Astronomy: Search The Galaxy http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy Search for the next discovery Thu, 22 May 2008 19:37:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en New red spot appears on Jupiter http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/new-red-spot-appears-on-jupiter/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/new-red-spot-appears-on-jupiter/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 19:37:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/new-red-spot-appears-on-jupiter/ Feature may be an indicator of global climate change on the planet.

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]]> http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/new-red-spot-appears-on-jupiter/feed/ Mars rover finds Yellowstone-like hot spring deposits http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/mars-rover-finds-yellowstone-like-hot-spring-deposits/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/mars-rover-finds-yellowstone-like-hot-spring-deposits/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 19:37:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/mars-rover-finds-yellowstone-like-hot-spring-deposits/ A mineral-scouting camera pointed scientists toward an ancient martian hydrothermal system.

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]]> http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/mars-rover-finds-yellowstone-like-hot-spring-deposits/feed/ Did strange clouds foretell China quake? http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/did-strange-clouds-foretell-china-quake/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/did-strange-clouds-foretell-china-quake/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 18:58:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/did-strange-clouds-foretell-china-quake/ Did this phenomenon foretell the coming of the earthquake? No, of course not. I knew right away what these were: high altitude icy clouds. Sunlight passing through them gets diffracted, broken up into colors like a rainbow. …

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]]> http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/did-strange-clouds-foretell-china-quake/feed/ Moon Illusion http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/moon-illusion/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/moon-illusion/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 18:30:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/moon-illusion/ The common perception that a rising or setting Moon is magnified by the atmosphere is an optical illusion: Click link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion. The apparent angular diameter of the Moon actually increases slightly as …

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]]> http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/moon-illusion/feed/ Got Space for Skeptics? http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/got-space-for-skeptics/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/got-space-for-skeptics/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 18:00:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/got-space-for-skeptics/ The 55th Carnival of Space is up at Catholic Sensibility. As usual, lots of good blog links there for your spaced-out Thursday. Also, if that’s not enough, the 87th Skeptics Circle is up at Action Skeptics, too! Some NSFW language there …

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]]> http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/got-space-for-skeptics/feed/ Jupiter’s got acne! http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/jupiter%e2%80%99s-got-acne/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/jupiter%e2%80%99s-got-acne/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 16:21:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/jupiter%e2%80%99s-got-acne/ Jupiter’s three big red storms seen in a Hubble picture. The Great Red Spot is a vast, planet-sized hurricane that’s been blowing on Jupiter for hundreds of years. In 2006 it was joined by a smaller storm — though still thousands of …

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]]> http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/jupiter%e2%80%99s-got-acne/feed/ UNT's Rafes Urban Astronomy Center adds outdoor amphitheater http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/unts-rafes-urban-astronomy-center-adds-outdoor-amphitheater/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/unts-rafes-urban-astronomy-center-adds-outdoor-amphitheater/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 15:43:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/unts-rafes-urban-astronomy-center-adds-outdoor-amphitheater/ “The outdoor seating area has been part of our long-range plan for community outreach at the Rafes Urban Astronomy Center. It will make our facility more attractive for community groups wanting to hold ’star parties’ at the center,” he …

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]]> http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/unts-rafes-urban-astronomy-center-adds-outdoor-amphitheater/feed/ Astronomy questions from sixth graders, Part 4 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/astronomy-questions-from-sixth-graders-part-4/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/astronomy-questions-from-sixth-graders-part-4/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 15:32:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/astronomy-questions-from-sixth-graders-part-4/ She asked her sixth grade students to send me questions they had about astronomy, and I answer them on camera. There were so many I had to split this into five parts! I’ll be posting one part every day, first thing in the morning. …

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]]> http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/astronomy-questions-from-sixth-graders-part-4/feed/ What about GLAST? http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/what-about-glast/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/what-about-glast/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 10:13:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/what-about-glast/ With all that is going on, with the Phoenix Mars Lander getting ready to touch the surface of Mars and Discovery getting ready to take a trip to the International Space Station, you’d wonder how anything else could possibly be going on. …

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]]> http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/what-about-glast/feed/ Sound 'cause of shadow spectacle' http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/sound-cause-of-shadow-spectacle/ http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/sound-cause-of-shadow-spectacle/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 09:42:00 +0000 http://ecwastronomers.org/Astronomy/blog/2008/05/22/sound-cause-of-shadow-spectacle/ Mysterious bands of shadow which sometimes pass across the ground during an eclipse might be produced by sound pulses, according to a new theory. “Shadow bands” have been observed travelling across the ground before and after totality …

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