A 7-year journey to deliver an asteroid sample to Earth will soon end in Utah
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An annular solar eclipse is coming in October to Oregon skies
Oregon Public Broadcasting· 1 day agoIn 2017, Oregon was one of the states in North America treated to excellent views of a total solar eclipse. Next month, a different celestial event will occur: an annular eclipse. “This is a ...
Discovering the universe from our own backyards
The Conversation· 7 days agoIt was a pretty decent summer job, as I got to observe celestial bodies until the dead of night, talk to astronomy buffs about space exploration and watch children be amazed ...
Why the earliest galaxies are sparking drama and controversy among astronomers : Short Wave
NPR· 7 days ago"If you were a paleontologist, you would dig deeper and deeper to find the oldest bones. In astronomy, what we do is look at our history," says Jorge Moreno, an associate ...
Draco Malfoy's wand
Fandom· 9 hours agoDraco Malfoy's wand was 10" long, made of hawthorn wood, and had a unicorn hair core. The wand was manufactured by Garrick Ollivander and was described by him as being "reasonably springy".
The Music Hall Will Welcome the New York Times Bestselling Author and Science Journalist Dava Sobel
Broadway World· 4 days agoMs. Sobel will discuss her latest book, THE GLASS UNIVERSE: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, in which she recounts the little-known true story of a group ...
'Harvest supermoon' will be visible soon. Then, will we see the solar eclipse in WNC?
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe best nights to view the full harvest moon — weather dependent — will be on Sept. 28-29,...
What was that fireball seen and heard over Bloomington last night?
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhat was that fireball? The object likely was a meteor, said Sara Popp, outreach coordinator for the...
NASA mission to return from asteroid as big as the Empire State Building that may one day hit Earth
Salon.com· 23 hours agoOn Sunday, September 24 at approximately 10:42 EST, a NASA mission known as OSIRIS-REx will return...
How Radio Astronomy Sees Magnetic Fields
Newswise· 3 days agoMany objects in the Universe have magnetic fields. Although magnetic fields don’t emit light, charged particles moving in these magnetic fields often do. For example, aurora on Earth are caused ...