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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
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
Astro Bob blog: Let the Blue Moon shine your blues away
Tomorrow night we get a bonus full moon this month - a Blue Moon!
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Tomorrow night we get a bonus full moon this month - a Blue Moon!
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: How sweet it is! Sugar discovered around a sun-like star
Have a sweet tooth like me? You'll be happy to know that sugar's been discovered around another sun-like star.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Have a sweet tooth like me? You'll be happy to know that sugar's been discovered around another sun-like star.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Curiosity photographs layer cake hills on Mars
Check out these new pictures from Curiosity. They'll remind you of the South Dakota Badlands. Either that or a very tall layer cake!
Tuesday, August, 28, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Check out these new pictures from Curiosity. They'll remind you of the South Dakota Badlands. Either that or a very tall layer cake!
Tuesday, August, 28, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: See Neil Armstrong's crater on the moon
Neil and his fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins will always have their place on the moon. If you have a telescope, you can see their namesakes for yourself.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Neil and his fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins will always have their place on the moon. If you have a telescope, you can see their namesakes for yourself.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: What color is the sun?
Is the sun yellow or ...? Find out its true color.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Is the sun yellow or ...? Find out its true color.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon, dies at 82
Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon inspired a lot of us kids and teenagers to take an interest in space back in the late 1960s. Read a favorite quote and find out why there are so few photos of Armstrong taken on the moon.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon inspired a lot of us kids and teenagers to take an interest in space back in the late 1960s. Read a favorite quote and find out why there are so few photos of Armstrong taken on the moon.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Feed your head with photons from Andromeda
Step out the next clear night and look farther than you ever thought you could.
Friday, August, 24, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Step out the next clear night and look farther than you ever thought you could.
Friday, August, 24, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Rocks on Earth that fell from Mars
Go to a pebbly beach along Lake Superior and you'll find rocks much like those on Mars.
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Go to a pebbly beach along Lake Superior and you'll find rocks much like those on Mars.
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: The joy of early nights plus Curiosity's ready to roll
It's now possible to be outside at night and still get to bed at a reasonable time thanks to earlier sunsets and shorter twilights. Curiosity rover takes its first steps today on its first journey of exploration.
Wednesday, August, 22, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
It's now possible to be outside at night and still get to bed at a reasonable time thanks to earlier sunsets and shorter twilights. Curiosity rover takes its first steps today on its first journey of exploration.
Wednesday, August, 22, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Astro Bob blog: Cosmonaut tosses satellite into orbit; farewell gathering of moon and planets tonight
A foursome of celestial objects gather at dusk this evening, plus watch a neat video of a cosmonaut launching a 20-lb. satellite into space with a modern day atlatl.
Tuesday, August, 21, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
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A foursome of celestial objects gather at dusk this evening, plus watch a neat video of a cosmonaut launching a 20-lb. satellite into space with a modern day atlatl.
Tuesday, August, 21, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
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