_]
It was a resounding success of course and the protesters probably went back to their half-way houses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE5POhMnN78
December 20th 18 04:56 AM
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I wonder if you could make a larger, longer-lived black hole? by RichA[_6_]
https://mashable.com/2017/05/31/x-ray-laser-molecular-black-hole/#6dhKHxjCHSqi
December 19th 18 08:36 AM
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Susskind: Large Hadron Collider unproductive by RichA[_6_]
Yes, it did facilitate providing proof of the Higgs, but hasn't done anything since then. Begs the question if building an even larger, costlier linear...
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December 18th 18 12:10 PM
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Comet 46P Wirtanen & Pleiades in Real Time by StarDust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkxP0ngip3o Nice! So faint?
December 18th 18 10:12 AM
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Myth of earliest sunset on the Solstice by Gerald Kelleher
The December Solstice represents an event when there are two types of noon and two types of midnight within the same 24 hour day. Within the Polar day at the...
December 18th 18 09:11 AM
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Myth of earlier sunrise on Solstice by Gerald Kelleher
The December Solstice represents an event when there are two types of noon and two types of midnight within the same 24 hour day. Within the Polar day at the...
December 18th 18 09:09 AM
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Major Tom (Coming Home) by StarDust
Cool space video mix! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMDbX1zksgI Standing there alone, the ship is waiting All systems are go, are you sure? Control is not...
December 15th 18 09:44 AM
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Can't see the comet 46P/Wirtanen because it's like winter 1986 here by RichA[_6_]
By that I mean the Halley era. 3 solid months of clouds without a break. Maybe Saturday will be partly-clear.
December 14th 18 01:22 AM
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