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Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

What unit of measure was created specifically to describe the energy output of supernovas?

Image via Wikipedia Here's a fun fact for you: I am approximately 56 attoParsecs tall. Contrary to what Han Solo would have you believe ...

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

What name for a 10th planet did authors Douglas Adams, Larry Niven, and Arthur C. Clarke coincidentally "agree" on?

Image via Wikipedia I'm overloaded this week, despite it being the 31st anniversary of the publication of The Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

How many dwarf planets are bigger than Pluto?

Image via Wikipedia Four years ago today, the International Astronomical Union voted to revise the current IAU definition of a planet -- ado...

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Truly Trivial: How many extrasolar planets have official nicknames?

Image via Wikipedia Today is a major anniversary in planet-hunting circles, as 14 years ago on this date scientists announced discovery of ...

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