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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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NASA Press Conference About the Mars Rover
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:02:59 GMT</pubDate>
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NASA will hold a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) on Friday, June 7, to provide an update about the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The 10th anniversary of this rover's launch is next month. The briefing participants will be: -- John Callas, project manager for Opportunity, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. -- Steve Squyres, principal investigator
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What&apos;s in a Name? Asteroid, Meteor, Meteorite, Meteoroid
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:03:56 GMT</pubDate>
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A couple of month's ago we watched Russia's fireball situation in part fascination and part horror. Since then, we have been asked a lot of questions about what that was and why NASA did not warn us? Well, let's get into a couple of terms and see if we can make some sense of this. Simply put, an asteroid is
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Lunar Eclipse Later This Month
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:14 GMT</pubDate>
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An eclipse of the moon will occur later this month, on May 25. This eclipse will be a penumbral eclipse visible across much of the Americas and Africa. According to Space.com, a penumbral eclipse is defined as "This is the least interesting type of eclipse, because the moon is in Earth’s faint outer (penumbral) shadow. Unless you’re a seasoned skywatcher,
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The Solar Wind
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 13:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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 An image of the Solar Wind and What the Earth's Magnetosphere The solar wind? What is it? It is a charged stream of particles released form the upper atmosphere of the sun. These particles escape the sun’s gravity through kinetic energy by high temperature of the corona (the outer atmosphere). Solar wind creates the heliosphere, the huge bubble in
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The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:31:30 GMT</pubDate>
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 Updated viewing condition (skycover) map for the Eta Aquarids for tonight and tomorrow predawn hours. A couple of interesting facts about this meteor shower (meteors are also known as shooting stars): Mid- and high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere will average about 10-20 meteors per hour, while areas closer to the equator (i.e., the tropics) and the Southern Hemisphere
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Comet ISON: &quot;Comet of the Century&quot;
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:48:02 GMT</pubDate>
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386 million miles away, just inside the orbit of Jupiter shines what could be the "Comet Of The Century" ISON. Scientist believe that ISON will have the potential to put on a dazzling light show in November. Where does the name ISON come from? ISON stands for International Scientific Optical Network, a group of observatories in ten countries who have
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Finding Dark Skies
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:21:37 GMT</pubDate>
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One of the biggest obstacles facing astronomy enthusiasts is light pollution. A majority of people worldwide live in areas where the glow from city lights obscures much of the beauty of the night sky. In order to really appreciate the night sky and see as many stars as possible, it helps to make your way to a place away from
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Unofficial International Astronomy Day
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:06:56 GMT</pubDate>
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This Saturday, April 27, has been declared (unofficially) International Astronomy Day. The reason for this day is to try to get people that normally are not thinking about astronomy to use a telescope and see Saturn since it is in opposition to the sun. Photo of Saturn taken in 2007 by Hunter Clifton Outten What does the opposition of Saturn
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Interesting Documentary About Light Pollution
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:09:08 GMT</pubDate>
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This blog's main purpose is to share with you an interesting documentary from PBS that you can find by clicking here. I have talked about this subject before and what a shame! Imagine your children's children going outside at night and not being able to see the wonder of the constellations. Imagine the generation after this not even knowing what
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Northern Tier of the US May See Some Northern Lights
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:48:32 GMT</pubDate>
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Just wanted to give everyone a quick heads-up that there may be a northern light show tonight across the United States/Canada border region tonight. As many of you know, the Sun has been rather active over the past week, and we are noticing a southward shift of the Bz which often indicates that a light show is possible. What is
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