Friday, August 28, 2015

August "Super Moon"

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280 This NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (from 2014 Jan. 21) shows the smallest Full Moon possible superimposed over the...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

Universe is Slowly (But Very Slowly) Dying

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By Nola Taylor Redd and Space.com The most comprehensive assessment of the energy output in the nearby universe reveals that today'...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Citizen Science: Smart Phone App to Detect Cosmic Rays

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National Public Radio --- "We were, of course, fiddling with our smart phones, and that's when we realized, 'Hold on...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Great Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Wed. Night w/ Web-Casts

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This graphic shows the spatial relationships of the Earth, the Comet Swift-Tuttle (parent of Perseid meteors), and the Constellation Perseu...
Friday, August 7, 2015

Astronomical Middle of Summer

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This is the exterior of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1890 by the Smithsonian's...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Interactive Exhibits: Future of Air & Space Museum

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In one interactive exhibit, people flap their arms and sway their bodies to fly a bird on a screen. (credit: NASM) By Jeff Foust, The S...
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Saturday, August 1, 2015

Astronomical Calendar: 2015 August

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Seventy years ago this month, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on 1945 August 6 (left photograph) and Nagasaki, Japan on 1945 August...