FALL 2018 & THE FULL HARVEST MOON

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Read all about it here!

Sky Guy Greg

READ THE LATEST ON OUR CANNIBAL GALAXY

Hey Space Placers!

Read the latest on our cannibal galaxy.

Sky Guy at Sea

FIRST LIGHT WITH TESS

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Look at the first image taken by NASA's new exoplanet hunter - TESS.

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) took this snapshot of the Large Magellanic Cloud (right) and the bright star R Doradus (left) with just a single detector of one of its cameras on Tuesday, Aug. 7. The frame is part of a swath of the southern sky TESS captured in its “first light” science image as part of its initial round of data collection.

Credits: NASA/MIT/TESS

I LOVE the first light image that shows the Large Magellanic Cloud! One of my fave places in the sky and Universe........

Learn more about TESS......



I look forward to the worlds that TESS will discover......

Sky Guy in VA

OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON SUNSPOT SOLAR OBSERVATORY

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Here is the official statement from Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA, http://www.aura-astronomy.org) regarding the "X-File" - my term not theirs - regarding the solar observatory closure that I blogged on recently.

The matter appears to be a law enforcement related matter.....

Sorry, no aliens or Roswell unfortunately. Crime even strikes the science of astronomy....

Sky Guy in the Aleutians

WHO DID IT?

Hey Space Placers!

Well, now we have a "who did it" aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Someone, somewhere, drilled a HOLE in a Russian spacecraft.

Some Russians are blaming the onboard American astronauts - wow.

Who knows if this will ever be solved.

Sky Guy in VA

WHAT THE.......

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Is it an X-File out in New Mexico at a solar observatory?

This is VERY strange.......

Sky Guy Greg at Sea

NASA ADVERTISING FOR SALE?

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Current ethics rules prohibit this.

I hope it stays that way.

Sky Guy At Sea