G’day! This Caturday, there’s been a bit to glom on in astroscience, with NASA’s announcement of an upcoming solution to a Martian mystery, China’s plan to send a mission to dear old Luna’s far side within the next five years or so, US presidential candidate Ben Carson’s absurd anti-science views, and the bizarre “snakeskin” terrain of Pluto discovered in pics sent back by New Horizons as it ventures deeper into the Kuiper belt.
I’ve been informed of the upcoming total lunar eclipse on the 27th by the awesome Sharmishtha Basu (With one of her many wonderful blogs here.). I’ve been reading further, and will be watching it live via webcast if the sky is cloudy in my region as it has been so far this week (grumble…). This will be extremely cool, as it is a relatively rare occurrence, but NOT a sign of the End Times as is trendy and hysterical to claim during these astronomical events.
Tf. Tk. Tts.
Global Ocean Suspected on Saturn’s Enceladus
Spiral Galaxy M96 from Hubble
Milky Way over Bosque Alegre Station in Argentina
Antarctic Analemma
LDN 988 and Friends
Pluto’s Snakeskin Terrain
M31 versus M33
Image of the Week:
Weekly Astrognuz:
Pluto: Stunning Full Disc Color Image
September 27: Watch a Total Eclipse of the Moon
Weekly Space Hangout | Sept 25 2015
Completing the Census of Exoplanetary Systems by Microlensing
Astonishing “Snakeskin” Textured Mountains Discovered on Pluto
Big Picture Science Radio Show | No Face to Hide
NGC 1783: An LMC Globular Cluster
Dramatic Imagery from NASA of Supersonic Shockwaves
Integrating Planetary Protection in Human Missions
China Plans Lunar Far Side Landing by 2020
VLT: Lightning over the Observatory
Jill Tarter Elected President of California Academy of Sciences
NASA to Announce Mars Mystery Solved
Hubble’s Pluto Mission
Caturday’s (Big) Cat
