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April 2010 Celestial Events & Space Research News
April 2010 -
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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Astronomy Today Sky Guide - April 2010
Night Sky - April
April 01 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Space Weather Radio
"CryoSat-2 installed in launch silo"
"In The Sky This Week - Southern Hemisphere AstroBlog"
"Rumbling Europa's hidden secret"
April 02 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 25
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Space Weather Radio
Comet 149P/Mueller 4 -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.802 AU)
Asteroid 2001 XO88 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.037 AU)
Asteroid 3949 Mach Closest Approach To Earth (1.138 AU)
Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (1.599 AU)
Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (2.857 AU)
Asteroid 1006 Lagrangea Closest Approach To Earth (3.266 AU)
"Countdown on for shuttle launch"
April 03 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 28
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Space Weather Radio
Fighting Light Pollution
April 2010 Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis Photo Gallery
April 04 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 40
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Space Weather Radio
Fighting Light Pollution
April 2010 Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis Photo Gallery
April 05 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 40
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Space Weather Radio
Cassini, Titan Flyby
Comet 81P/Wild 2 -
Closest Approach To Earth (0.673 AU)
Asteroid 2010 GV23 flyby - miss distance 2.1 LD, magnitude 19, size = 12m
Asteroid 2001 XO88 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.037 AU)
Asteroid 2009 HE60 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Asteroid 2554 Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.178 AU)
Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (2.292 AU)
April 06 2010 - 09:37 UT -
End of Third Lunar Quarter
April 06 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 41
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Space Weather Radio
Comet P/1999 XB69 (LINEAR) -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.008 AU)
Asteroid 2004 ER21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Asteroid 132524 APL Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
"CryoSat-2 launch timeline"
April 07 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 41
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Space Weather Radio
Cassini, Dione Flyby
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Mimas, Tethys, Calypso, Epimetheus & Janus
Kuiper Belt Object 136108 Haumea -
Closest Approach To Earth (50.125 AU)
"'First image' of star's eclipse captured by scientists"
"The ‘Cassini’ Spacecraft May Supply Responses To The Mystery Of Saturn’s Rings"
April 08 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Space Weather Radio
April 2010 Northern Lights Aurora Photo Gallery
Mercury -
At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (19 Degrees)
As of today there are 1114 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2010 GF7 flyby - miss distance 2.8 LD, magnitude 18, size = 30m
Asteroid 310 Margarita Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.023 AU)
"Watch CryoSat-2 launch live"
"Venus is alive – geologically speaking"
"Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite"
April 09 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet 211P/Hill -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.191 AU)
Asteroid 2010 GA6 flyby - miss distance 1.1 LD, magnitude 16, size = 27m
Asteroid 2007 TD Near-Venus Flyby (0.038 AU)
Asteroid 1034 Mozartia Closest Approach To Earth (1.593 AU)
Asteroid 241 Germania Closest Approach To Earth (2.312 AU)
"Venus 'still volcanically active'"
April 10 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2004 FG11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.879 AU)
April 11 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
As of today there are 1117 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2003 TT9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.873 AU)
Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.404 AU)
Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (2.722 AU)
April 12 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.119 AU)
Yuri's Night - World Space Party
"Baby stars in the Rosette cloud"
April 13 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.670 AU)
Asteroid 2010 GM23 flyby - miss distance 3.4 LD, magnitude 17, size = 47m
Asteroid 2008 FH Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.307 AU)
Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 AU)
Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.876 AU)
"Pluto's family set to grow tenfold"
"ESA's ice mission delivers first data"
April 14 2010 - 12:29 UT -
New Moon
April 14 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet 173P/Mueller 5 -
Closest Approach To Earth (4.094 AU)
Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (2.044 AU)
"Proba-2 shows solar eruption that touched Earth"
April 15 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Mercury & Venus visible today - SkyMap looking West at Sunset local time
"Animation of the ash plume from Icelandic eruption"
"New satellite image of volcanic ash cloud"
April 16 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Bright green Midwestern meteor fragments over Wisconsin, USA
As of today there are 1116 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 CB6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
