Dan Brandon

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International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN)

Image Credit: Dan Brandon Come Join RBAC  at Annie’s Frozen Custard for International Observe the Moon Night and look through telescopes and enjoy hands on activities before feasting on some delicious frozen treats!     International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is an annual world-wide public engagement program that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon …

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One Incredible Galaxy Cluster Yields Two Types of Gravitational Lenses

Galaxy cluster Abell S1063 (left) as imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the Frontier Fields program. The distorted images of the background galaxies are a consequence of the warped space dues to Einstein’s general relativity; the parallel field (right) shows no such effects. Image credit: NASA, ESA and Jennifer Lotz (STScI) One …

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Is there a super-Earth in the Solar System out beyond Neptune?

A possible super-Earth/mini-Neptune world hundreds of times more distant than Earth is from the Sun. Image credit: R. Hurt / Caltech (IPAC) By Ethan Siegel   When the advent of large telescopes brought us the discoveries of Uranus and then Neptune, they also brought the great hope of a Solar System even richer in terms …

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