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Achoo! Baby star ‘sneezes’ tell astronomers a lot about their development
Every new parent knows the cold anxiety that grips them when their baby sneezes for the first time. That’s when a litany of possible issues and ailments probably begin to irrationally race through your mind. Researchers now know baby stars also “sneeze,” but these infinitely more powerful post-natal sneezes launch gas, dust, and magnetic energy. In…
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Astronomy Educator’s Exhilarating Eclipse Encounter in the Sky
Summary: Tyler Michie, an astronomy teacher, embarked on a remarkable skydiving adventure during a total solar eclipse. Despite initial concerns regarding the weather and organizational delays, the experience proved unforgettable, with Michie witnessing the eclipse from an extraordinary vantage point. His passion for celestial events is not only a personal pursuit but also an educational…
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Urban Astronomy: Lighting Up the Night Sky at Long Beach State
Summary: Long Beach State University has found innovative ways to bring the astral majesty of the night sky to students and community members within an urban setting teeming with light pollution. Hosting observatory events and introducing a mobile planetarium, they continue to fuel interest in celestial phenomena, such as solar eclipses, despite their infrequency in…
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Students, astronomy enthusiasts gather in Westfield for eclipse
WESTFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) – Our team coverage on the eclipse continues in Westfield where an eclipse watch party was underway. Western Mass News was on the front field over at Westfield High School where the Space and Astronomy Club held a viewing event for students and community members. Now, it really was a party here…
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Astronomy Club educates students about universe, brings them together over outer space
The Astronomy Club at Illinois State University aims to educate students about the universe and to bring them together over a shared interest in outer space. The Astronomy Club hosts star parties, observations of the night sky on the quad, guest speakers, camping trips, planetarium shows and more. The club will soon be hosting a…
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Astronomers detect potential ‘glory effect’ on a hellish distant world for the first time
Artist impression of glory on exoplanet WASP-76b. Credit: European Space Agency Potential signs of the rainbow-like “glory effect” have been detected on a planet outside our solar system. Glory are colorful concentric rings of light that occur only under peculiar conditions. Data from ESA’s sensitive Characterizing ExOplanet Satellite, Cheops, along with several other ESA and…
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Back in the ’90s, This Eclipse Webcast Put the Cosmos on Demand
A total solar eclipse in Aruba was streamed to millions of users of the World Wide Web in 1998, helping to start an ongoing era of viral videos of space and astronomy. On Feb. 26, 1998, hundreds of people gathered to watch a total solar eclipse. The crowd gasped as the moon gobbled up the…
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This Is the World’s Largest Astronomy Camera, a 3,200 Megapixel Beast to See Through Space and Time
The US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is celebrating a breakthrough: the development of the world’s largest digital camera, offering a whopping 3,200 megapixel resolution — and targeting the creation of the most detailed map of the night sky ever. “With the completion of the unique LSST [Legacy Survey of Space and Time]…
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A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrong
On Thursday, astronomers who are conducting what they describe as the biggest and most precise survey yet of the history of the universe announced that they might have discovered a major flaw in their understanding of dark energy, the mysterious force that is speeding up the expansion of the cosmos. Dark energy was assumed to…
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US Aeronautics, Space Ambassadors Visit Premiere Academy In Abuja
The United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration Agency (NASA), in conjunction with a Nigerian non-governmental organisation, Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) Nigeria, has commenced an educational initiative in the country to boost awareness about Astronomy and Space Science among Nigerian students. Under the Initiative, a team of NASA Ambassadors visited Nigeria recently on an exchange…
