Space Forum / Amateur Astronomy

Most Planets May Be Seeded With Life
  http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1126/2
By Phil Berardelli
ScienceNOW Daily News

The thrill of seeing the alignment of Jupiter and Venus is made superb
by considering that our position is between those two planets in our
common orbital motion around the Sun.The clear skies over Norway make
this one of the most memorable sights yet the wider population is

According to The History Channel's ON THIS DAY desk calendar, one Elizabeth
Hodges became the first person in modern history to struck by a falling
meteor on November 30, 1954.  This meteor crashed through her roof, richoted
off a radio and then hit her in the hip, leaving her ...

Anyone know the part # for a celestron 11" dove tail mounting rail?
Anyone have an opinion on the skywatcher EQ6 mount with regard to
using it for a 40 lb load from an 11" Celestron SCT?
Robert Babb

Useless material from other planets could added to ours, to the sun
and the moon in the same ratio as they are today, making more room on
our planet for people, things, etc.

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I saw a fox program on fake moon landings. but i keep asking myself,
whether or not the nasa landings are true or false, why didnt the
soviets exploit the  controversial footage and push the story that the
landings were fake?