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• in Technology
  Cosmic Photos - A Cool Picture Every Day
  Daily image of our fascinating universe along with a brief explanation by a professional astronomer
  by byrons / on Feb 1, 2012
• in Technology
  Black Holes Discovered 10 Billion Times Larger Than Our Sun
  Discovery of two new black holes called "monstrous" by researchers.
  by evilwife / on Dec 10, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “astrophysics”

 

• 20 May 2013. RIA-Novosti Video. The Moscow Planetarium’s 9,000 Stars

  
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  ______________________________ Here’s a two-and-a-half minute vid in English on the Moscow Planetarium . It has more to offer than just galaxies projected on the dome ceiling. It also has ancient star maps and a collection of rare meteorites . However, its main attraction is the night sky of the remote ...
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• Black-hole powered jets plow into galaxy

  
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  This composite image of a galaxy illustrates how the intense gravity of a super massive black hole  can be tapped to generate immense power. The image contains  X-ray data  from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), optical light obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (gold) and radio waves from the NSF’s ...
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• Support the Gravitational Universe science theme, as addressed...

  
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  Support the Gravitational Universe science theme, as addressed by the eLISA mission concept. I did already it. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 days ago

• BREAKING: Solar storms rising in May: the Earth is at risk blackout

  
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  Solar storms rising in May: the Earth is at risk blackout Solar activity will grow significantly in the current month, exactly towards the end of May. They are the experts of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) to disclose, which provide that the electromagnetic waves released may interfere with the ...
  1 week ago

• A hot meal for the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

  
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  ESAs Herschel space telescope has completed its mission at the end of April, but the observations it made continue to be a source of discovery. A study of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way performed on observations conducted between 2011 and 2012 identified a significantly warmer than expected ...
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• A View of the Heavens From Texas

  
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  Amateur astronomers gathered for the 34th Texas Star Party, which offered them a chance to gaze at a sky full of nothing but stars.        
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• From Deep in West Texas, a Gathering to Consider the Universe

  
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  In its 34th year, the Texas Star Party drew more than 500 amateur astronomers from across the United States and Canada to gaze together into the vast open skies.        
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• Stellar Evolution #2 – Main Sequence

  
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  Introduction Last chapter focused on the first stages of the stellar lifetime, if you want to read this first please see here When the core of a protostar becomes hot enough for nuclear fusion to begin, the main sequence of stellar life begins, and a fully fledged star is born. This is the longest stage of a ...
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• What’s up with Dark Matter?

  
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  This is NOT dark matter, just a cool image of a galaxy cloud There’s a lot of confusion and misinformation around the interweb regarding dark matter. Much of it sounds like pseudo-scientific borderline-religious arguments, both from strong ‘believers’ (sorry to use that term but I have heard it used so often ...
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• I’m Back.

  
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  Well, after a considerable gap in my posts (physics exams….), i have decided to start posting new content. I have got my hands a 2 new pieces of kit which i shall be reviewing: - Vixen NPL 30mm 1.25” Eyepiece -Cambridge Star Map There are also exciting things going on in the sky at the moment, comets, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Try this! A well done infographic, take a look. (Click)...

  
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  Try this! A well done infographic, take a look. (Click) “Thousands of meteorites have collided with the earth since 2500 bc. 34,842 have been recorded. only 1,045 have been seen... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• NASA Astrophysics Roadmap: The Next 30 Years

  
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  What are Origami Nanosat Telescopes? How about Kinetic Inductance Detectors? More importantly, what should we do with them? NASA’s Astrophysics is doing a Roadmap exercise, with the stated intent to look at science goals, technology and capabilities up to 30 years out! White papers were solicited a few weeks ago, ...
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• April 24, 2012 Gamma Ray Burst

  
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  I dont know how long these Opinion pieces are available for viewing on CNN webpage (very often, these articles are gone after a few months and the link I often use are dead). So you should read this (and save it if you wish) as soon as you can. This is a rather clear and concise reporting on the recent, puzzling ...
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• Earthquake in Algeria: At least 17 ​​injured

  
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  Algeria, in particular the northern Mediterranean is frequently affected by earthquakes. Country on a plate tehtonică a large part of the Mediterranean. Seventeen people were injured in an earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale in the city of Mostaganem, western Algeria, Civil Protection announced Friday. ...
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• The giant hurricane at the North Pole of Saturn has been photographed by the Cassini space probe

  
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  NASA has released a series of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft of the huge hurricane in progress at the north pole of the planet Saturn. The eye of this hurricane has a width of about 2,000 km (1,250 miles), about 20 times the average of the hurricanes on Earth, and the winds at its edges reach a speed of around ...
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• Meteor Shower from Halleys Comet Peaks This Weekend

  
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• Milky Way Makes Small Massive Gain

  
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  Weighing the Milky Way is no easy task. It’s not like you can just step outside the galaxy and place it on a humongous scale. [More]
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• The Herschel Space Telescope has reached the end of its mission

  
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  At the beginning of this week it was confirmed that ESAs Herschel space telescope has run out of the liquid helium that kept its instruments at the very low temperatures needed for them to work. The rise temperatures marks the end of its mission after nearly four years of work. Continue reading →
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• Image from the APEX telescope, of part of the Taurus Molecular...

  
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  Image from the APEX telescope, of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud.Credit&source;: ESO/APEX (MPIfR/ESO/OSO)/A. Hacar et al./Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• 100,000 Stars (click image to enjoy it) is an interactive...

  
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  100,000 Stars (click image to enjoy it) is an interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood created for the Google Chrome web browser. It shows the location of 119,617... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  3 weeks ago

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