Friday, February 23, 2018

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts IR Space Telescope & Phases Out International Space Station

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This photograph shows a model of what the Wide-Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST) would look like, if ever constructed. (Image Sourc...
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Web-Cast: 1st Test Launch of SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Tue. Afternoon

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                            The SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Rocket on launch pad LC-39A (Launch Complex 39A) at the John F. Kennedy Space Ce...
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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Astronomical Calendar: 2018 February

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Last month, SpaceWatchtower said: " January could be called the month of the Moon!" See why: Link >>> http://spacewatch...
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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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