Asteroid 2001 QE71 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
Asteroid 7862 Keikonakamura Closest Approach To Earth (2.051 AU)
"The Mysterious Molasses Markings of Pluto"
April 17 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet C/2009 F2 (McNaught) -
Closest Approach To Earth (4.982 AU)
Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)
April 18 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet C/2009 F2 (McNaught) -
Closest Approach To Earth (4.982 AU)
April 19 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet 30P/Reinmuth 1 -
Perihelion (1.884 AU)
Asteroid 2005 YU55 flyby - miss distance 5.9 LD, magnitude 15, size = 185m
Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.724 AU)
"Obama's Asteroid Goal: Tougher, Riskier Than Moon"
April 19-25 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Week
April 20 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2008 UC202 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.708 AU)
Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (2.039 AU)
Asteroid 11247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (2.570 AU)
April 21 2010 - 18:20 UT -
End of First Lunar Quarter
April 21 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
2010 Lyrid Meteor Shower SkyMap for pre-dawn meteor-watching tomorrow morning
Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (2.036 AU)
Asteroid 43844 Rowling Closest Approach To Earth (2.173 AU)
"First Light for the Solar Dynamics Observatory"
"StarStuff PodCast - 'Alien' life found on Earth"
"Surfing an alien atmosphere"
April 22 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
2010 Lyrid Meteor Shower SkyMap - looking up before sunrise this morning
2010 Lyrid Fireball Over New Mexico - movie
Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.442 AU)
"AstroBlog: In The Sky This Week April 22 - 29 for Southern Hemisphere"
April 23 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2009 UY19 flyby - miss distance 8.8 LD, magnitude 18, size = 87m
Asteroid 8575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (2.136 AU)
Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.143 AU)
"Starry-eyed Hubble celebrates 20 years of awe and discovery"
"Hubble, shuttle, humans and future exploration"
April 24 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
April 2010 Northern Lights Aurora Photo Gallery
Astronomy Day
April 25 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
April 2010 Northern Lights Aurora Photo Gallery
Asteroid 2004 US1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
April 26 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet C/2007 VO53 (Spacewatch) -
Perihelion (4.843 AU)
Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (1.947 AU)
"Planck highlights the complexity of star formation"
"The First Man On Mars"
April 27 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Prometheus, Telesto, Pandora & Pallene
Comet P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) -
Closest Approach To Earth (5.251 AU)
"SDO Observes Massive Eruption, Scorching Rain"
"StarTiger secures way to eclipse Sun in space"
April 28 2010 - 12:18 UT -
The Full Pink Moon
April 28 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
Asteroid 51825 Davidbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.149 AU)
Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (2.306 AU)
April 29 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2002 JR100 flyby - miss distance 8.0 LD, magnitude 19, size = 65m
Asteroid 2002 JR100 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
Asteroid 30440 Larry Closest Approach To Earth (1.413 AU)
Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (1.931 AU)
Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (2.185 AU)
"NASA to Probe the Universe's First Moments"
"Life On Mars"
"Asteroid ice sheds fresh light on Earth life"
April 30 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) -
Perihelion (1.423 AU)
Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.050 AU)
"SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, first appears today in 1006"
"Appearance of Arcturus brings warm weather"
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May 2010 -
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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Astronomy Today Sky Guide - May 2010
May 2010 Southern Hemisphere StarMaps [in .pdf]
Night Sky - May
May 01 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
May 02 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2007 DB61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
May 03 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 61
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (2.343 AU)
May 04 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 61
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
May 2010 Northern Lights Aurora Photo Gallery
Comet 104P/Kowal 2 -
Perihelion (1.180 AU)
Asteroid (141495) 2002 EZ11 Near-Mars Flyby (0.018 AU)
Asteroid 1125 China Closest Approach To Earth (2.343 AU)
May 05 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 68
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak in USA
"StarStuff: A mega-star is born"
"Big Aussie Starhunt: Download the May 2010 Southern Hemisphere StarMaps in .pdf"
"Plasma rocket to shorten space voyages"
May 06 2010 - 04:15 UT -
End of Third Lunar Quarter
May 06 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 77
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
The 2010 eta Aquarid Meteor Shower - SkyMap for pre-dawn hours tomorrow morning
Asteroid 508 Princetonia Closest Approach To Earth (2.111 AU)
Asteroid 9016 Henrymoore Closest Approach To Earth (2.898 AU)
"Herschel reveals the hidden side of star birth"
"Herschel space telescope pierces giant star bubble"
May 07 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 77
