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Astro Bob blog: Jupiter-moon main dish with a side salad of aurora tonight
Watch the Jupiter moon conjunction and maybe, just maybe, a bit of northern lights tonight.
Thursday, November, 01, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Watch the Jupiter moon conjunction and maybe, just maybe, a bit of northern lights tonight.
Thursday, November, 01, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Is Earth under attack by Google Sky glitches?
Fun and scary things you'll bump into while zooming around Google's famous online, interactive sky atlas.
Wednesday, October, 31, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Fun and scary things you'll bump into while zooming around Google's famous online, interactive sky atlas.
Wednesday, October, 31, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Waning moon stalks Jupiter as Halloween approaches
The moon creeps up on Jupiter the next few nights until making a splendid pairing the day after Halloween.
Tuesday, October, 30, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The moon creeps up on Jupiter the next few nights until making a splendid pairing the day after Halloween.
Tuesday, October, 30, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Hurricane Sandy gets an unwanted boost from today's full moon
Sometimes astronomical events make a difference in our lives. Today's full moon will raise tides and increase Hurricane Sandy's destructive power.
Monday, October, 29, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Sometimes astronomical events make a difference in our lives. Today's full moon will raise tides and increase Hurricane Sandy's destructive power.
Monday, October, 29, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Paparazzi Curiosity snaps photos of Martian rock stars
Take a look at some of the crazy, cool rocks the rover sees while its chem lab analyzes the latest soil sample.
Sunday, October, 28, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Take a look at some of the crazy, cool rocks the rover sees while its chem lab analyzes the latest soil sample.
Sunday, October, 28, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: In praise of the humpbacked moon
As the Full Hunters Moon approaches, we pause to appreciate the most common moon phase of all - gibbous or "little hump".
Saturday, October, 27, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
As the Full Hunters Moon approaches, we pause to appreciate the most common moon phase of all - gibbous or "little hump".
Saturday, October, 27, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Hergenrother comet calves an iceberg on return to the deeps
A chunk busts off of the fall sky's brightest comet and amateur astronomers nab a photo of it.
Friday, October, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
A chunk busts off of the fall sky's brightest comet and amateur astronomers nab a photo of it.
Friday, October, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Meteorite masquerade Part II - Stardust on a shingle?
How a guy in Chicago hosed down his roof in hopes of finding dust from the asteroid belt.
Thursday, October, 25, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
How a guy in Chicago hosed down his roof in hopes of finding dust from the asteroid belt.
Thursday, October, 25, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Meteorite masquerade - Part I
Disappointing news. The rock that Lisa Webber picked up after it bounced off her roof after last week's fireball in California wasn't a meteorite after all. But that's how science works sometimes.
Wednesday, October, 24, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Disappointing news. The rock that Lisa Webber picked up after it bounced off her roof after last week's fireball in California wasn't a meteorite after all. But that's how science works sometimes.
Wednesday, October, 24, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Sunspot group 1598 unleashes powerful flare
Late yesterday evening a big sunspot group cut loose a powerful flare. While not directed toward the Earth, should the group continue to spout, we'll soon be in the line of fire. We'll also see what's new with Saturn and Jupiter.
Tuesday, October, 23, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Late yesterday evening a big sunspot group cut loose a powerful flare. While not directed toward the Earth, should the group continue to spout, we'll soon be in the line of fire. We'll also see what's new with Saturn and Jupiter.
Tuesday, October, 23, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: California fireball fragment hits pastor's home in Novato
Call it a message from heaven, but the first meteorite reported from the Oct. 17 fireball that lit up the sky over the San Francisco Bay area struck the roof of the Rev. Kent and Lisa Webber's home in Novato.
Monday, October, 22, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Call it a message from heaven, but the first meteorite reported from the Oct. 17 fireball that lit up the sky over the San Francisco Bay area struck the roof of the Rev. Kent and Lisa Webber's home in Novato.
Monday, October, 22, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Orionid update; R Sculptoris sculpts a spacey spiral
I hope you got to see a few meteors this morning before dawn. Here's an update plus a feature about star spinning a spiral.
Sunday, October, 21, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
I hope you got to see a few meteors this morning before dawn. Here's an update plus a feature about star spinning a spiral.
Sunday, October, 21, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Orionid meteor shower, Iridium flares and chance for auroras tonight
Lots going on tonight - take your pick of meteors, moon, Iridium flares and maybe even aurora.
Saturday, October, 20, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Lots going on tonight - take your pick of meteors, moon, Iridium flares and maybe even aurora.
Saturday, October, 20, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: NASA video of California fireball helps narrow fall zone
More on the San Francisco Bay area fireball including a NASA video and a nice cell phone pic.
Saturday, October, 20, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
More on the San Francisco Bay area fireball including a NASA video and a nice cell phone pic.
Saturday, October, 20, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Wassup with comets Hergenrother, L4 PanSTARRS and S1 ISON
We drop in on three comets to see what they've been up to and where they're headed.
Friday, October, 19, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
We drop in on three comets to see what they've been up to and where they're headed.
Friday, October, 19, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Oct. 17 California fireball may have dropped meteorites
A massive fireball over the San Francisco Bay area rumbled homes and may have even dropped a few space rocks.
Thursday, October, 18, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
A massive fireball over the San Francisco Bay area rumbled homes and may have even dropped a few space rocks.
Thursday, October, 18, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: See Jupiter, channel Galileo
I recently stumbled on a fun coincidence while looking up information about Jupiter. If you go out the next clear night, you'll see the planet in nearly the identical spot Galileo first observed it with his homemade telescope on Thursday evening January 7, 1610.
Wednesday, October, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
I recently stumbled on a fun coincidence while looking up information about Jupiter. If you go out the next clear night, you'll see the planet in nearly the identical spot Galileo first observed it with his homemade telescope on Thursday evening January 7, 1610.
Wednesday, October, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Alpha Centauri harbors Earth-size planet!
Big news today! A new Earth-sized planet has been confirmed about the closest star to the sun.
Tuesday, October, 16, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Big news today! A new Earth-sized planet has been confirmed about the closest star to the sun.
Tuesday, October, 16, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: X your calendar for Sunday's Orionid meteor shower
Don't stay up too late this coming Saturday night. You'll need your sleep before rising Sunday morning to watch the dearly departed dust of Halley's Comet flashing down as the Orionid meteor shower.
Tuesday, October, 16, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Don't stay up too late this coming Saturday night. You'll need your sleep before rising Sunday morning to watch the dearly departed dust of Halley's Comet flashing down as the Orionid meteor shower.
Tuesday, October, 16, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Supernova imposter 2009ip finally comes clean
Polyjuice. Once swallowed, the magic potion of the Harry Potter movies allows the user to assume the appearance of any person for just one hour. Starting in 2009, astronomers have witnessed something of this "polyjuice factor" in a star in a galaxy 66 million light years away.
Monday, October, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
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Polyjuice. Once swallowed, the magic potion of the Harry Potter movies allows the user to assume the appearance of any person for just one hour. Starting in 2009, astronomers have witnessed something of this "polyjuice factor" in a star in a galaxy 66 million light years away.
Monday, October, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
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