Astronomy News

Astronomy society invites public to safely view solar eclipse

Nanaimo Astronomy society invites public to safely view solar eclipse in Maffeo Sutton Park.

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Don’t forget the Space X launch! | Bad Astronomy

Space X is looking good to launch its Falcon 9 + Dragon capsule on Saturday morning at 08:55 UTC (04:55 Eastern US time). NASA tweeted about it, saying there’s a 70% chance of good weather at that time. It’s Florida, so that can change in an instant. Check with NASA and Space X for updates. Space X put together a press kit with details on the launch and mission activities. Via Universe Today I ...

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Astronomy buffs head to Canyon

The Southwest's canyon country is going to be filled with astronomy buffs Sunday afternoon.

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The closest supernova candidate? | Bad Astronomy

[NOTE: Whenever I write about actual cosmic events that might possibly affect us on Earth, I get scared emails from some folks. So let me be up front: there are no stars close enough to Earth to hurt us should they explode . Nothing I write in this post changes that; I'm talking about a star that can go supernova that's closer than I thought any was, but still much too far away to do much to us ...

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Area astronomy club to unseal 25-year-old time capsule

SPERRY - Southeastern Iowa Astronomy Club member Jim Hilkin has no idea what's inside the time capsule that was locked away in the John H. Witte Observatory classroom 25 years ago. But he's about to find out Saturday night.

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