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2009 BD -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)
Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (1.867 AU)
Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (2.438 AU)
May 08 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 45
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (1.728 AU)
"Ancient meteorites in Antarctica could reveal origins of Solar System"
May 09 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2022 West Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)
May 10 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
"Mars500 European crew selected and ready to go"
May 11 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2005 JR5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.430 AU)
"Fireball found: Chunk of huge meteor that exploded over Wisconsin located"
"Herschel finds a hole in space"
May 12 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2007 TZ68 Near-Mars Flyby (0.012 AU)
Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (1.879 AU)
"Digging up Brahe: A search for clues to the famous astronomer's death - and life"
"Black hole 'hurled out of galaxy'"
"Volcanic ash in Meridiani Planum"
May 13 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
"Sun-watching Proba-2 keeps small eye on Earth"
May 14 2010 - 01:04 UT -
New Moon
May 14 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
As of today there are 1127 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Aten asteroid 2010 JR34 flyby - miss distance 5.8 LD, magnitude 21, size = 12m
"Texas A&M-led research finds ancient city of 'modern' galaxies"
May 15 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (2.010 AU)
May 16 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
"Weather satellite ready for Monday launch to Venus"
May 17 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
May 2010 Northern Lights Aurora Photo Gallery
Apollo asteroid 2003 HR32 flyby - miss distance 52.2 LD, magnitude 17, size = 1.0 Km
May 18 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Cassini, Enceladus & Methone Flyby
"Audio slideshow: Searching for space dust"
May 19 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet 24P/Schaumasse -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.277 AU)
Asteroid 2003 QC10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
Asteroid 2597 Arthur Closest Approach To Earth (2.419 AU)
"Comet in the June Dawn - using binoculars to see Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught)"
May 20 2010 - 23:43 UT -
End of First Lunar Quarter
May 20 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2004 FG11 Near-Mercury (0.039 AU)
Asteroid 11055 Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (0.985 AU)
"Big Mystery: Jupiter Loses a Stripe"
In a development that has transformed the appearance of the solar system's largest planet, one of Jupiter's two main cloud belts has completely disappeared.
Known as the South Equatorial Belt (SEB), the brown cloudy band is
twice as wide as Earth and more than twenty times as long.
These side by side images of Jupiter taken by Australian astrophotographer Anthony Wesley show the SEB in August 2009, but not in May 2010
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May 21 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 1865 Cerberus -
Closest Approach To Earth (0.334 AU)
Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (1.833 AU)
Asteroid 6433 Enya Closest Approach To Earth (1.879 AU)
"ESA's SMOS water mission goes live"
"Celestial Crow and Cross Standing Out in Night Sky"
May 22 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.175 AU)
"Mars Rover Update"
May 23 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 20
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2008 GA4 Near-Venus Flyby (0.031 AU)
Asteroid 9969 Braille -
Closest Approach To Earth (0.427 AU)
Asteroid 8088 Australia Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.274 AU)
"Copernicus' Remains Reburied In Polish Cathedral"
May 24 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
"Hubble spots a planet-eating star"
"At last a headstone for Copernicus"
May 25 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 17
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (1.414 AU)
May 26 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 16
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Apollo asteroid 2010 JN71 flyby - miss distance 8.2 LD, magnitude 18, size = 245m
May 27 2010 - 23:07 UT -
The Full Flower Moon
May 27 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 16
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Mercury -
At Its Greatest Western Elongation (25 Degrees)
Asteroid 2008 KV2 Near-Venus Flyby (0.032 AU)
"The Sky This Week - Thursday May 27 to Thursday June 3 - Southern Hemisphere"
May 28 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.463 AU)
"Moon rocks weren’t lost — just shelved"
May 29 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 5145 Pholus Closest Approach To Earth (22.402 AU)
May 30 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 43
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet 142P/Ge-Wang -
Perihelion (2.488 AU)
May 31 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 40
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 25399 Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.653 AU)
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"Download the ABC Science Southern Hemisphere SkyMap for June 2010 in .pdf"
Northern Hemisphere Night Sky - June
June 01 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 39
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.791 AU)
"A chance to name Europe’s next astronaut mission"
"Mars Was Wet But Was It Warm"
