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New Planet Discovery does not fit with current planet formation models

  By Matthew Hodgson 31/10/2013 31/10/2013 News
The Planet that should not exist David A. Aguilar (CfA)

A new planet discovery located 400 light years away in the constellation Cygnus has provided a new challenge to planetary formation models. Click to read more

Tagged   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Kepler-78b, unknown origin
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BBC to continue producing the Sky at Night

  By Matthew Hodgson 29/10/2013 30/10/2013 News
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BBC have announced that the Sky at Night will continue to be produced beyond the scheduled run ending in December 2013. Click to read more

Tagged   BBC, Saved, Sky at Night
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Observing in Africa’s First International Dark Sky Reserve – Night Three

  By Matthew Hodgson 27/10/2013 27/11/2013 Observing Reports
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Third night of my dark sky adventure at Namibia’s Sossusvlei Desert Lodge. Click to read more

Tagged   Africa, Astro tourism, Astronomy Abroad, Astronomy in Africa, Astronomy in the Southern Hemisphere, Doug McCarty, Meade LX200, Namibia, observing report, October 2013, Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Stargazing Report
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Galaxy with largest red shift yet measured seen rapidly forming stars

  By Matthew Hodgson 23/10/2013 24/10/2013 News
HST Redshift Image

A team led by scientists from Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin have published the result of a new study of high red shift galaxies, detecting the most distant spectroscopically confirmed galaxy yet found at z of 7.51. Click to read more

Tagged   HST, Keck I, Largest red shift, MOSFIRE Spectrograph, z of 7.51
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Large Impact Crater on Mars may in fact be the remnants of a Super Volcano

  By Matthew Hodgson 23/10/2013 23/10/2013 News
Image Credit NASA

Writing in the October 3rd, 2013 issue of Nature, J Michalski and J Bleacher propose that the Eden Patera Basin on Mars, previously categorised as an impact crater may in fact be the remains of a Super Volcano Click to read more

Tagged   Mars, Nature, Super Volcano
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Outburst from Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)

  By Matthew Hodgson 22/10/2013 23/10/2013 News
C 2012 X1 Linear credit Damien Peach

It has been reported in the last 24 hours that Comet C/2012 X1 has suddenly brightened by over 150 times from magnitude +14 to 8.5. Click to read more

Tagged   C/2012 X1, Comet, Outburst
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New Astro-Tourism Project planned for Lake Tekapo

  By Matthew Hodgson 21/10/2013 22/10/2013 News
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An exciting new project worth several million dollars has been announced by astro-tourism operator, Earth & Sky located in Lake Tekapo in New Zealand’s IDA International Dark Sky Reserve. Click to read more

Tagged   Astro tourism, Earth & Sky, New Zealand
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Stargazing under fantastically dark Namibian Skies – Night Two

  By Matthew Hodgson 19/10/2013 03/11/2013 Observing Reports
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From Dusk till Dawn and a comic search for Comet ISON Click to read more

Tagged   African Dark Sky Reserve, Astro tourism, Astronomy in the Southern Hemisphere, Comet ISON, Meade LX200, Namibia, observing report, Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Stargazing in Namibia, Stargazing Report
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Astronomy Now One Day Comet Conference this Sunday 20th Oct

  By Matthew Hodgson 18/10/2013 18/10/2013 News
Astronomy Now Comet conference

Ticket still available for this coming Sunday’s Astronomy Now Comet Conference in London. Click to read more

Tagged   Astronomy Now, Comet Conference, Comet ISON, October 20 2013
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Asteroid 2013 TV135 – A 99.998% of no collision in 2032

  By Matthew Hodgson 18/10/2013 18/10/2013 News
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Sensational headlines have begun appearing in the popular press over the last 24 hours speaking of a newly discovered asteroid, designated 2013 TV135, which has a 1 in 63,000 chance of striking the Earth in 2032. Click to read more

Tagged   2013 TV135, 2032, Asteroid, Collision, Earth
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