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  • Ice Age Killer

    Ice Age Killer

    Ice Age Killer Asteroid Impact Found

    Scientists have been wondering what caused the end of the last Ice Age.


    Impact crater found in Greenland. Is this the last Ice Age killer? Video and still: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Jefferson Beck

    There are at least a couple of peered-reviewed theories that have shed light into the end of the last Ice Age. These scientists had postulated that it was a collision caused by the impact of a large asteroid that brough the last Ice Age to its end. However, an impact crater had not been found until now…..

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  • Chasing Orion

    Chasing Orion

     

    I set myself to chasing Orion on a random stargazing about a month ago. I took this picture just out my front door.

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  • Mars With Clouds

    Mars With Clouds

    Planet Mars with Clouds Animation

     

    Everyone seems obsessed with Mars and how to get us there these days. How would the Red Planet look if it had clouds? Well, recently the Hubble Space Telescope team released a photograph of Mars with clouds. The image showed Mars in a more Earthly fashion than we have seen it before.

    The following is an animation of the red planet, Mars, with Earth-like clouds in its atmosphere. The global mapping was taken from Viking’s imagery and the clouds were adjusted from an image of Earth’s clouds by NASA.

    Animation by J.J. Del Mar

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  • Moon + Venus In October Sky

    Moon + Venus In October Sky

    STARGAZING OCTOBER 3, 2016

    The Moon and Venus in the October sky

    This week we see Venus in the western sky in apparent proximity to Luna on October the 3rd. Later in the week, on October 5th, the Moon will move to appear close to Saturn in the west.

    Here’s how it looked on October the 3rd.

    Photos: J.J. Del Mar

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  • Planet Animations | Solar System

    Planet Animations | Solar System

    Planet Animations

    Rediscovered Astronomy releases animations of the planets in our solar system.

    Well, we are meeting our goal of releasing the animations of the planets in our solar system three months ahead of schedule.

    The animations of the main 8 planets have been uploaded. We will upload animations of smaller bodies and dwarf planets later. The animations were created in collaboration with J.J. Del Mar.

    For use and license please see each planet page. You can visit the animations main page here:

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    Spring 2016

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  • Mercury Crescent Animation

    Mercury Crescent Animation

    Mercury Crescent Animation

    Rediscovered Astronomy will publish Solar System animations coming this summer 2016 as part of our effort to renew our content for a general audience.


     Animation by J.J. Del Mar for Rediscovered Astronomy

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  • Mars Animation

    Mars Animation

    Mars Realistic Animation

    Enjoy this awesome CGI display of Mars – We will be posting animations for all the planets in our solar system.

    The following animation was rendered using real NASA photos. It displays a 180° turn of the red planet. It also features realistic topography and atmosphere.

    Animation by JJ Del Mar


    Rediscovered Astronomy will publish Solar System animations and space general info this coming 2016 as part of our effort to renew our content for our audience.

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  • Supermoon Eclipse Video

    Supermoon Eclipse Video

    Supermoon Eclipse | Blood Moon | Red Moon

    This is Rediscovered Astronomy footage of the Supermoon Eclipse last weekend. It was filmed from a location deep in United States southwest desert.


    The recording was mostly improvised, but we managed to make the best use of a simple Samsung camera to film the Supermoon eclipse.

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  • Venus, Jupiter, Moon in the Western Sky

    Venus, Jupiter, Moon in the Western Sky

    Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon looked bright in the western sky late May 2015.

    Video Venus, Jupiter and the Moon May 2015

  • Wonderful Titan

    Wonderful Titan

    Titan Wonderful Scenes

    Titan is the wonderful moon of Saturn that could be a planet by its own right. NASA – ESA Cassini probe and Huygens lander have captured amazing images of the satellite that has an atmosphere thicker than Earth’s.

    NASA – esa released the next video of Saturn’s moon composed of images from Cassini on approach to Saturn’s moon and Huygens descent to the surface. Huygens made the amazing landing January 2005.

    JPL – Titan Scenes

    The mission directed by NASA – esa [Italian Space Agency] has gathered a massive amount of data about wonderful Titan, the following graphic highlights some of the mission achievements.

    Highlighted Facts, NASA/JPL-Caltech

    Source: NASA – ESA – JPL

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