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Blog Post 1

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Myles7235

When I was in elementary school, I never understood why Pluto was called a dwarf planet. I called Pluto a “baby planet” because it looked so tiny compared to the rest of the planets. I thought the reason that it was called a dwarf planet was because of its smaller size. The International Astronomical Union […] Continue reading →

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Identifying Jupiter and Mars

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Europa

Last night, I was looking up at the night sky while walking to dinner. I noticed a few constellations, as well as two brighter points of light that I was pretty sure were Mars and Jupiter. Normally, I can identify them, but for some reason Mars didn’t look as red to me as it normally […] Continue reading →

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Pondering Scale

Posted on January 20, 2023 by dougkyles422111

The Video “Powers of 10” impacted me so profoundly as I viewed it for the first time that I took a minute after watching to consider how insignificant we technically are in this universe. Earth may be the setting for every idea, individual or event that we know of, but there are infinite bounds of […] Continue reading →

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The Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse

Posted on January 20, 2023 by sydneyastr2110

One year, two months, and eighteen days: this is the time from the writing of this blog until a total solar eclipse will occur in North America. I’ll save you from doing the math, the date of this solar eclipse is April 8, 2024. The sky along the path of totality will become dark for […] Continue reading →

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Blog #1 – Observing the moon

Posted on January 20, 2023 by 02yrstu

As a part of one of the courses I took last semester, we observed the phenomenon of the phases of the moon. We were instructed to record what the moon looked like for one month, noting which area of the moon was illuminated at what time. When the data collection process was completed and we […] Continue reading →

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the cosmic calendar

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Emma Williams

The history of the universe is tough to wrap our heads around, much less to place in the context of our own lives! When studying astronomy, we are presented with so many large numbers — that the distance between earth and sun is 150,000,000 km, the universe is 14 billion years old, and the Milky […] Continue reading →

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Moon Phases in the Southern Hemisphere

Posted on January 18, 2023 by willems49

While reading Chapter 2 in the textbook, I realized how much of a difference living in the southern hemisphere would affect the way you view space. I think we generally tend to think of things as being similar if not the same in the southern hemisphere, especially something as universal as the stars in the […] Continue reading →

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The Cosmic Calendar

Posted on February 1, 2022 by jordanekstein

The Cosmic Calendar is a mechanism to help us understand the history of the universe relative to something we can comprehend more easily. This method puts the history of the universe into one calendar year proportionately. Through this it can help us understand in a more conceptual way how long, for example, humans have existed […] Continue reading →

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My first eclipse

Posted on January 31, 2022 by gcomartin

The solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 is the most spectacular astronomical event I have ever personally experienced. The event was an annular eclipse with the moon only blocking out the center of the sun, resulting in a ring of light around the dark moon. The eclipse occurred less than 48 hours after apogee, so […] Continue reading →

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Blog 1: The Mystery of the Light-Year

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Kaitlyn Lane

People often confuse a light-year for a measure of time instead of a measure of distance. This is understandable since it has “year” in the name. A light-year is NOT a measure of time. The true definition of a light-year can be easily understood with a few simple facts and calculations. First, light travels at […] Continue reading →

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