News
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Cosmic Blast Rattles Indonesia
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October 25, 2009 | As if this island nation hasn't been troubled enough by
recent earthquakes, impact specialists confirm that a cosmic "bomb" - likely
the most powerful in 15 years - exploded noisily (but harmlessly) over one
of its provinces on October 8th.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/65960457.html
How To See a Black Hole
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October 26, 2009 | Surprising advances in radio astronomy have put
astronomers within reach of imaging the supermassive black hole in the Milky
Way and the active galaxy M87.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/semeniuk/65983072.html
Blast from the Very Far Past
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October 28, 2009 | A gamma-ray burst seen to occur last April happened in
the era of the earliest stars, when the universe was only 630 million years
old and the "reionization era" was getting under way. But this news isn't
exactly news.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/66941457.html
Is Fermi Seeing Dark Matter?
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October 28, 2009 | A new analysis showing a cloud of high-energy particles
hovering around the center of the Milky Way could be the signature of dark
matter and evidence of a "dark force", but not everyone is convinced.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/semeniuk/66968132.html
Observing
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October 29, 2009 | With the return of standard time in the Northern
Hemisphere, evenings arrive much sooner than they did just a few weeks ago.
That makes it a snap to get in some quick stargazing before dinnertime.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/67207592.html
This Week's Sky at a Glance
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October 30, 2009 | More mutual events among Jupiter's moons, Mars crossing
the Beehive, and the Moon grazing the Pleiades highlight the night sky this
week.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance/67576207.html
Community
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Galilean Nights in Argentina
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October 30, 2009 | Galilean Nights was a smash hit at the Gelileo Galilei
planetarium in Buneos Aires.
Read More at:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/677326...
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