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Posted on May 1, 2022 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Astronomers Find What Might Be the Most Distant Galaxy Yet The Jodrell Astronomers have been leapfrogging each other into the past lately. Last week, a group using the Hubble Space Telescope announced they had … Continue reading →

Posted in May 2022, Sidereal Times | Tagged , | Leave a comment

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Posted on March 31, 2022 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Jodrell Bank Observatory to open £21.5m visitor attraction The Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire is to open a new £21.5m interactive visitor attraction. The First Light Pavilion, due to open on 4 June, will … Continue reading →

Posted in April 2022, Sidereal Times | Tagged , | Leave a comment

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Posted on March 1, 2022 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Iris: Student-built robot rover on track to explore the MoonWilliam “Red” Whittaker may not be a household name, but he should be. The robotics professor has been leading the development of a tiny wheeled … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 1, 2022 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescopes Baikal The Baikal deep underwater neutrino telescope (or Baikal-GVD – Gigaton Volume Detector) is an international project in the field of astroparticle physics and neutrino astronomy. The construction of … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 2, 2022 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Metal Planet Orbits Its Star Every 7.7 HoursAstronomers engaged in the sport of hunting exoplanets, or planets around other star systems have spotted a tiny world designated GJ 367 b with about half the … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 3, 2021 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan James Webb: Hubble telescope successor faces ‘two weeks of terror’Engineers like to describe the process of landing a rover on Mars as the “seven minutes of terror”. But when it comes to the James … Continue reading →

Posted in December 2021, Sidereal Times | Tagged , | Leave a comment

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Posted on November 2, 2021 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Meteorite Crashes Through Ceiling and Lands on Woman’s BedAfter a fireball streaked through the Canadian sky, Ruth Hamilton, of British Columbia, found a 2.8-pound rock the size of a large man’s fist near her … Continue reading →

Posted in November 2021, Sidereal Times | Tagged , | Leave a comment

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Posted on October 1, 2021 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene and David Kaplan Orbiting 3 Stars at Once It’s called a circumtriple planet, and evidence that one exists suggests that planet formation is less unusual than once believed. GW Ori is a star system 1,300 light years … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 3, 2021 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Fastest Orbiting Asteroid Found In Our Solar SystemA newly discovered asteroid is sticking close to our sun — much closer than our own planet Earth. The asteroid, called 2021 PH27, completes an orbit around the sun every … Continue reading →

Posted in June 2021, Sidereal Times | Tagged , | Leave a comment

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Posted on July 31, 2021 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan NASA Releases First Detailed Map of the Insides of MarsNASA’s InSight mission revealed Mars’s inner workings down to its core, highlighting great differences of the red planet from our blue world. A trio of … Continue reading →

Posted in Mid-summer 2021, Sidereal Times | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Saul’s 108th Story

Posted on June 2, 2021 by ST Editors

by David Kaplan My good friend Saul Moroz was an active member of AAAP, who reintroduced me to our beautiful science, astronomy. But there was another part of Saul’s life, just as there are with all our members, but Saul’s … Continue reading →

Posted in June 2021, Sidereal Times | Tagged , | 2 Comments

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Posted on June 2, 2021 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan James Webb Space Telescope’s golden mirror in final testThe technological marvel that is the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is going through final testing before being shipped to the launch site. The successor to … Continue reading →

Posted in June 2021, Sidereal Times | Tagged , | Leave a comment