Monday, March 27, 2017

Public Invited to Search for Planets in Other Star Systems

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W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. (Image Sources: Wikipedia.org , By T. Wynne / JPL - http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/images/k...
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Sunday, March 19, 2017

Season of Spring Begins Early Monday Morning

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This diagram shows the position of the Earth, in relation to the Sun, at the time of the Vernal Equinox, the official beginning of the Se...
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Friday, March 10, 2017

Citizen Science: Help NASA Find 'Planet Nine'

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This is an artist's concept of a cool, Brown-Dwarf Star, a type known as a "Y-Dwarf," which is one possibility of being the p...
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Astronomical Calendar: 2017 March

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Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday Morning, 2017 March 12, at 2:00 a.m. Local Prevailing Time. (Image Source: Austin College, Sherman ...
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Sunday, February 19, 2017

Two Dim Comets May Be Visible in a Telescope

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Radar image of the "Green" Comet 45P / Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková on 2017 February 12, by the huge Arecibo Radio Telescope in Pue...
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Friday, February 10, 2017

Friday Night's Dim Penumbral Lunar Eclipse w/ Web-Cast

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This graphic shows how the Moon travels through the Earth's Penumbral Shadow during the Penumbral (partial) Lunar Eclipse of 2017 Febr...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Astronomical Calendar: 2017 February

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The last Annular Eclipse of the Sun visible in Western Pennsylvania occurred on 1994 May 10, when the path of annularity passed through Er...
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