The space agency of Japan has successfully used an explosive to create a crater on an asteroid to collect samples. NASA has also dropped an explosive on an asteroid before, but was unable to...
April 5, 2019
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8:55 PM
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Thanks to everyone who attended our open house tonight! Tonight we had a discussion on black holes where we first looked at how physicists began to approach gravity, invisible objects, and black...
April 5, 2019
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8:37 PM
The Hubble Telescope caught the asteroid Gault disintegrating, a rare occurrence for asteroids. It was caused by its superfast spin rate. This event provided a really great image of what it looks...
March 28, 2019
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7:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who showed up for March 8th's Open House! Tonight our topic was the International Space Station. We discussed the purpose of the ISS, requirements for the astronauts, and...
March 8, 2019
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8:32 PM
At tonight’s open house we discussed Comets. We looked at the properties of comets, describing each of the three components (the nucleus, coma, and tails). We then discussed and looked at a couple...
December 6, 2018
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8:52 PM
Galaxies and AGN
Thanks to everyone who attended tonight's Open House! Tonight we discussed properties of galaxies and how we classify them. We also brought up Galaxy Zoo, which is a science project where people...
November 1, 2018
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8:42 PM
Astronomers test the hypothesis for how supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies formed early in the universe's epoch. Through the use of a supercomputer located at the University of...
October 15, 2018
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8:54 PM
The Orionids are a meteor shower that occurs in late October and lasts for one week. They got their name because they seem to originate from the constellation Orion. However they can be seen from...
October 15, 2018
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8:52 PM
On October 7th at around 7:30pm a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a SAOCOM 1A Earth-observation satellite was witnessed by spectators in the Southern California region being launched. The gasses...
October 15, 2018
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5:23 PM
JWST and Infrared Light
Thanks to everyone who attended last night's Open House! Last night we discussed the properties of light and light phenomena and then specifically discussed infrared light and how it is used by...
October 10, 2018
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3:51 PM