Dan Brandon
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Mar 27
Learning Space
Jeff and Terry Menz from our very own club joined Nicole Gugliucci and Georgia Bracey for the Learning Space Hangout on Google + brought to you by Cosmoquest
Mar 27
Potential ‘Comet of the Century’ Not Brightening as Expected (excerpt)
This is an excerpt from and article By Joe Rao and SPACE.com posted on Scientific American. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD (Tony Farnham) The promising Comet ISON continues on its Comet ISON has stagnated around 16th magnitude for a couple months rather than steadily gaining in brightness as expected. Various signs suggest that the comet’s nucleus is not “healthy” The promising Comet ISON …
Mar 27
Whoa! Mini-Supernovas Discovered (excerpt)
This is an excerpt from an article by Charles Q. Choi for Space.com Follow the link to read full story Astronomers have discovered a new kind of supernova, a star explosion so weak that scientists dubbed it a miniature stellar blast. Supernovas represent the deaths of stars, which collapse in powerful explosions. They generally are classified into two …
