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1. Astronomical Events in 2020

   By Waspie_Dwarf, December 28, 2019   

   • astronomy
   • meteor showers
   • (and 1 more)

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     • meteor showers
     • moon
   • 4 replies
   • 1,601 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • January 18

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
   • 0 replies
   • 13,278 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • July 2, 2012

3. Knowing how the universe will end is freeing 1 2

   By Waspie_Dwarf, Thursday at 07:23 PM   

   • universe
   • cosmology
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     • universe
     • cosmology
     • big rip
     • heat death
     • vacuum decay
   • 39 replies
   • 571 views
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   • Jon the frog
   • 21 hours ago

4. Uncovering Our Solar System’s Shape

   By Waspie_Dwarf, Friday at 06:06 PM   

   • solar system
   • solar wind
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     • solar system
     • solar wind
     • heliosphere
     • voyager
     • nasa
   • 7 replies
   • 118 views
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   • Humbled Hypocrite83
   • Monday at 08:11 AM

5. Calcium-rich supernovae

   Unique type of exploding star

   By Waspie_Dwarf, Saturday at 08:52 PM   

   • supernovae
   • sn 2019ehk
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     • messier 100
     • calcium
   • 0 replies
   • 41 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • Saturday at 08:52 PM

6. Long-theorized quantum phenomena

   Observed by astrophysicists

   By Waspie_Dwarf, Saturday at 07:39 PM   

   • white dwarf
   • neutron stars
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     • neutron stars
     • mass-radius relation
     • quantum mechanics
     • general relativity
   • 0 replies
   • 57 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • Saturday at 07:39 PM

7. Hubble Sees Near and Far

   New Hubble Image

   By Waspie_Dwarf, Friday at 08:48 PM   

   • galaxies
   • barred spiral galaxies
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     • barred spiral galaxies
     • ngc 4907
     • nasa
   • 0 replies
   • 46 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • Friday at 08:48 PM

8. Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy

   For Identifying Oxygen on Potentially Habitable Planets Around Other Stars

   By Waspie_Dwarf, Friday at 05:26 PM   

   • exoplanets
   • earth
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     • earth
     • moon
     • hubble
     • nasa
   • 0 replies
   • 22 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • Friday at 05:26 PM

9. Strange Dismembered Star Cluster

   Found at Galaxy's Edge

   By Waspie_Dwarf, August 5   

   • galaxies
   • milky way
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     • milky way
     • star clusters
     • globular clusters
     • phoenix stream
   • 0 replies
   • 69 views
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   • Waspie_Dwarf
   • August 5

10. Early Mars was covered in ice sheets

    Not flowing rivers

    By Waspie_Dwarf, August 5   

    • mars
    • water
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      • mars
      • water
      • ice
    • 1 reply
    • 84 views
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    • docyabut2
    • August 5

11. Some stars could host seven habitable planets

    By UM-Bot, August 2
    • 5 replies
    • 134 views
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    • Hazzard
    • August 2

12. Predicting Big Solar Flares

    NASA Sun Data Helps New Model

    By Waspie_Dwarf, August 2   

    • sun
    • solar flares
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      • solar flares
      • solar dynamics observatory
      • sdo
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 66 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • August 2

13. Stunning Space Butterfly

    Captured by ESO Telescope

    By Waspie_Dwarf, August 1   

    • nebula
    • planetary nebula
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      • ngc 2899
      • vlt
      • eso
    • 1 reply
    • 76 views
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    • quiXilver
    • August 2

14. Hubble Peeks at Stellar Treats

    New Hubble Image

    By Waspie_Dwarf, August 1   

    • star clusters
    • open clusters
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      • open clusters
      • ngc 2203
      • hubble
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 56 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • August 1

15. Hubble Snaps Ghostly Galaxy

    New Hubble Image

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 25   

    • galaxies
    • spiral galaxies
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      • galaxies
      • spiral galaxies
      • ngc 4848
      • hubble
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 108 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 25

16. Hubble Sees Summertime on Saturn

    New Hubble Image

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 24   

    • saturn
    • mimas
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      • enceladus
      • hubble
      • nasa
    • 0 replies
    • 61 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 24

17. First Image of a Multi-Planet System

    Around a Sun-like Star

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 22   

    • exoplanets
    • gas giants
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      • gas giants
      • tyc 8998-760-1
      • vlt
      • eso
    • 2 replies
    • 111 views
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    • L.A.T.1961
    • July 22

18. Evidence of active volcanism found on Venus

    By UM-Bot, July 21
    • 1 reply
    • 123 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 21

19. Largest meteorite in Germany discovered

    after sitting for decades in garden

    By toast, July 18   

    • meteorite
    • germany
    • 1 reply
    • 154 views
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    • toast
    • July 19

20. Four mystery objects spotted far out in space

    By UM-Bot, July 13
    • 15 replies
    • 423 views
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    • Peter B
    • July 19

21. Hubble Spies Sparkling Galaxy

    New Hubble Image

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 18   

    • galaxies
    • dwarf elliptical galaxies
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      • dwarf elliptical galaxies
      • pgc 29388
      • hubble
      • nasa
    • 1 reply
    • 112 views
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    • and then
    • July 18

22. Star hurtling across galaxy

    Caused by nuclear blast

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 16   

    • binary stars
    • white dwarfs
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      • white dwarfs
      • partial supernova
      • sdss j1240+6710
    • 4 replies
    • 144 views
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    • khol
    • July 17

23. Deciphering birth of supermassive black holes

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 15   

    • black holes
    • supermassive black holes
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      • galaxies
      • mirach’s ghost
      • alma
    • 0 replies
    • 104 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 15

24. Colliding neutron stars

    Could shed light on Universal mysteries

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 14   

    • neutron stars
    • pulsars
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      • pulsars
      • psr j1913+1102
      • gw170817
      • gravitational waves
    • 0 replies
    • 95 views
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    • Waspie_Dwarf
    • July 14

25. Hubble Sees Sculpted Galaxy

    New Hubble Image

    By Waspie_Dwarf, July 13   

    • galaxies
    • barred spiral galaxies
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      • barred spiral galaxies
      • ngc 7513
      • hubble
      • nasa
    • 2 replies
    • 126 views
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    • MissJatti
    • July 14