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Forgotten, but not always gone: the various fates of planetary probes – Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky
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Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky. Want to watch a humanities major try to learn astronomy? Forgotten, but not always gone: the various fates of planetary probes. March 15, 2016. March 15, 2016. Pictured: an artist’s depiction of Voyager 1, also known as one of the lucky ones. Sometime around 2025, however, it(s power supply) too shall come to pass, and it will die a free probe – more on that later. Source. Escape from the solar system. And no-longer-early Russian probes. Sometimes we take matters i...
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Comet vs. Jupiter: the unfortunate fate of Shoemaker-Levy 9 – Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky
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Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky. Want to watch a humanities major try to learn astronomy? Comet vs. Jupiter: the unfortunate fate of Shoemaker-Levy 9. April 11, 2016. April 11, 2016. The impacts were massive, and created fireballs which lit up infrared telescopes around the world. The marks left by the collisions were present for months and were the darkest spots to ever be observed on Jupiter. View all posts by d51blog. The moon of Europa, or your practical guide to ice skating in space. You are ...
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A Giant spider on Pluto? | segalastronomyblog
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The Best Place to Learn About the Solar System! A Giant spider on Pluto? April 10, 2016. April 10, 2016. Launched in 2006, the New Horizons Space Probe set out with the mission to get the best view of Pluto that we humans have ever seen. And it just so happens that we succeeded! We are now seeing the absolute best images that we have ever seen of the famed dwarf planet. Recently, Pluto has been getting the spotlight for an interesting feature found by New Horizons. Take a look at this image yourself:.
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I’ve got this giant telescope and I don’t know where to put it: a guide for all your telescope placement needs. – Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky
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Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky. Want to watch a humanities major try to learn astronomy? I’ve got this giant telescope and I don’t know where to put it: a guide for all your telescope placement needs. February 16, 2016. February 16, 2016. Light pollution, alternatively known as the astronomer’s worst enemy. Source. Hey, where should I put my giant telescope? Ideally, you would put your telescope into space! Pictured: the best place to put your telescope. Source. Look man, I’m no Elon Musk. Light ...
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Is The Drake Equation Useless? | segalastronomyblog
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The Best Place to Learn About the Solar System! Is The Drake Equation Useless? April 27, 2016. April 27, 2016. The Drake Equation is an equation that was developed to help us determine what life exists in our universe beyond planet Earth. In class, we have been doing much work with the Drake Equation, including filling it out ourselves using our own estimates. But…is the Drake Equation useful or even worth our time? Read the full article here. Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place. Fill in your ...
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Living the fast life: Kepler-70b – Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky
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Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky. Want to watch a humanities major try to learn astronomy? Living the fast life: Kepler-70b. April 12, 2016. April 12, 2016. The Kepler spacecraft (which was feared lost earlier this week. Has discovered a veritable treasure trove of exoplanets over its seven year mission. Some of these planets may even be habitable. The planet is remarkably close to its parent star, and thus has one of the shortest recorded orbital periods: 5.76. Read what I read! Leave a Reply Canc...
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Celestial NASCAR: Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion – Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky
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Stars on our Helmets, Stars in the Sky. Want to watch a humanities major try to learn astronomy? Celestial NASCAR: Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion. February 15, 2016. February 15, 2016. Kepler’s Second Law as interpreted by our friends at XKCD. First Law of Planetary Motion. Kepler’s First Law asserts that a planet’s orbit is the shape of an ellipse, and the Sun is located at one of the foci of the ellipse. Second Law of Planetary Motion. Third Law of Planetary Motion. Although the Third Law was not pu...
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segalastronomyblog | The Best Place to Learn About the Solar System! | Page 2
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The Best Place to Learn About the Solar System! February 16, 2016. February 16, 2016. If you spend an entire day at the beach, it is pretty obvious to notice that the tide changes throughout the day. Sometimes it comes up all the way to your feet while you lay in your beach chair, while other times the tide can be so low it seems like the water is a mile away from you. Why you ask? The answer is somewhat simple: it has to do with the moon and gravity. SCED: The Value of Current Events. February 14, 2016.
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Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place | segalastronomyblog
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The Best Place to Learn About the Solar System! Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place. April 10, 2016. April 10, 2016. Watch out, Earth! Scientists have discovered a massive black hole in our universe, one that weighs the equivalent of 17 billions suns! The black hole recently found is located in a cluster with just 20 other galaxies. This is significant as it tells us that there may be more black holes out there than we thought! Here’s the article! A Giant spider on Pluto? Im loving this blog!
