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Kelly Beatty posted the thread Sky & Scope April 2020: Planets Aplenty in RSS Feeds.

This month's Sky Tour astronomy podcast highlights how Venus flirts with the Pleiades star cluster after sunset, then leads you to views...

Yesterday at 12:51 PM
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The Editors of Sky & Telescope posted the thread Sky & Scope The Pleiades Embrace Venus in RSS Feeds.

If it’s clear this Friday evening, April 3rd, you’ll be treated to the sight of Venus and the Pleiades in an apparent cosmic embrace...

Yesterday at 12:51 PM
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Bob King posted the thread Sky & Scope The Pleiades Welcome Venus in RSS Feeds.

You can renew your own cosmic connection on Friday night, April 3rd. That's when the planet Venus will skirt the Pleiades star cluster...

Yesterday at 12:51 PM
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Space Telescope Science Institute posted the thread HubbleSite NASA Awards Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2020 in RSS Feeds.

NASA has selected 24 new Fellows for its prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP). The program enables outstanding postdoctoral...

Monday at 6:43 PM
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Keith Cooper posted the thread Astronomy Now Scientists plan for BepiColombo fly-by despite coronavirus limitations in RSS Feeds.

Scientists are still preparing for the crucial fly-by of Earth by the joint European–Japanese BepiColombo mission to Mercury on 10...

Monday at 6:43 PM
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Christopher Crockett posted the thread Sky & Scope How Amateurs Could Help Future Exoplanet Observations in RSS Feeds.

Large observatories will require precise timing info to measure as many exoplanet atmospheres as possible. Backyard astronomers have the...

Monday at 6:43 PM
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Ade Ashford posted the thread Astronomy Now Planet Venus photobombs the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) 1–5 April in RSS Feeds.

Observers in the British Isles armed with no more than a pair of typical 10×50 binoculars can watch planet Venus’ close encounter with...

Sunday at 7:40 PM
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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Using Earth templates to hunt for life-supporting exoplanets in RSS Feeds.

An artist’s impression of Kepler-62f, a large terrestrial exoplanet located about 1,200 light-years away that may host a pre-biotic...

Sunday at 7:40 PM
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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Hubble anniversary events impacted by COVID-19 pandemic in RSS Feeds.

The Hubble Space Telescope as it was last seen in 2009 during a fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission. The iconic observatory...

Sunday at 7:40 PM
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Keith Cooper posted the thread Astronomy Now Evidence of Uranus’ leaking atmosphere found hidden in Voyager 2 observations in RSS Feeds.

By going over old data collected by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986, two scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have made the...

Saturday at 3:08 PM
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The Editors of Sky & Telescope posted the thread Sky & Scope 2020 Star Parties Update in RSS Feeds.

Several star parties have been canceled or rescheduled due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19. In many cases, organizers are still in the...

Saturday at 3:08 PM
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Monica Young posted the thread Sky & Scope A Mysterious X-ray Signal Has Gone Missing in RSS Feeds.

The absence of a mysterious X-ray signal — which could have provided evidence of dark matter — is causing as much controversy as its...

Saturday at 3:08 PM
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Keith Cooper posted the thread Astronomy Now High-stakes search in a galaxy cluster for an elusive particle in RSS Feeds.

A search within a distant galaxy cluster for ghost-like particles that could provide evidence for String Theory and be a candidate for...

Friday at 11:05 AM
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Alan MacRobert posted the thread Sky & Scope This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 27 – April 4 in RSS Feeds.

Venus and the waxing crescent Moon shine in the west during and after twilight. As night deepens, you'll find the Pleiades a little...

Friday at 11:05 AM
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Space Telescope Science Institute posted the thread HubbleSite NASA Awards Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2020 in RSS Feeds.

NASA has selected 24 new Fellows for its prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP). The program enables outstanding postdoctoral...

March 25, 2020

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