Kevin A. Barnes

Black Hole to Devour Dust Cloud

Kevin A. Barnes — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0000

2013 already is turning out to be a great year for astronomers and stargazers alike, with two comets visible to the naked eye, more exoplanets being discovered every day, asteroids...

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Update: Comet PanSTARRS

Kevin A. Barnes — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:19:08 +0000

Comet PanSTARRS has arrived and now is visible to the naked eye! Despite recent uncertainty, it appears this comet is likely to put on a show. As reported in Year...

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Stargazing for March 2013

Kevin A. Barnes — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the March issue of Stargazing, an ongoing series of monthly guides to what’s happening in the night sky, as well as recent news from space exploration and a...

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Year of the Comets

Kevin A. Barnes — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:00:45 +0000

Thus far, the 21st century has been an underwhelming one for comets. The few comets that have been visible on Earth were dimmer than predicted, or not even visible to...

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Asteroid 2012 D14 and the Russian meteor — a connection?

Kevin A. Barnes — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:24:05 +0000

The Russian meteor that slammed into Earth’s atmosphere on Friday (injuring over 1,000 people) hit just hours before larger Asteroid 2012 D14 made its closest approach to Earth. Asteroid experts...

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Make Valentine’s Day special again

Kevin A. Barnes — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:15:18 +0000

Every February, Valentine’s Day rolls around again and for many couples it can start to feel like a routine, one year just like the last. Roses, chocolates, dinner at that...

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“Pay no attention to that fast-moving asteroid...”

Kevin A. Barnes — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:07:38 +0000

One of my Astrobiology instructors (Eric M. Wilcots) began class this past Monday with a slide labeled “Pay no attention to that fast-moving asteroid...“1 Prof. Wilcots was talking about Asteroid...

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CCFA Co-founder Suzanne Rosenthal Dies

Kevin A. Barnes — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:22:38 +0000

Suzanne Rosenthal, one of the co-founders of the National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis (the organization later renamed the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America), died on Sunday afternoon. She...

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Extreme Life

Kevin A. Barnes — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:12:02 +0000

As part of the Astrobiology course I’m taking, we looked recently at some of the extreme environments on Earth1 where living things can be found (and in many cases, in...

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Stargazing: 2012 Wrap-Up

Kevin A. Barnes — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:49:02 +0000

Welcome to the year-end issue of Stargazing, an ongoing series of guides to what’s happening in the night sky, as well as space exploration news and discoveries. It’s the end...

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