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Join the Ice Hunters!
Need something to do on those cloudy nights? Why not join the Ice Hunters! A team from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville has developed the website IceHunters, which challenges the public to discover potential destinations for a NASA mission at the very edge...
New Type of Exploding Supernova Found—Brightest Yet
Three of the newfound supernovae are pictured before explosion (left column) and after (right). Diagram courtesy Nature and Robert Quimby/Caltech . Re-post of Andrew Fazekas’ article on the National Geographic website . A new type of exploding supernova has been...
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. Re-post of Andrew Fazekas' article on the National Geographic website . This week’s titantic eruption seen on the surface of the Sun may have an extra surprise in store for skywatchers in the form of aurora borealis. While the video taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
Stunning Astrophoto Lecture and Star Party at the Arboretum
Don't miss this month's free RASC public lecture and star party at the Morgan Arboretum! Astrophotographer and former RASC Montreal Centre member Wally Pacholka will present a slide show of his stunning astrophotos. Weather permitting, the presentation will be...
Photos from Astronomy Day
A big thank you to all the volunteers who came out yesterday to support our Astronomy Day events! Thank you for spending your Saturday with the RASC and inspiring kids and adults to appreciate the wonders of the sky. I hope you all had fun. We were lucky of sorts – in the afternoon at […]