Headline: Asteroid Passes Just 8700 Miles from Earth - with Only 15 Hours Warning

"Although no one noticed at the time, the Earth was almost hit by an asteroid last Friday." reports the Daily Mail in the UK. Although objects of this size are no risk to civilization - it would be dishonest of me to say this event isn't unnerving to say the least. To read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1226672/Asteroid-scrapes-past-Earth-just-8-700miles-away--15-hours-warning.html

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The Universe set to scale

This is quite an interesting image of our Universe set to scale. It is pretty incomprehensible to say the least when you look at the size of large stars as compared to our sun. This is an older image but one that is worth sharing. View in full size (new window)

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Follow Along! College Astronomy Courses

Starting In January 2010 I will be attending a few college level astronomy courses. These courses will run through summer. I will use this blog platform to follow along with my studies in an effort to share this knowledge with you...Hey, follow along with me and gain some college level astronomy knowledge! Many people like to look at the stars and ask big questions...few do something about it. Get for real and take your learning to the next level. Come along with me and gain some college level astronomy knowledge and take your hobby to the next level! Be sure to Bookmark this page and come back again!

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Stephen Hawking Book Deals

Stephen Hawking is own of the worlds most renown cosmologists. Some of his theories are a bit out there but his work has guaranteed his place in history alongside men such as Newton and Einstein. We have put together a collection of Hawking's most notable works that can now be found on our main site. If you are into astronomy and cosmology then there is a good chance you have heard of Stephen Hawking. I am a big Hawking fan and have read most of his available works. I have compiled a list of must read material on our main site: http://www.beyondastronomy.com/html/astronomy-book-reviews.html

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Headline: NASA Space Telescope Discovers Largest Ring Around Saturn

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn -- by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings. The new belt lies at the far reaches of the Saturnian system, with an orbit tilted 27 degrees from the main ring plane. The bulk of its material starts about six million kilometers (3.7 million miles) away from the planet and extends outward roughly another 12 million kilometers (7.4 million miles). One of Saturn's farthest moons, Phoebe, circles within the newfound ring, and is likely the source of its material. Read the entire article: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/news/spitzer-20091006.html

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