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1. Astronomical Events in 2019

   By Waspie_Dwarf, December 26, 2018   

   • astronomy
   • meteor showers
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     • astronomy
     • meteor showers
     • moon
   • 4 replies
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • January 1

2. How to Observe the Sun Safely

   How to look at the Sun and not go blind

   By Waspie_Dwarf, July 2, 2012   

   • sun
   • safety
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • July 2, 2012

3. Huge fireball exploded in Earth's atmosphere

   By UM-Bot, 22 hours ago
   • 2 replies
   • 76 views
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   • Seti42
   • 8 hours ago

4. Dust ring discovered in Mercury's orbit

   By UM-Bot, Sunday at 12:44 PM
   • 2 replies
   • 63 views
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   • Nnicolette
   • Sunday at 03:10 PM

5. X-ray Study of Meteorites From Mars

   May Tell Us About its Watery Past

   By bison, Saturday at 06:05 PM
   • 0 replies
   • 45 views
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   • bison
   • Saturday at 06:05 PM

6. Is Venus really the closest planet to Earth ?

   By UM-Bot, Friday at 04:29 PM
   • 9 replies
   • 165 views
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   • Essan
   • Friday at 09:27 PM

7. How much does the Milky Way weigh?

   How much weight would the Milky Way weigh if the Milky Way could be weighed?

   By Still Waters, March 10   

   • milky way
   • weigh
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     • milky way
     • weigh
     • gaia satellite
     • hubble space telescope
   • 16 replies
   • 202 views
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   • Ell
   • March 11

8. K Stars Liklier to Host Habitable Planets

   By bison, March 10
   • 2 replies
   • 74 views
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   • bison
   • March 10

9. You can now help to name Jupiter's moons

   By UM-Bot, March 6
   • 19 replies
   • 167 views
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   • bison
   • March 7

10. A Strange Spot on the Sun

    By bison, March 6
    • 1 reply
    • 103 views
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    • sci-nerd
    • March 7

11. Asteroids are harder to shatter than we thought

    By UM-Bot, March 4
    • 7 replies
    • 184 views
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    • Jon the frog
    • March 5

12. More Support for Planet Nine Hypothesis

    Two New Papers by Astronomers Who First Proposed It

    By bison, March 1
    • 6 replies
    • 176 views
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    • Alien Origins
    • March 5

13. Forget FarOut: FarFarOut has been discovered

    By UM-Bot, February 26
    • 13 replies
    • 281 views
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    • Likely Guy
    • February 28

14. Second 'alien megastructure' star discovered

    By UM-Bot, November 25, 2018
    • 15 replies
    • 487 views
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    • bison
    • February 28

15. Dragon-shaped aurora lights Icelandic skies

    By Eldorado, February 27   

    • northern lights
    • 0 replies
    • 71 views
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    • Eldorado
    • February 27

16. Earth's atmosphere extends beyond the Moon

    By UM-Bot, February 24
    • 3 replies
    • 176 views
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    • Unfortunately
    • February 25

17. Dark Energy Increasing Over Time?

    • 1
    • 2

    Quasar Observations Suggest it May Be

    By bison, February 1
    • 31 replies
    • 419 views
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    • lightly
    • February 23

18. New moon discovered in our solar system

    By UM-Bot, February 21
    • 2 replies
    • 122 views
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    • Impedancer
    • February 22
19. Crazy idea or is it?

    Meaning of space

    Topic was moved to forum Philosophy and Psychology

20. New sky map detects unknown galaxies

    hundreds of thousands of them

    By Eldorado, February 20   

    • lofar
    • 1 reply
    • 155 views
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    • bison
    • February 20

21. White Dwarf Star Encircled by Puzzling Rings

    Found by ESA’s Citizen Scientist

    By Waspie_Dwarf, February 20   

    • white dwarfs
    • lspm j0207+3331
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      • lspm j0207+3331
      • citizen scientists
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 93 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • February 20

22. Solar Tadpole-Like Jets

    Add New Clue to Age-Old Mystery

    By Waspie_Dwarf, February 19   

    • sun
    • corona
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      • corona
      • iris
      • nasa
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • February 19

23. Dog star Sirius to go dark Monday

    By Eldorado, February 17   

    • sirius
    • 4388 jurgenstock
    • 1 reply
    • 131 views
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    • Vlad the Mighty
    • February 17

24. New mission to explore origins of the cosmos

    By UM-Bot, February 16
    • 0 replies
    • 97 views
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    • UM-Bot
    • February 16

25. Hubble captures smoking gun of a newborn star

    Hubble Image

    By Waspie_Dwarf, February 16   

    • star formation
    • ngc 1333
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      • ngc 1333
      • herbig–haro objects
      • hubble
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 85 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • February 16