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  • Rediscovered Astronomy Podcast Episode 1

    Rediscovered Astronomy Podcast Episode 1

    The Search for Planet X

    The search for a massive planet, from 2 – 10 Earth masses, has never stopped. The discovery of Sedna and later of Eris by Michael Brown and his team, not only would prompt the redefinition of what a planet is, but it would also be a key factor in the search for Planet X.

    The discovery of 2012 VP113 in early 2014 by Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo supports and extends the current theories that propose the presence of another planet in the outer Solar System. 2012 VP113 [nicknamed Biden] lies at 80 Astronomical Units perihelion and 445 Astronomical Units aphelion.

    Written by J.J. Del Mar for Rediscovered Astronomy

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  • Moon in May

    Moon in May

    Our Moon a night of April | Rediscovered Astronomy

    We captured our Moon, Luna on a splendid night in April. Here’s the image.

    Moon in May
    Luna

    Photo: © 2017 J.J. Del Mar

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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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  • 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:

    Rediscovered Astronomy

    Spring 2016

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  • Will a Mars Direct approach put man on Mars?

    Will a Mars Direct approach put man on Mars?

    Mars Direct | Cheapest way to get to Mars?

    NASA recently confirmed the presence of liquid flowing water on Mars. With this anticipated confirmation, the vision of humans landing on the red planet, Mars, is being revived. Space scientists have finally confirmed what they had long suspected for at least a 100 years. Will a Mars Direct, or a modified similar approach, put man on Mars at last?

    The dream of Mars Society president, Dr. Robert Zubrin, may come true after all. It was Zubrin along with his team who developed the most feasible and cheapest aerospace approach to get to Mars.

    Here’s the story of it all.

    The Mars Underground Film: Orange Dot Entertainment | Radius Productions

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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

  • Alarming, Ice Shelf Melting

    Alarming, Ice Shelf Melting

    Larsen B Ice Shelf Is Melting – NASA

    Ala Khazendar, science research JPL, has presented a study that affirms the remainder of Larsen B Ice Shelf in Antarctica will met in the next few years. If that happens, glaciers would freely float on the ocean, says Khazendar. In 2002, grand part of Larsen B collapsed and broke off from Antarctica in less than six weeks.

    Khazendar and his colleague, Eric Rignot, think that two of the three glaciers that are located at the Antarctica Peninsula are in danger of sliding into the sea. The glaciers supporting the Larsen B are named Leppard, Flask, and Starbuck. Starbuck’s for the most part stable, but the other two, Leppard and Flask have accelerated their movement and have decreased in size due to warming weather. Sea levels may increase if the glaciers fall into the ocean.

    The study, The Evolving Instability Of the Remnant Larsen B Ice Shelf And Its Tributary Glaciers, was a collaboration between the US and Norway; authors: Ala Khazendar, Christopher P. Borstad, Bernd Scheuchl, Eric Rignot, and Helene Seroussi.

    Larsen B Ice Shelf | Video: NASA/JPL

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  • Bulge Found On Pluto

    Bulge Found On Pluto

    Bulge Found On Pluto

    Some people have always thought there’s something fishy about [dwarf] planet Pluto. Not only is Pluto in tandem with its moon Charon, has four other moons, but now New Horizons mission discovers a mysterious bulge near the planet’s “north” pole.

    The following animated image was composed from a series of photos taken by New Horizons last April. The bulge can be seen as both bodies rotate.

    Bulge Found On Pluto – Image: NASA/JHU-APL/SwRI

    The still image and zoom-in show the bulge.

    Bulge Found On Pluto – Image: NASA/JHU-APL/SwRI

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  • Stargazing May 2015

    Stargazing May 2015

    Stargazing May 2015

    Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter Alignment

    This May 2015 the planets Mercury, Venus and Jupiter will be in near alignment with each other. From Earth’s perspective, the alignment will be visible to the West after sunset. Mercury and Venus are in close alignment and Jupiter is a little off to the left and above Venus.

    Stargazing 5-8-2015

    Mercury, Venus, Jupiter Alignment – Image: Stellarium

    Mercury, Venus, Jupiter Alignment – Image: Celestia

    Also Saturn and its rings will be facing Earth. You can find Saturn to the East this month.