June 02 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 472 Roma Closest Approach To Earth (1.812 AU)
June 03 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 18
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Tethys, Rhea & Pandora
"Old Moon Rover Beams Surprising Laser Flashes to Earth"
"The Southern Hemisphere Sky This Week - Thursday June 3 to Thursday June 10"
June 04 2010 - 22:13 UT -
End of Third Lunar Quarter
June 04 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 17
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 1999 MN Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (0.967 AU)
Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
"Impact on Jupiter at 20:31 UT on Wednesday June 03 - watch the video"
"SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket enjoys successful maiden flight"
"Hylas on schedule for launch"
"As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather"
"Jupiter collision 'was asteroid'"
June 05 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 18
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Cassini, Titan Flyby
Asteroid 1999 HE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Asteroid 2004 KH17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
"Globular clusters litter sky"
June 06 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 25
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
"Astronomical Society bids to have asteroid named after Mnajdra temples"
June 07 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
"Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) is now passing through the inner solar system"
"SkyMap of the path of Comet McNaught for the rest of June 2010"
"Images of Comet McNaught from Slovenia -
UK -
Hungary -
Czech Republic"
"The ancient meteorite cult of Estonia"
June 08 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet 215P/NEAT -
Perihelion (3.213 AU)
Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric -
Closest Approach To Earth (3.514 AU)
"NASA Helps in Upcoming Asteroid Mission Homecoming"
"Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) Orbital Elements from the IAU Minor Planet Center"
June 09 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
As of today there are 1133 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Kuiper Belt Object 28978 Ixion Closest Approach To Earth (40.346 AU)
"Colossal crater clue to dino disaster"
"Titan life possible"
"Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) 3D orbit applet from NASA JPL"
June 10 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 28
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2007 YG Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (1.999 AU)
"Partial Lunar Eclipse on Saturday 26th June"
"The Southern Hemisphere Sky This Week - Thursday June 10 to Thursday June 17"
June 11 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 41
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
"Jupiter Impact: Mystery of the Missing Debris"
June 12 2010 - 11:15 UT -
New Moon
June 12 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 43
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (0.944 AU)
Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Closest Approach To Earth (42.155 AU)
June 13 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 46
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2007 XB10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
June 14 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 46
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2003 YS17 Near-Venus Flyby (0.044 AU)
"The red plains of Mars were once covered by a vast ocean... "
"Asteroid fragment fascinates scientists"
"Cranfield works on world's largest telescope"
"Japan asteroid capsule lands in Australian outback"
June 15 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.137 AU)
Asteroid 2002 Euler Closest Approach To Earth (1.283 AU)
Asteroid 1 Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.825 AU)
"Rosetta’s blind date with asteroid Lutetia"
June 16 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.310 AU)
"Mysterious Flash on Jupiter Left No Debris Cloud"
"Strange Martian Spirals Explained"
"Mini-camera pictures Japan's Ikaros solar sail"
June 17 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Comet C/2008 FK75 (Lemmon-Siding Spring) -
Closest Approach To Earth (4.057 AU)
Asteroid 2003 MN Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Asteroid 2007 DD Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
Asteroid 2451 Dollfus Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU)
Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (1.739 AU)
"The Southern Hemisphere Sky This Week - Thursday June 17 to Thursday June 24"
June 18 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.538 AU)
"Mars500 video diary no. 1 - tour the facilities with Diego Urbina"
June 19 2010 - 04:29 UT -
End of First Lunar Quarter
June 19 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 16
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan & Polydeuces
"Halfway to Pluto, New Horizons Wakes Up in 'Exotic Territory'"
June 20 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 28
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
As of today there are 1138 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 69230 Hermes -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.041 AU)
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June 21 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Cassini, Titan Flyby
Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (0.804 AU)
Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.505 AU)
"Mars500 video diary no. 1 - Romain Charles completes the tour"
June 22 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU)
"Fungi, Feces Show Comet Didn't Kill Ice Age Mammals?"
