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August 20, 2013
CIA: The mysterious Area 51 exists!

LEAKED DOCUMENT: RUSSIA PLANNING MOON BASE

 APRIL 23 2012

 According to Wired magazine, a document has been leaked from the Russian Space Agency outlining a long range plan for unmanned probes to Mars and other planets, but most significantly, the Russian plans call for a manned base on the Moon by the year 2030

Jacksonville Florida   Jan 26 2012

While appearing in Florida, GOP presidential candidate

 Newt Gingrich proposed another economic and technology boosting Moon Race.

Moon Base Statement

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Jacksonville Temperature

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Severe Weather Warnings

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Lightning Events

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Bucknell Observatory Pennsylvania

Infrared Parallax Program

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Observed Galaxies

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Astro Navigation Calculator

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Engineering Calculators

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Sunspot Cycle

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Extrasolar Planets

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Particle & Nuclear Physics News

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Einstein@Home is a distributive computing project created to analyze data from the LIGO and GEO 600 experiments, which are searching for gravity waves created by astronomical events across our galaxy.

You can help by donating spare processing time on personal computers to run a program which analyzes raw data from the experiments, hunting for the signals which might be created by gravity waves.

 All you need is a computer which has Internet access to download data and upload results; the processing software is available for a number of operating systems. The faster the processor, the more data your machine can crunch; while dial-up Internet connections can be used, an always-on DSL or cable connection is easier to manage

Interactive Simulations

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Latest Supernovae Explosion

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Near Earth Objects

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Interplanetary Probes

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Quasars

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RFSA Astrophysics Database

SAI SN RESEARCH GROUP





NOAA Scales Activity

Range 1 (minor) to 5 (extreme)
NOAA Scale Past 24 hrs Current
Geomagnetic Storms Highest Geomagnetic Storm level past 24 hrs Current Geomagnetic Storm level
Solar Radiation Storms Highest Radiation Storm level past 24 hrs Current Radiation Storm level
Radio Blackouts Highest Radio Blackout level past 24 hrs Current Radio Blackout level

Aurora Forcast

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Geology News

Feb 23 2011

British and Russian scientists are planning a satellite system that will monitor seismic activity from space in the hope of one day predicting the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

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Ozone Hole

Recent Earthquakes(Magnitude 4.5+)

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National Radiation Map

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Latest OMI Ozone Image Latest OMI Aerosol Image
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American Association of Variable Star Observers

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Upcoming Events

July 5, 2012- August 23, 2012 Piscis Austrinids Meteor Shower

Only twice a century        Transit of Venus           June 5-6 2012

Eclipse of the Sun August 21, 2017

AAVSO Alert Notice 489

Nova Delphinus 2013 = PNV J20233073+2046041
August 16, 2013

Event: Nova Del 2013 = PNV J20233073+2046041

Discovered by: Koichi Itagaki (Teppo-cho, Yamagata, Japan),
reported by S. Nakano (Sumoto, Japan)

Discovery Magnitude: unfiltered CCD magnitude mag 6.8 using a
0.18-m reflector

Discovery date: 2013 Aug. 14.584 UT

Coordinates: R.A. 20 23 30.73  Decl. +20 46 04.1  (2000.0)

 

Real Time Satellite Tracking

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Updated Pictures from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Updated Pictures from Cassini Huygens Mission

A Moon Base Race Makes Sense

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Mining Helium-3 on the Moon

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Neutron Stars and Pulsars

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Comets

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