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Astro Bob blog: Conversation with the sky
A night out with friends in Wisconsin.
Saturday, September, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
A night out with friends in Wisconsin.
Saturday, September, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Mars mystery spheres mystify scientists
The Opportunity rover turns up some of the strangest berry pie ever seen on Mars.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The Opportunity rover turns up some of the strangest berry pie ever seen on Mars.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Hey rainbow, where's my pot of gold?
Rainbows are the coolest. A week ago I left work absolutely bedraggled. But walking out the back door, I was greeted with the fattest, most colorful stump of a rainbow I'd seen in years. Find out some things you may not have known about rainbows.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Rainbows are the coolest. A week ago I left work absolutely bedraggled. But walking out the back door, I was greeted with the fattest, most colorful stump of a rainbow I'd seen in years. Find out some things you may not have known about rainbows.
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Jumping spiders are orbiting Earth today
The 8-legged creatures are traveling at more than 17,000 miles per hour as they attempt to nab their prey in zero G. Will they succeed?
Thursday, September, 13, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The 8-legged creatures are traveling at more than 17,000 miles per hour as they attempt to nab their prey in zero G. Will they succeed?
Thursday, September, 13, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Meteor likely cause of Jupiter flash; Saturn's B-ring gets scrambled
A meteoroid - estimated at about 33 feet across - that hit Jupiter this past Monday morning was apparently too small to blacken its clouds and make a visible scar. Plus check out the photo of funky chunks in Saturn's B-ring.
Wednesday, September, 12, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
A meteoroid - estimated at about 33 feet across - that hit Jupiter this past Monday morning was apparently too small to blacken its clouds and make a visible scar. Plus check out the photo of funky chunks in Saturn's B-ring.
Wednesday, September, 12, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Jupiter impact update and video; the moon and Venus show off at dawn
Impact on Jupiter? Not sure yet, but I didn't see anything this morning. Tomorrow morning Venus and the crescent moon will make a bright, beautiful couple everyone can see.
Tuesday, September, 11, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Impact on Jupiter? Not sure yet, but I didn't see anything this morning. Tomorrow morning Venus and the crescent moon will make a bright, beautiful couple everyone can see.
Tuesday, September, 11, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Possible bright impact seen on Jupiter
An amateur astronomer in Racine, Wis. reports a possible comet or asteroid striking Jupiter earlier this morning. Another amateur in Texas captures it on video!
Tuesday, September, 11, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
An amateur astronomer in Racine, Wis. reports a possible comet or asteroid striking Jupiter earlier this morning. Another amateur in Texas captures it on video!
Tuesday, September, 11, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Meteorites fall on Battle Mountain, Nevada
Battle Mountain got lucky in a game of cosmic roulette on August 21, when a large fireball was observed southwest of town that turned night into day. Now meteorite hunters are literally picking up the pieces.
Monday, September, 10, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Battle Mountain got lucky in a game of cosmic roulette on August 21, when a large fireball was observed southwest of town that turned night into day. Now meteorite hunters are literally picking up the pieces.
Monday, September, 10, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Curiosity Rover team enjoys tangible evidence of accomplishment
Pictures from orbit of the rover's first steps on Mars light up the Curiosity team.
Sunday, September, 09, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Pictures from orbit of the rover's first steps on Mars light up the Curiosity team.
Sunday, September, 09, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Morning Jupiter-moon conjunction has its surprises
Did you catch Jupiter and the moon this morning? What a fine pair of shiny objects they were.
Saturday, September, 08, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Did you catch Jupiter and the moon this morning? What a fine pair of shiny objects they were.
Saturday, September, 08, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Moon and Jupiter oh so close tonight
Get ready for a really fine conjunction of the moon and Jupiter overnight. And there are at least three different times and ways to view it.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Get ready for a really fine conjunction of the moon and Jupiter overnight. And there are at least three different times and ways to view it.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Dawn probe departs Vesta, shoves off for Ceres
After more than a year in orbit and 31,000 photos, the asteroid-hoppoing Dawn probe departs Vesta on its way to the dwarf planet Ceres.
Thursday, September, 06, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
After more than a year in orbit and 31,000 photos, the asteroid-hoppoing Dawn probe departs Vesta on its way to the dwarf planet Ceres.
Thursday, September, 06, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Pixel planet is home sweet home
Take a look at Earth from nearly 4 billion miles away. Learn how we're about to find out just what makes those electrified Van Allen belts tick.
Wednesday, September, 05, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Take a look at Earth from nearly 4 billion miles away. Learn how we're about to find out just what makes those electrified Van Allen belts tick.
Wednesday, September, 05, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Travel through time with the Summer Triangle
Looking at the stars is looking back through time. We'll travel into the past when gas was 89 cents a gallon and Rome ruled the world.
Tuesday, September, 04, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Looking at the stars is looking back through time. We'll travel into the past when gas was 89 cents a gallon and Rome ruled the world.
Tuesday, September, 04, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Adah the cat caught licking the looking glass
A great cat and astronomy moment caught on camera plus one of the funniest cat videos out there.
Monday, September, 03, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
A great cat and astronomy moment caught on camera plus one of the funniest cat videos out there.
Monday, September, 03, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Auroras possible tonight through Monday Sept. 2-3
Auroras are a possibility as a blast from the sun arrives later tonight and sticks around through tomorrow.
Monday, September, 03, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Auroras are a possibility as a blast from the sun arrives later tonight and sticks around through tomorrow.
Monday, September, 03, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Mini-donuts vs. craters of the moon
A little story and pictures from a night under the moon in the shadow of Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge.
Sunday, September, 02, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
A little story and pictures from a night under the moon in the shadow of Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge.
Sunday, September, 02, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: What's in store for sunspot cycle 24
We're on the upswing of the sunspot cycle with more solar activity and auroras in store. Learn where we go from here and what next year might bring.
Saturday, September, 01, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
We're on the upswing of the sunspot cycle with more solar activity and auroras in store. Learn where we go from here and what next year might bring.
Saturday, September, 01, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: The star Capella returns with a message
It may still be August, but one of winter's starry messengers will be out tonight.
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
It may still be August, but one of winter's starry messengers will be out tonight.
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob column: Modern definition of 'blue moon' a case of misinterpretation
It was actually a mistake by an amateur astronomer in Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 that led to our current definition of “blue moon” as the unusual second full moon in a month.
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
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It was actually a mistake by an amateur astronomer in Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 that led to our current definition of “blue moon” as the unusual second full moon in a month.
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
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