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A Grand Tour

Dec 23, 2009
Click here to view the embedded video. I’d be going to this if I could!! THE KNOWN UNIVERSE: A GRAND TOUR WHAT: The American Museum of Natural History presents Known Universe: A Grand Tour, The longest and most exhilarating trip a New Yorker can take...

The Battered Moon Rhea

Dec 22, 2009
The battered moon Rhea. Click for a larger version (~96k) Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute This Cassini image highlights just how battered the Saturn moon Rhea really is.  There is more than what I thought.  Clicking the image will...

VISTA Starts Work

Dec 21, 2009
No it’s not a computer program, no it’s a new telescope has started work at the ESO’s Paranal Observatory and this is one of the first releases.  The telescope is the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, or VISTA for short.  VISTA...

Happy Solstice!

Dec 21, 2009
Today marks the winter solstice here in the north, the sun sets rises as far “south east” as it will get.  If you are in the southern hemisphere this is your summer solstice  YAY! For me and those in these parts, we can see the days grow longer and...

Jupiter

Dec 20, 2009
Click here to view the embedded video. I think we need more “Voyagers”. Source


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