HeyJaredAl Stahler
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Al Stahler: Eclipse tonight, launch on Sunday (opens the original)
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Eclipses come in pairs. Two weeks ago, the eastern hemisphere enjoyed an eclipse of the sun. Tonight (Thursday, 27Aug), itâs our turn: An eclipse of the moon ... weather permitting. Every two weeks, Earth, sun and moon line up. If the moon is between Earth and sun, the sun lights the far-side of the moon â the side we never see â and the moon is new â dark and invisible. If the line-up is especially straight â moon directly between Earth and sun â the moon eclipses the sun: A solar e
Al Stahler: Upcoming shower (opens the original)
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Billions of years ago, there was no sun, no Earth ... just a humongous cloud of gas and dust, drifting through the galaxy. The cloud would drift close to a star, drift away, drift close to another star. And then, this cloud of gas and dust drifted close to a ginormous star, a star running out of the fuel it needed to feed its nuclear furnace. Ginormous stars die explosively. The explosion sent a shock wave through the near-by cloud of gas and dust, squeezing the cloud hard. And then gravity took
Al Stahler: Falling (opens the original)
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Ten-thirty, Monday morning, Earth began falling toward the sun. Toss a ball straight up, and it leaves your hand flying fast. But as the ball climbs, it slows; at some point, it slows to a stop ... and then begins to fall. The ball falls slowly at first, then faster and faster. If Earthâs orbit âround the sun were a perfect circle, weâd remain always the same distance from the sun: 93 million miles. But our orbit is not a circle, and 93 million is just an average. Earthâs orbit around th
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