Source - Space Weather News for May 14, 2012: http://spaceweather.com
SOLAR TRANSIT: A photographer in France has caught China's experimental
space station, the Tiangong-1, passing directly in front of the sun.
The photo shows the winged spacecraft backlit by hot plasma as it flits
across the solar disk in the neighborhood of giant sunspot AR1476.
Check it out on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com.
TIANGONG-1 SIGHTINGS: The Tiangong-1 is much smaller than the
International Space Station. Nevertheless, it can be seen with the
naked eye shining in the night sky as brightly as the stars of the Big
Dipper. Download the Simple Flybys app for sighting opportunities in
your neighborhood: http://simpleflybys.com
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Are We Alone for 09/14/09 - Seeing Stars and Planets
Are We Alone - Seeing Stars and Planets
It’s hot, too darn hot! And bright, too darn bright! But over-the-top photon flux doesn’t stop scientists from studying the sun. And solar eclipses are an ideal time for observing our favorite nuclear reactor. Discover what it was like to observe totality during the 2009 China solar eclipse.
Plus, how a star is born … the latest from the NASA Kepler mission to seek Earth-like planets … and, planet-hunter extraordinaire Mike Brown discovers the tenth planet: an icy body beyond Pluto.
Guests:
- Jay Pasachoff – Astronomer, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
- Betsy Barton – Astronomer, University of California, Irvine
- Mike Brown – Planetary Astronomer, California Institute of Technology
- Jon Jenkins – SETI Institute scientist with NASA’s Kepler Mission
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