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1. What's Up for July 2018

   The night sky this month

   By Waspie_Dwarf, July 2   

   • nasa
   • astronomy
   • (and 2 more)

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     • nasa
     • astronomy
     • night sky
     • whats up
   • 1 reply
   • 129 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • July 2

2. Astronomical Events in 2018

   By Waspie_Dwarf, December 28, 2017   

   • meteor showers
   • eclipses
   • (and 1 more)

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     • meteor showers
     • eclipses
     • moon
   • 4 replies
   • 1,238 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • January 10

3. How to Observe the Sun Safely

   How to look at the Sun and not go blind

   By Waspie_Dwarf, July 2, 2012   

   • sun
   • safety
   • 0 replies
   • 9,536 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • July 2, 2012

4. Telescope receives upgrade, exceeds Hubble

   By UM-Bot, Wednesday at 06:31 PM
   • 9 replies
   • 167 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • 10 hours ago

5. Discovering Structure in Sun's Outer Corona

   By Waspie_Dwarf, yesterday at 12:13 AM   

   • sun
   • corona
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     • sun
     • corona
     • soho
     • nasa
   • 1 reply
   • 53 views
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   • Hammerclaw
   • Yesterday at 12:21 AM

6. 1st Evidence of Young Star Devouring a Planet

   By Waspie_Dwarf, yesterday at 12:02 AM   

   • exoplanets
   • rw aur a
   • (and 2 more)

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     • exoplanets
     • rw aur a
     • chandra
     • nasa
   • 0 replies
   • 30 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • Yesterday at 12:02 AM

7. New moons discovered around Jupiter

   By The Caspian Hare, Tuesday at 03:30 PM
   • 8 replies
   • 136 views
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   • cyclopes500
   • Wednesday at 04:48 PM

8. Cosmic Neutrino Traced to Monster Black Hole

   By Waspie_Dwarf, July 12   

   • neutrino
   • supermassive black holes
   • (and 3 more)

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     • neutrino
     • supermassive black holes
     • blazars
     • txs 0506+056
     • nasa
   • 4 replies
   • 142 views
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   • TripGun
   • Wednesday at 03:35 PM

9. General relativity is proven right once again

   By UM-Bot, July 5
   • 8 replies
   • 208 views
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   • Rolci
   • Tuesday at 11:00 PM

10. What Can Lunar Eclipses Do For Science?

    By Waspie_Dwarf, Sunday at 02:15 AM   

    • moon
    • eclipse
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      • eclipse
      • lunar eclipse
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    • 52 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • Sunday at 02:15 AM

11. Colourful Celestial Landscape

    The star cluster RCW 38 in all its glory

    By Waspie_Dwarf, Sunday at 12:58 AM   

    • star clusters
    • rcw 38
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      • star clusters
      • rcw 38
      • very large telescope
      • eso
    • 1 reply
    • 47 views
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    • Browng0at
    • Sunday at 01:06 AM

12. Fuelling a Cosmic Conundrum

    Hubble and Gaia Team Up

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 14   

    • hubble
    • gaia
    • (and 3 more)

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      • hubble
      • gaia
      • big bang
      • nasa
      • esa
    • 0 replies
    • 36 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 14

13. Rare Double Asteroid Revealed

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 14   

    • asteroids
    • binary asteroid
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      • asteroids
      • binary asteroid
      • asteroid 2017 ye5
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 35 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 14

14. Astronomers detect very bright radio emission

    By UM-Bot, July 11
    • 0 replies
    • 71 views
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    • UM-Bot
    • July 11

15. A New Interstellar Comet?

    Exploded in Brightness, 16 Fold, on July 2nd

    By bison, July 5
    • 5 replies
    • 122 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 6

16. Cataclysmic Collision at Uranus

    By bison, July 3
    • 18 replies
    • 440 views
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    • TripGun
    • July 6

17. `Oumuamua seen getting a boost

    New results indicate interstellar nomad is a comet

    By Waspie_Dwarf, June 27   

    • `oumuamua
    • comets
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      • `oumuamua
      • comets
      • asteroids
      • hubble
      • eso
    • 12 replies
    • 290 views
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    • bison
    • July 6

18. Burst of Celestial Fireworks

    Hubble Image

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 3   

    • nebula
    • star cluster
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      • star cluster
      • ngc 3603
      • hubble
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 72 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 3

19. First Confirmed Image of Still Forming Planet

    A Very Hot Jupiter

    By bison, July 2
    • 5 replies
    • 145 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 3

20. Kepler-186f is more habitable than we thought

    By UM-Bot, July 2
    • 8 replies
    • 196 views
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    • AllPossible
    • July 2

21. Hubble Captures Cluster of Aging Stars

    By Waspie_Dwarf, June 30   

    • star clusters
    • globular clusters
    • (and 3 more)

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      • star clusters
      • globular clusters
      • ngc 6139
      • hubble
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 53 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • June 30

22. A Huge Explosion in Space

    Not a supernova, as we know them

    By bison, June 27
    • 1 reply
    • 155 views
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    • bison
    • June 28

23. Will We Know Life When We See It?

    NASA-led Group Takes Stock of the Science

    By Waspie_Dwarf, June 27   

    • exoplanets
    • life
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      • exoplanets
      • life
      • nexss
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 70 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • June 27

24. Are black holes actually colliding wormholes?

    By UM-Bot, June 18
    • 7 replies
    • 361 views
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    • paperdyer
    • June 26

25. Royal Observatory Greenwich open after 60 yrs

    UK's forgotten woman astronomer honoured

    By Still Waters, June 26   

    • annie maunder
    • rog
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      • annie maunder
      • rog
      • the royal observatory greenwich
      • altazimuth pavilion
      • telescope
    • 0 replies
    • 62 views
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    • Still Waters
    • June 26