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Nibiru News and Planet X in 2012
Despite a Nibiru NASA connection claimed by some, the space agency says there is no Nibiru or Planet X coming to destroy Earth in 2012. Below find the latest news on Niburu, which some claim to be the comet Elenin or a rogue planet in the solar system.
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John Chumack (galacticimages.com) pointed his c...
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If you're planning to skywatch this December, this video will take you through some of the notable objects in the sky this month, including a meteor shower, large asteroids in the asteroid belt, and an array of constellations.
Astronomers have discovered a “rogue planet” (no, NOT Nibiru!) that seems to be travelling with a set of young stars – called the AB Doradus Moving Group – but isn’t orbiting any of them. If it’s part of that family, scientists can gauge its age.
Using photographing techiniques learned over 50 total eclipse viewings, Jay Pasachoff of the International Astronomical Union and colleagues have studied shape patterns in coronal activity to improve solar activity predictions.
On Monday evening John Chumack (www.galacticimages.com) filmed a number of meteors called Taurids because they seem to radiate from the direction of the constellation Taurus. Associated with Comet Encke, they are sometimes called Halloween Fireballs.
This video, created by Michael Zeiler for his eclipse iBook, animates the path of the upcoming November 13 and 14 solar eclipse as it moves over Cairns, north Queensland in Australia and across the southern Pacific Ocean.
George Hall captured a flash, likely an asteroid vaporizing in Jupiter’s atmosphere, on September 10th, 2012. Scientists see the big planet as a cosmic vacuum cleaner. See Mr. Hall's astrophotography here: http://georgeastro.weebly.com/jupiter.html
International Observe the Moon Night is on September 22nd. The annual event inspired by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission.
As we near solar maximum (2013) activity on the Sun is certainly on an uptick. In this side-by-side comparision, August 4-10, 2009 and and the same period in 2012 shows how much more explosive the Sun can be in just a few years.
Star clusters, nebulae, planetary meetings, Earthshine Moon and a meteor shower give skywatchers a lot to look out for this summer. NASA JPL's What's Up in July, Science@NASA and Hubblesite's Tonight's Sky provide the insight.
Worries about the end of the world will almost certainly persist after December 21 comes and goes.
The year 2012 was chock full of doomsday predictions, but the world will keep turning.
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