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• NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope looks at Microquasars

  
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  NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive star with a compact object — either a neutron star or a black hole — that blasts twin radio-emitting jets of matter into ...
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• Standing O for the Symphony of Science

  
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  If you didn’t catch the release earlier this week, the groovy folks at Symphony of Science have released a new video.  This one features Carl Sagan, Robert Jastrow, Michio Kaku and some Richard Dawkinsy goodness. Now I know you want to get your galactic groove on to the rest of the videos. Man, the song from ...
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• UTSA Nov. 20 astronomy event canceled because of rainy weather – UTSA Today

  
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  UTSA TodayUTSA Nov. 20 astronomy event canceled because of rainy weatherUTSA Today20, 2009)–The UTSA Department of Physics and Astronomy has canceled the eighth installment of the signature series, "Friday Nights, Celestial Lights," …read the full article
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• Overnight and Astronomy Thread

  
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  APOD: 2009 November 23 - Crescent Earth from the Departing Rosetta Spacecraft Crescent Earth from the Departing Rosetta Spacecraft Credit & Copyright: ESA ( MPS for OSIRIS Team), MPS /UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Explanation: Goodbye Earth. Earlier this month, ESA s interplanetary Rosetta ...
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• Learn the Constellations with Stellarium

  
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  Learn the Constellations with Stellarium This is from Mrs. Mecombers Scrapbook and is copyrighted material. Learn the Constellations with StellariumThis is from Mrs. Mecombers Scrapbook and is copyrighted material. I think I mentioned this excellent software program before, but it’s worth mentioning again. ...
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• Pink Floyd – Astronomy domine ‘67

  
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  Pink Floyd – Astronomy domine ‘67
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• Gamma-Ray Microquasar Detected by the Fermi Telescope

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 617
  NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive star with a compact object — either a neutron star or a black hole — that blasts twin radio-emitting jets of matter into ...
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• Comets Posing as Asteroids (or is the the other way around?)

  
  Universe Today — Authority: 667
  Asteroids are rocky bodies which belong between Mars and Jupiter . Comets are icy bodies that belong way out beyond Pluto . So what are comet -like objects doing in the asteroid belt ? (...) Read the rest of Comets Posing as Asteroids (or is the the other way around?) (679 words) © jvois for Universe ...
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• Moon Exhibition in Santa Cruz de la Palma

  
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  Photo: Nick Smith, taken on August 14th at the Roque de los MuchachosIn honour of the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon, and the International Year of Astronomy, the observatory is hosting an exhibition about the moon. It covers the history of lunar observations from the first ...
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• Thankful for The Universe

  
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  Milky Way Center Mosaic from the Great Observatories (click to embiggen) We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens . . . The diversity of the ...
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• Radio Astronomy Distance Education Course Offered

  
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  If you are interested in an online course in radio astronomy, offered through the University of Manchester, click here . Note that the “Application deadline for Exploring the Radio Universe is 8th January 2010.” The online course begins 8 February 2010, and note that “you need have no prior knowledge of ...
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• NASAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

  
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  WISE is a NASA-funded Explorer mission that will provide a vast storehouse of knowledge about the solar system, the Milky Way, and the Universe. Among the objects WISE will study are asteroids, the coolest and dimmest stars, and the most luminous galaxies. WISE is an unmanned satellite carrying an infrared-sensitive ...
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• Picture of the Day – A Glowing Nebula

  
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  Interstellar dust clouds and glowing nebulae abound in the fertile constellation of Orion. One of the brightest, M78, is centered in this colorful, wide field view, covering an area north of Orion’s belt. At a distance of about 1,500 light-years, the bluish reflection nebula is around 5 light-years across. Its tint ...
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• Seeing rocky exoplanets

  
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  Nature : Exoplanets are distant worlds that orbit stars other than our Sun. More than 370 such planets are known, and a growing fraction of them are discovered because they transit their star as seen from Earth. The special transit geometry enables us to measure masses and radii for dozens of planets, and we have ...
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• The Earth

  
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  The Earth Credit: Esa Our search for knowledge about the distant universe has led to better understanding of our own planet. Looking at Earth from space has in fact been pivotal for geoscience. The Earth rise, the famous picture that an astronaut on the Apollo mission took, still fascinates us. And this ...
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• Space debris risks increasing

  
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  washingtonpost.com : A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to avoid them will add greatly to the costs of future space flight, UK space experts say. Their study predicts that near misses between debris and spacecraft in orbit will rise by 50 ...
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• ASTRONOMY PIX

  
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    NGC 2623: Galaxy Merger from Hubble Explanation: Where do stars form when galaxies collide? To help find out, astronomers imaged the nearby galaxy merger NGC 2623 in high resolution with the Hubble Space Telescope in 2007. Analysis of this Hubble image and images of NGC 2623 in infrared light by the Spitzer ...
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• Cosmic “Dig” Reveals Vestiges of the Milky Way’s Building Blocks

  
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  Peering through the thick dust clouds of our galaxy’s “bulge” (the myriads of stars surrounding its centre), and revealing an amazing amount of detail, a team of astronomers has unveiled an unusual mix of stars in the stellar grouping known as Terzan 5. Never observed anywhere in the bulge before, this peculiar ...
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• Mystery of "X" at the Center of Spiral Galaxies

  
  The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel — Authority: 500
  Astronomy can be the most awesome and annoying thing in the world.  The universe is stuffed with stunningly interesting events in every direction, but were at the mercy of whether were actually able to see them - we cant exactly get out of our Earth-seat and move for a better look.  Imagine an IMAX movie explaining ...
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• Gigantic Black Holes Hidden Near the Edges of the Early Universe

  
  The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel — Authority: 500
  NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, slated for launch in 2013, will help scientists to look back in time and hunt for the cocoon-like supermassive stars near the edges of the early universe, which would shine brightly in the near infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The first large black holes in the ...
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