Astronauts Ring in the New Year with Space Station Shenanigans
Expedition 50 crewmembers at the International Space Station pose with their new matching hats — Christmas gifts from NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Credit: NASA Happy New Year from the International Space Station! Six crewmembers aboard the orbiting laboratory celebrated the start of 2017 after finishing their last few days of 2016 goofing around and working hard. Two NASA astronauts, three Russian cosmonauts and one French astronaut all rang in the new year together at 0000 GMT ..>> view originalAssassination in Burundi Brings a Vow of Vengeance
LONDON — Burundi’s environment minister was shot to death while en route home from a New Year’s celebration early Sunday morning, an act that could exacerbate the country’s nearly two-year-long political crisis.Emmanuel Niyonkuru, 54, the minister for water, environment and planning, was shot to death around 12:45 a.m. while returning to his home in the Rohero section of Bujumbura, the capital, according to a statement by Pierre Nkurikiye, a spokesman for the national police. He said that a wom..>> view originalA Planet Skywatching Guide for 2017: When, Where & How to See the Planets
A Planet Skywatching Guide for 2017: When, Where & How to See the Planets By Joe Rao, Space.com Skywatching Columnist | January 1, 2017 07:00am ET Credit: ESO/Y. Beletsky Look Up in 2017! When can you see the planets at their best during 2017? This guide tells you everything you need to know to catch these astronomical sights in the night sky this year. It also tells you when a particular planet ..>> view originalHubble gazes at a cosmic megamaser
This galaxy has a far more exciting and futuristic classification than most - it hosts a megamaser. Megamasers are intensely bright, around 100 million times brighter than the masers found in galaxies like the Milky Way. The entire galaxy essentially acts as an astronomical laser that beams out microwave emission rather than visible light (hence the 'm' replacing the 'l'). A megamaser is a process where some components within a galaxy (like gas clouds) are in the right stimulated physica..>> view originalHow to catch a New Year's Eve comet
December 30, 2016 —For those who won’t see any fireworks or glittering city lights to ring in the new year, a comet could bring a shimmering show to light up Saturday night’s sky.“Say farewell to 2016 in cosmic style by looking up to see the #NewYearsEve #comet on December 31,” the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in an Instagram post on Wednesday.Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková is expected to pass near the moon Saturday night. It appeared on the western horizon Dec. 15, and had turned a b..>> view originalBirds matter to local group
Staff photo by Fritz Busch Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count participants Bob Beck, left, and Mary Schroeder, both of New Ulm, look and listen for birds at Flandrau State Park early Saturday morning. Recent bird count results show a decline in common birds. Findings point to a growing impact from environmental impacts including habitat loss from development, deforestation, conversion of land to agriculture and climate change. NEW ULM — With more cooperative weather than there was for the ori..>> view original
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