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Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

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All Things Astronomy
Jan 30, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by yvilletom
Who has a pic of Asteroid 17062 Bardot, named for you know damned well who?
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 12, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by yvilletom
The year 2020 is clearly out to make its mark in a big way: a global pandemic, massive wildfires across the Western United States, huge demonstrations for social justice around the globe. Here’s another one: a record observed near-miss of Earth ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 6, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Here is the inner part of our solar system, from the sun to the 5th planet, Jupiter. In this illustration, the asteroid belt is the white donut-shaped cloud.
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 19, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Scientists have discovered a massive subsurface deposit of dense material - probably metal - beneath the largest crater on the moon. Did it result from a huge asteroid impact or a former lunar ocean of molten rock? Read more: 👓 Photo: ...
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 6, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Lukian
NASA Is Going to Knock an Asteroid Out of Orbit in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test As over-the-top as movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact may be, they do get across a very non-fictional message: you definitely don't want to...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 4, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Lukian
Wow what an approach to the asteroid Bennu!! After traveling two billion miles over more than two years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft will survey the asteroid, collect a sample, and bring...
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 9, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Trojan Asteroids and retrograde orbiting asteroid: fantastic example of Lagrange points and the massive importance of Jupiter in our solar system (pun intended)
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All Things Astronomy
May 28, 2018May 2018

Posted by QuintKnickers
Does anyone else here suspect that space will turn into the old west in the next 50 years or so? I'm actually kind of hoping for it. There should be a real push on. Not for colonizing Mars, but for exploiting the asteroid belt. Phobos seems to me ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by Lukian
Jupiter may have captured an alien asteroid. Article with video included in the link.
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All Things Astronomy
May 15, 2018May 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is the second brightest object in the night sky after the Moon. Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus is the second largest terrestrial planet and is sometimes referred to as the Earth’s...
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 16, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Near Earth object hunters (asteroid hunters) aren't paid enough! This object was discovered just ONE day before it passed us at about half the distance between Earth and moon.
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Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alSolar minimum was in 2019 so the sun is ramping up in flares, spots and prominences.

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by RobecologyFor those following the JWST.

Posted by AnonySchmoose The post-launch set-up of the new James Webb telescope has gone very well.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by starwatcher-al Did you know that you can see Venus in the daytime?

Posted by starwatcher-alOne of these days I think that I'll figure out this Nikon.
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