mel | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 16 2006 | astronomy, planet debate, space
Lovely written story about the planet debate (great walkoff)
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Quoted: A committee has proposed a new definition of the word “planet” that would expand at a stroke the family of planets from 9 to 12.
- mel | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 07 2008 | astronomy, science, ET
Phone home...
Quoted: The St Andrews researcher said this planetary system, and others like it, could host terrestrial planets like Earth. It was just a matter of time before such worlds were detected, he explained.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - mel | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 10 2007 | space, astronomy, pretty things, God's nightlight
Soooo pretty!
Quoted: Thousands of sparkling young stars are nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603, one of the most massive young star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - mel | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 12 2007 | astronomy
Saw Comet McNaught from the top floor of our office today as it made its brief appearance over the Olympics. Quite impressive to be able to see it so well without the help of binoculars or a telescope -- wish I had one though, could have gotten an even closer look! Beautiful...
Quoted: Instructions for viewing the comet in the morning from Spaceweather.com:
1. At dawn, go outside and face east
2. Using binoculars, scan the horizon
3. The comet is located just south of due east - mel | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 03 2006 | science, astronomy, space, mars
The first close-up views of the Mars landscape, including this fault in the Ius Chasma, can be found here.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - mel | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 21 2006 | astronomy
Quoted: Saturn's faint new ring, marked with a "+", is probably made of dust blasted off of two of Saturn's moons by meteoroids (Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
- mel | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 17 2006 | astronomy, dark skies, news
Had to share...
Starlight? Too bright
The pursuit of a dark sky takes stargazers ever farther from Puget Sound - mel | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 08 2006 | science, astronomy, light pollution
I'm currently writing about light pollution and astronomy... Check out these interactive maps via NOAA... Incredible.
ShareViewed: 8 Times - mel | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 04 2006 | star party, astronomy
Escape the urban glow... Star Party in Oak Harbor ... should be fun!
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