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1. An XO For Valentine’s Day…

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   ... a “mini eclipse”. While Venus can be easily observed against the solar disc, the extended XO-3b planet only presented as a dim singular dot in the sky. While it’s total brightness only ... Wednesday, 10 February 2010

2. An XO For Valentine's Day…

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... sun and the Earth), featuring a "mini eclipse". While Venus can be easily observed against the solar disc, the extended XO-3b planet only presented as a dim singular dot in the sky. While it's ... Tuesday, 09 February 2010

3. Mystery of the Fading Star

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   ... years, then brightens. Although amateur and professional astronomers have observed the system extensively, the nature of both the bright star and the companion object that periodically eclipses it have ... Tuesday, 02 February 2010

4. Satellite Captures Solar Eclipse from Space

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   Solar eclipse seen by Proba-2's SWAP instrument. Credit: ESA The recently launched Proba-2 satellite was able to observe the annular solar eclipse on January 15, 2010, with stunning results. The ... Tuesday, 26 January 2010

5. A Double-Dose of Cassini Goodness

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   The Cassini mission is just a non-stop faucet of fantastic images! Here are two that were released today, for your viewing pleasure. The first image, above, is an eclipse of Saturn's moon Tethys, ... Monday, 25 January 2010

6. Eclipse Sunspots Signal Increased Activity

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   Sun sunspots show up during the recent annular eclipse. Credit: Shehal Joseph and Romayne Anthony Astrophotographers capturing the recent annular solar eclipse on January 15, 2010 got an added bonus: ... Tuesday, 19 January 2010

7. Annular Eclipse Photos, Videos From Earth and Space

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   Caption: Annular solar eclipse on January 15, 2009. Courtesy Daniel Fischer, "cosmos4u" on Twitter. The first of two solar eclipses to occur in 2010 took place Friday, January 15. This ... Monday, 18 January 2010

8. India Launched 11 Rockets to Monitor Eclipse

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   India launched a small fleet of rockets to monitor the effects of the annular solar eclipse that occurred today. A total of 11 Rohini sounding rockets – suborbital rockets designed for scientific ... Friday, 15 January 2010

9. ISRO To Analyse Data Of Solar Eclipse

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   ... analysis of the annular solar eclipse, which will occur on January 15. ... Wednesday, 13 January 2010

10. First Annular Solar Eclipse Of 2010 On Jan 15

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    Delhi, India (SPX) Jan 11, 2010 - January 15th will herald the first annular solar eclipse of the year, also the longest in the millennium. Ajay Talwar of the Amateur Astronomers Association told IANS, ... Sunday, 10 January 2010

11. Measuring the Coronal Temperature with Iron

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    This image of the solar corona contains a color overlay of the emission from highly ionized iron lines and white light taken of the 2008 eclipse. Red indicates iron line Fe XI 789.2 nm, blue represents ... Wednesday, 06 January 2010

12. Epsilon Aurigae Eclipse Mystery Solved with Your Help

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    ... from Spitzer, a 200-year old mystery has potentially been solved.(...) Read the rest of Epsilon Aurigae Eclipse Mystery Solved with Your Help (570 words) © nick for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink ... Tuesday, 05 January 2010

13. Solar Eclipses Reveal Iron Line In Solar Corona

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    Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 05, 2010 - Solar physicists attempting to unlock the mysteries of the solar corona have found another piece of the puzzle by observing the Sun's outer atmosphere during eclips Tuesday, 05 January 2010

14. Blue Moon Eclipse Photos from Santhosh Nandakumar

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    We couldn't see the eclipse from my house on Vancouver Island, but Santhosh Nandakumar was kind enough to send in this sequence of images of the eclipse from Coimbatore, TN, India. © Fraser ... Saturday, 02 January 2010

15. New Year's Eve Blue Moon Eclipse from Cornwall

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    New Year's Eve Eclipse. Photo by Nathanial Burton-Bradford Happy New Year! Thanks to Nathanial Burton-Bradford for sharing his photo of the New Year's Eve Blue Moon Eclipse. "Very hazy high ... Friday, 01 January 2010

16. Podcast: Eclipses

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    ... These events are called eclipses, or more precisely, transits and occultations. They occur whenever one object passes in front of another from a 3rd perspective. They're beautiful and exciting, and ... Tuesday, 17 November 2009

17. Mercury Gives Up More Secrets to MESSENGER

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    ... went into safe mode, shutting down temporarily because of a power system switchover during a solar eclipse as it approached the planet and only half of the expected observations were carried out. But ... Tuesday, 03 November 2009

18. Astro Space News 31 August 2009

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    ... Spheres – early-music multimedia show about Galileo. Mittagong, Saturday 5 September (5:00 PM) Information session: tour to Easter Island for the 2010 solar eclipse. Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Saturday ... Thursday, 27 August 2009

19. Solar eclipse inspires awe -- and disappointment

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    Shanghai (AFP) July 22, 2009 - Peering up through black protective glasses at an overcast sky, Glenn Evans let out an excited cry as the barely visible sun began to disappear completely behind the mo Thursday, 23 July 2009

20. Historic eclipse plunges Asia into darkness

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    (CNN) -- The longest solar eclipse of the century cast a wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, luring throngs of people outside to watch the celestial spectacle. Day ... Wednesday, 22 July 2009