Science is looking up

[UtahJoe]

Best book I have read in quite a while

 

[UtahJoe]

My mom busted this out today for me ... She bought it almost 50 years ago and saved it... Which is totally unlike her, she usually throws away everything. Very cool...

 

[rick81721]

Watch a comet kamikaze into the sun

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.space.com/amp/comet-dives-into-sun-soho-august-2019-video.html

 

[Patrick]

if you are too young to remember the last comet.....

late thursday, early friday - binoculars.

https://theskylive.com/where-is-168p

 

[Patrick]

https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-2020-rover-naming-contest.html

Rover McRove Face ?

 

[jklett]

https://time.com/5665315/northern-lights-this-weekend/

 

[Kaleidopete]

Full Harvest Moon tonight
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/...ll-harvest-micro-moon-on-friday-the-13th.html

 

[w_b]

Full Harvest Moon tonight
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/...ll-harvest-micro-moon-on-friday-the-13th.html

Full Barley Moon sounds tastier...

 

[Patrick]

Rocket launch out of Virginia. I can see these from branchburg as they depart over the sourland ridge.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...ygnus-resupply-mission-to-international-space

 

[jklett]

https://earthsky.org/space/tess-captures-black-hole-shred-star-video

 

[stb222]

https://earthsky.org/space/tess-captures-black-hole-shred-star-video

Maybe a dumb question, that is the actual video or a illustration?

 

[jklett]

Maybe a dumb question, that is the actual video or a illustration?

Unless I misunderstood the description (pretty likely), the video was an animation with some stills from the satellite.

 

[extremedave]

Looks like a bust weather wise unfortunately.

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/possible-meteor-outburst-alpha-monocerotids-nov-21-22-2019

 

[Kaleidopete]

Scarsdale teen discovers new planet while interning at NASA

https://nypost.com/2020/01/08/scarsdale-teen-discovers-new-planet-while-interning-at-nasa/

 

[rick81721]

This discovery is more interesting - earth-size planet in a habitable zone

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddar...finds-its-1st-earth-size-habitable-zone-world

 

[Patrick]

https://www.nasa.gov/wallops/2020/feature/watch-the-february-9-antares-launch-from-wallops

From my front yard in Branchburg, it will be visible over the sourland ridge

 

[Mahnken]

https://www.nasa.gov/wallops/2020/feature/watch-the-february-9-antares-launch-from-wallops

From my front yard in Branchburg, it will be visible over the sourland ridge

Did you see it? I completely forgot to look for it ?

 

[Patrick]

Did you see it? I completely forgot to look for it ?

scrubbed with a minute to go.

 

[rick81721]

Mars or Nevada? You decide

 

[Kaleidopete]

Supermoon in the Monday Night Sky

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