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Saturday, January 27, 2018

Lasers to Clear-Away Space Junk?

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                                                                       This graphic shows how a ground-based laser system may be able to cl...
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Monday, January 8, 2018

100 Years Ago: Shapley Discovers True Magnitude of Milky Way & True Location of Earth in Galaxy

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                                                  Photograph of astronomer Harlow Shapley, who discovered a century ago that the Milky W...
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Astronomical Calendar: 2018 January

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January could be called the month of the Moon! Two Full Moons occur in January, January 1 and  January 31. The Full Moon of January 1 is t...
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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Winter Begins; Ursid Meteors Peak Friday

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This diagram shows the position of the Earth, in relation to the Sun, at the time of the Winter Solstice, as well as the other solstice an...
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Thursday, December 7, 2017

Nano-Space Probes to Star Alpha Centauri by Laser-Sail ?

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One possible concept for a Laser-sail mounted on a nano-space probe, which could reach the Alpha Centauri star system, possibly as early a...
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Friday, December 1, 2017

Astronomical Calendar: 2017 December

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The largest and closest Full Moon of 2017 comes on December 3 at 10:47 a.m. EST / 15:47 UTC; some people refer to this as a so-called ...
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Monday, November 13, 2017

Lasers in Space ?

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The U.S. Navy's USS Ponce amphibious transport ship with the world's first active Laser Weapons System (LaWS). Will spacecraft som...
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