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SkyCube: A Personal Satellite

Posted on January 27, 2014 by almetetj

Project Explanation Video: SkyCube Project Overview While skimming through a list of start up projects on Kickstarter.com, I noticed a project that peaked my interest a while back, the SkyCube. This project gave “backers” the opportunity to control the soon to  be launched satellite, effectively becoming the  first crowd source funded satellite intended for crowd-sourced […] Continue reading →

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Is Light The Limit?

Posted on January 27, 2014 by almetetj

Albert Einstein once theorized that speed of light serves as somewhat of a global speed limit. It is assumed that nothing in the universe is capable of traveling faster than the speed of electromagnetic radiation. According to his observations, this makes sense. How could something composed of atoms of mass travel faster than a beam […] Continue reading →

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So Big…

Posted on January 27, 2014 by blankster22

Possibly my favorite thing to think about when I look up at the stars is simply how far away they are. Even though I know the measurements we have come up for for several of these stars, the actual distances … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Betelgeuse and Orion’s Belt

Posted on January 14, 2014 by paanvaannd

This is an image of Orion’s Belt (the three stars in a row on the bottom right) and the star Betelgeuse (the big bright star on the bottom left) taken by me on New Year’s Day. It is a sizable image, and a lot of star data might not be visible in this post due […] Continue reading →

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Happy Earth Day, Things I Can Now Point Out

Posted on April 22, 2013 by gerretyc

Happy Earth Day! Hello all, Since learning more about astronomy, I’ve noticed plenty of references to common misconceptions about our solar system, galaxy, and the universe in general.  This post […] Continue reading →

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And Then There were 8

Posted on April 10, 2013 by zoodrey

Bye pluto We all learned the acronym back in elementary school: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. Now the joke going around is that we have to learn My Very Evil Mother Just Served Us Nothing. Not only is Pluto killing our childhood knowledge, it’s also being mean to moms! So the … Continue reading » Continue reading →

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(Infa) Red-Hot Photography

Posted on March 19, 2013 by sharpew

For my 6th blog post, I want to share one of my favorite videos I have found this semester. The video, titled, “Movements in Red”, by photographer Andrew Hurtleff, shows what our world would look like if we could pick up infared wavelengths. Near-infared light, as seen in the video, is detected by light-sensitive chips in Hurtleff’s […] Continue reading →

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Famous Astronomers and other Stuff

Posted on February 6, 2013 by ibrahim2016

There are 5 scientists that are recognized as major astronomical figures in Europe: Nicholas Copernicus (February 19, 1473-May 24, 1543) Galileo Galilei (February 15, 1564-January 8, 1642) Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571-November 15, 1630) Tycho Brahe (December 14, 1546-October 24, 1601) Isaac Newton (December 25, 1642-March 20, 1727) Of the 5 of these people, 3 […] Continue reading →

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If Light Travelled Really Fast…

Posted on January 27, 2013 by ibrahim2016

According to prevailing theories in Physics, the speed of light, denoted by ‘c’ is a universal constant. It means that it is intrinsically related to the very nature of the universe. We exist because we are the culmination of almost fourteen billion years of conformation to this value by every single one of the atoms […] Continue reading →

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The Cosmic Calendar

Posted on January 24, 2013 by gerretyc

Although I doubt it will ever be entirely possible to comprehend the enormity of an amount of time as great as 13.7 billion years, I’ve found the Cosmic Calendar to be […] Continue reading →

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