Monday, December 24, 2018

American Lunar Society Founder on 50th Anniversary: 1st Humans Orbit Moon

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The famous 'Earthrise' photograph from the NASA spacecraft Apollo 8, the first mission with human beings to travel to the ...
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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Winter Begins Friday; Full Moon & Ursid Meteors Peak Saturday

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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...
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Friday, December 7, 2018

Contact ET with High-Power Laser & Telescope?

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                           Image of the Unit Telescope 4 (UT4) of the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in the Atacam...
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Saturday, December 1, 2018

Astronomical Calendar: 2018 December

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                               Image of the Asteroid 101955 Bennu, an Apollo asteroid (a group of near-Earth asteroids which cross the Eart...
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Monday, November 26, 2018

'InSight' Space Probe to Land on Mars Monday Afternoon

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Mars map of landing zone target for the Mars InSight Lander, plus other NASA probe landing sites. (Image Sources: NASA / Jet Propulsion La...
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Merger of Laser & Transistor Could Improve Computer Speed, Battery Life

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                  This photograph shows a 50th anniversary (1997) replica of the first transistor invented at Bell Labs on 1947 December 23...
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Astronomical Calendar: 2018 November

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                                  Laser RetroReflector on the top deck of the Mars InSight space lander, for laser range-finding from Marti...