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Astrosp-here and astro there, astro everywhere. First, the picture. Isn’t that incredible? Today’s astrophoto comes from Filippo Ciferri. He took this and several other pictures from light-polluted Rome if you can believe it. Bad Astronomer Phil Plait debunks a story proposing the Sun came from another galaxy. Centauri Dreams has an article on the work …
Just give you all a warning, I’m going to be moving back to Vancouver, Canada in 2 days, so there might be a few interruptions. I’ll try to keep it to a minimum. Today’s astrophoto comes from Paul F. Campbell. It’s a series of pictures of the Moon stitched together into a mosaic. John Moore …
I’m running out of clever ways to introduce the astrosphere. Uh… here are some links? Today’s photograph comes from Chris Schur, and it contains both the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas. Click this link if you want to see more details, or just a really big version of it. And here are some stories: Daily Galaxy …
I hope everyone out there had a great weekend. Here’s what’s happening out in the astrosphere. Today’s astrophoto is from forum member Perran. It’s a widefield view of nebula IC 1318. Nicely done. Centauri Dreams has an interesting article about plans to build a giant radio telescope on the far side of the Moon. Daily …
Another week, another trip into the astrosphere. First, I’d like to remind those space writers out there that the Carnival of Space is coming up. I’m going to be hosting it again, so get your entries in. Email them to me before Wednesday night.
Welcome back to the astrosphere, here’s what’s happening in space… space… space. Today’s astrophoto from the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum is from Dave Mitsky. It’s NGC 7635, aka the Bubble Nebula. The Daily Galaxy has a look at Gliese 581c’s big brother. Probably not a great place for life. I covered the double supernova here. …
Before we proceed with this week’s astrosphere, I’d like to draw your attention to the Carnival of Space #7, held over at Pamela’s Starstryder blog. Many many great stories, from blogs you should check out. Today’s astrophoto from the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum comes from forum member Paul Campbell. Normally he’s shooting from behind a …
Welcome back to the astrosphere, so glad you could make it. I’ve been a busy little writer, contributing to Wired Science Blog, and now Earth & Sky‘s blog. I’m about to learn the limits of human writing endurance. But I’m having fun. My latest article for them is about a challenge from astrophotographer Mike Salway. …
Back out to the astrosphere. Let’s see what’s out there. Today’s amateur astrophoto is from Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum member clop. It’s a beautiful shot of the globular cluster Omega Centauri. You can see this and a photo of M83 in the forum. First off, Emily Lakdawalla from the Planetary Society debunks the discovery of …
Follow me as we travel around the astrosphere, finding cool blogs and websites. First up. astrophotographer Damian Peach (who contributed many photos to What’s Up) has put together an animation of Mars images providing a full rotation of the planet. Thanks for Chris Lintott’s Universe for the link. NASASpaceflight.com is reporting that most leaders of …