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Blog #2- Moon Phases and Eclipses

Posted on January 22, 2015 by boonea2

I remeber a couple years ago I was in Florida and… I’m blanking on what type of eclipse it was, but it was incredible. My dad was yelling at me to come outside and watch it. I was pretty young so I don’t remember a lot, but I do remember that I was amazed by […] Continue reading →

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Total Solar Eclipse

Posted on January 21, 2015 by newbeelity

A solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. (Definition from wikipedia) Total solar eclipse is pretty rare, only about once a year. This only happens when: 1. There is a New Moon, 2. The Moon is… Continue reading →

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StarMap 3D+

Posted on January 21, 2015 by michellelei

In the spirit of being in an astronomy class, I felt inclined to download a stargazing app onto my phone. StarMap3D+ was recommended by a multitude of people to me, so I downloaded it. The app costs $2.99 in the Apple App Store, but it is worth it if you want a quality stargazing app… Continue reading StarMap 3D+ Continue reading →

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Blog #1 Space is Mind Blowing!

Posted on January 21, 2015 by boonea2

It is weird to think that we are all made of little particles that exploded in supernovas. Like how were we even created? It blows my mind. I was looking up some fun facts about space, and I came across an article that talked about Saturn, and I learned that Saturn has such a low […] Continue reading →

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Star size comparison

Posted on January 21, 2015 by newbeelity

Here’s a video about the size of planets and stars. Comparing to the size of Earth, the size of a single person is so tiny that even 70 billion people cannot completely occupy the whole land of Earth. However, when it comes to the scale of the universe, Earth is obscure. From the video linked… Continue reading →

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BLOG#2 LOOK AT THE SKY

Posted on January 21, 2015 by dungeonastronomy

As now it is winter recently, Orion (actually part of Orion which looks like a large sandglass) (PS: I took a picture of Orion but it was too dim to be seen.) becomes the most visible constellation during nighttime on the sky. Sometimes the tail of Ursa Major is also visible when the sky is … Continue reading BLOG#2 LOOK AT THE SKY → Continue reading →

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William Herschel believes in ghosts!

Posted on January 20, 2015 by karenagrebenc

picture from: www.redorbit.com One of my favorite moments in the Neil deGrasse Tyson-hosted show Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey takes place in the first moments of one of the first few episodes.  It “flashes back” to the early 1800’s, showing a cartoon involving the famous astronomer William Herschel and his young son, John, walking along the […] Continue reading →

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Blog Post #1: What would happen if you threw a baseball at the speed of light?

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Elizabeth D.

This web page gives us the answer. Basically, if any object with mass were moving at that speed, especially within our …

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Total Solar Eclipse

Posted on January 19, 2015 by pgolemanska

People have been fascinated with total solar eclipses. Part of that fascination comes from how rare they are. Solar eclipses occur every 18 months on average, but what makes them so rare is that they are visible from limited number of locations on Earth. It ends up being that a particular location would observe a […] Continue reading →

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Traveling Faster Than The Speed of Light

Posted on January 18, 2015 by pgolemanska

Can you possibly travel at a speed faster than the speed of light? Scientists think it might be possible even without violating Einstein’s theory that the speed of light is the “galactic speed limit.” Some theoretical models show that in the early stages of the universe, right after the Big Bang, space expanded at a […] Continue reading →

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