Monthly Archives: giugno 2012

NASA: WISE Finds Few Brown Dwarfs Close To Home – WISE Scopre Alcune Nuove Nane Brune Vicine al Sistema Solare

Astronomers are getting to know the neighbors better. Our sun resides within a spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy about two-thirds of the way out from the center. It lives in a fairly calm, suburb-like area with an average … Continue reading

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5-6 June 2012: The #VenusTransit live streaming – 5/6 Giugno 2012: il transito di Venere in diretta web

Local transit times #VenusTransit Calcola l’orario dalla tua postazione per assistere al transito di Venere. http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/where-when/local-transit-times/

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Solar Flare Creates Puzzling Particle Pulse on Earth – Brillamento solare crea sconcertanti impulsi di particelle sulla Terra

A moderate solar flare on May 17 lit up ground stations all over the world with an unexpected and puzzling pulse of high-energy particles. It should not have happened, and scientists are now trying to figure out why it did. … Continue reading

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NASA’s Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision – Fra 4 miliardi di anni la collisione fra la Via Lattea e Andromeda

NASA’s Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way … Continue reading

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