Category Archives: Space Exploration

Local Star Party: Library After Dark

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

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Galaxy Zoo: JWST

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on May 23rd at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ “Many different teams of scientists are using NASA’s latest space telescope, JWST to image galaxies so far away that they are back at … Continue reading →

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CRUNCHY TOPIC: Kosmos 482 Re-entry

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on May 16th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ Kosmos 482 returned to Earth Saturday May 10th, 2025. It was bound for Venus. What was it? Why was it sent? Why didn’t … Continue reading →

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CRUNCHY TOPIC: The Spiral Galaxy

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on May 9th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ The spiral galaxy is a unit of stars with a distinctive shape. This week we’ll look at this type of galaxy in a … Continue reading →

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PROFILE: John W. Campbell

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on May 2nd at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ As an editor, John W. Campbell was a great influence (for good or bad) on the early days of science fiction (1938 – … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: MicroObservatory Online Robotic Telescopes

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on April 25th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ Early last March, an email arrived requesting answers to a survey about “…our network of free-to-use robotic telescopes at the Center for Astrophysics … Continue reading →

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Next Generation Space Station

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on April 18th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ We kept talking about it, now we’re going to do it! What happens once the International Space Station is decommissioned and deorbited? About … Continue reading →

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Spacer News Search

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on April 4th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ Sometimes We Do Something Spontaneous – We Visit A Search Engine, Put In Space Exploration, Choose “News” And See What We Get. We … Continue reading →

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OBSERVATION DECK: International Space Station

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on March 28th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ To Deorbit or Not To Deorbit? Next Friday, we will discuss the International Space Station (ISS). How did it come to be, how … Continue reading →

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OBSERVATION DECK: Williams & Wilmore

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on March 21st at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ Stranded or strategic? Astronauts Williams & Wilmore (Suni & Butch to their friends) have been on the International Space Station, aka ISS, for … Continue reading →

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