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Posts by
Deborah Byrd
How to see the Summer Triangle in September
Even as September is beginning, you have several more months to see the large asterism known as the Summer Triangle.
September 1, 2015
Venus and Mars before dawn
Venus has returned to the east before dawn. Mars is up there, too, but not nearly as bright. See Venus, and capture Mars now with binoculars or in photos.
September 1, 2015
Double black hole powers nearby quasar
One black hole may be 4 million solar masses, about the same mass as our Milky Way's central black hole. The other may be 150 million solar masses.
August 31, 2015
Ethereal beach
Gorgeous photo of one of the most beautiful beaches in the Pacific Northwest.
August 31, 2015
Record-breaking three Category 4 hurricanes in Pacific
First recorded occurrence of three Category 4 hurricanes in central and eastern Pacific basins at once. Hurricane Center in Honolulu issuing advisories on all three.
August 30, 2015
New Horizons’ potential next flyby target
New Horizons will perform four maneuvers in October and November to veer toward 2014 MU69 - an object in the Kuiper Belt - aiming for a January 1, 2019 encounter.
August 30, 2015
Origin of Saturn’s F ring and shepherd moons
The F ring, Saturn's outermost ring, is perhaps the most active ring in our solar system, with features changing on a timescale of hours.
August 28, 2015
Twin Jet Nebula
New Hubble Space Telescope image of a planetary nebula, created by two aging stars that have shucked off their outer layers, but still orbit each other.
August 27, 2015
Graceful arc of Venus before dawn
Animation of the planet Venus, now returning to the east before dawn. The animation shows Venus in the morning sky from August 2015 through March 2016.
August 26, 2015
Rediscovering a rare South Pacific nautilus
In July, scientists spotted a rare South Pacific nautilus - considered to be one of the rarest animals on Earth - for the first time in three decades.
August 25, 2015
