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Eros and its parallax
Steven van Roode

The Eros Parallax Project

by Mike Simmons
The asteroid 433 Eros is paying us a rare, close visit right now, and with a simple photographic setup you can join observers worldwide in calculating its distance from Earth. > read more

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Old and modern timekeeping
Time Committee Procrastinates
An international committee formed to settle the protocol for civilian time once and for all recently announced an important decision — they're going to put off the decision for another three years. > read more
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See the latest amateur astrophotos from visitors to our online photo gallery. > read more

 

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