June 23 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 2008 EY5 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.043 AU)
"Comet in the June Dawn - using binoculars to see Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught)"
June 24 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto -
Closest Approach To Earth (30.860 AU)
Asteroid 2008 YC3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
Asteroid 2007 CS5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
Asteroid 2008 WM64 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approach To Earth (1.780 AU)
Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
"Big Lunar Eclipse"
June 25 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Pluto -
At Opposition
Tomorrow's Partial Lunar Eclipse - visibility map: Americas, Australasia, India, S.E. Asia
"Wet era on early Mars was global"
June 26 2010 - 11:30 UT -
The Full Strawberry Moon
June 26 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
.............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Partial Lunar Eclipse - visible in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and S.E. Asia
Partial Lunar Eclipse - visibility map for the Americas, Australasia, India and S.E. Asia
Comet 100P/Hartley 1 -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.676 AU)
Asteroid 8353 Megryan Closest Approach To Earth (1.774 AU)
June 27 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
Asteroid 154590 (2003 MA3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
June 28 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
.............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
June 26 2010 Lunar Eclipse Gallery
Asteroid 2005 ED318 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Asteroid 2118 Flagstaff Closest Approach To Earth (2.042 AU)
June 29 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
June 26 2010 Lunar Eclipse Gallery
"The Sun and Solar Activity: Hyder Flares"
June 30 2010 -
Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Australian Space Weather Agency
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"Stonehenge today is a battlefield, not only for police and festivalgoers at midsummer but also for rival camps of archaeologists, astronomers, and other researchers into the mysteries of prehistoric religion and science. Controversy flared up in 1963, when Gerald Hawkins made early use of the computer to identify Stonehenge as an observatory for the sun and moon and an instrument for predicting eclipses. Further studies of megalithic sites by Alexander Thom proved that many of them were also related to the seasonal positions of the heavenly bodies.
The study of astro-archaeology has now expanded worldwide, bringing new revelations about the mystical sciences of antiquity. This "little history" summarizes the issues involved in astro-archaeology, and illustrates its principal sites and personalities. Included are recent findings of British scientists, whose records of anomalous levels of natural energies at stone circles are in accordance with the magical reputations of such places in local folklore."
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"This complete, authoritative study of the growing discipline of Archaeoastronomy examines the role of astronomy in antiquity. Professor Giulio Magli provides a clear, up-to-date survey of current thinking on the motives of the ancients for building fabulous and mysterious monuments all over our planet. Was it an attempt to reproduce the sky on Earth, to bring down the power of the stars to where they could see it, worship it and use it?
The connecting thread is astronomy: Giulio Magli uses astronomy as a key to understanding our ancestors’ way of thinking. It is a challenge he likes to call ‘predicting the past’ - archaeology as a science is able to make predictions, like any other science, and to check them.
All of the astronomical achievements of the past are considered as a whole, in a comprehensive way that shows the depth and breadth of the thought behind them. In the past, the motives of the ancients – and particularly their scientific thought – have often been misconstrued, maligned or even dismissed.
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A possible interpretive model then emerges that is founded on the relationship the ancients had with “nature”, in the sense of everything that surrounded them, the cosmos. The numerous monumental astronomically aligned structures of the past then become interpretable as acts of will, expressions of power on the part of those who held it; the will to replicate the heavenly plane here on earth and to build sacred landscapes."
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"In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC. Lying unnoticed for months amongst their hard-won haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock, which turned out to be the most stunning scientific artefact we have from antiquity.
For more than a century this 'Antikythera mechanism' puzzled academics, but now, more than 2000 years after the device was lost at sea, scientists have pieced together its intricate workings.
Unmatched in complexity for 1000 years, it was able to predict eclipses and track the paths of the Sun and the Moon through the zodiac, and probably even showed ancient astronomers the movements of the five known planets.
In Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant tells for the first time the story of the 100-year quest to understand this ancient computer. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable characters - ranging from Archimedes to Jacques Cousteau - and explores the deep roots of modern technology not only in ancient Greece but in the Islamic world and medieval Europe too.
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"Historical astronomical records can play an important role in modern research, especially in the case of ancient Chinese observational data: sunspot and aurora records are important for the study of solar variability; solar and lunar eclipse records for the study of the Earth's rotation; records of Comet Hally for the study of orbital evolution; "guest star" records for the study of supernova remnants; planetary conjunction records for research in astronomical chronology.
In the past, Western scientists have not been able to exploit these valuable data fully because the original records were difficult to gather and interpret, and complete English translations have not been available. East-Asian Archaeoastronomy is the first comprehensive translation into English of such historical records for modern research.
The book also features an introduction to East Asian astronomy and offers guidance on how to use the records effectively. It will not only be a valuable research tool for astronomers but should also be of great interest to historians of China and Chinese science. Xu; Zhenoao Purple Mountin Observatory,Pankenier; W Department of Modern Foreign Language and Literatur,Yaotiao; Jiang Nanjing University , China."
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