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Hubble Finds Double Einstein Ring
A recent ESA press release displays a lovely a Hubble image of what is charmingly known as gravitational lens system SDSSJ0946 1006. The gravitational effectâ¦
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UFOs? Maybe Not
There’s a video going around the web of a UFO sighting on New Year’s Day in San Diego. As usual everyone says a whole lot about what is wasn’t. You can find…
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Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: One of the Coolest Things Ever
There are big ideas and then there are big ideas. The Large Synoptic Survey telescope is a massive idea. The proposal is to build a telescope in Chile thatâ¦
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Sunspot Cycle 24
A new 11-year sunspot cycle is about to begin, according to some blogs and other sources. I know very little about the Sun but am pretty sure that nothing…
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Lintott Lives!
Chris Lintott, over on his blog, has been reporting from the American Astronomical Meeting (AAS). In one post he has been detailing how astronomers have diedâ¦
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NASA Space Station Concepts
This is a nice link from Digg about concepts for space stations. just goes to show how varied and wide the shapes and sizes for space-faring vehicles couldâ¦
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New Horizons Jupiter Image
This is a lovely image from APOD earlier this week showing Io and Jupiter as seen by the New Horizons craft en route to Pluto. This is one of those computerâ¦
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The Jodcast
In the kind of circles I run in (you know, my high falootin’ scene) I am often asked where to find astronomy resources for the everyman. These people, and the…
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Time is Running Out, Literally
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Have a Wonderfully Secular Christmas
This morning at 6.08am (GMT) was the official mark of the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Today is the shortest day for us here in the UK and theâ¦