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Dave Adalian
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Reporter, editor, presenter, astronomer and stargazer, guitarist, pet-owner, philosopher, backgammon wizard and all-around nice guy you'd really enjoy hanging out with.

https://earthsky.org/author/dave-adalian/
https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/author/dave
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Wow! Astronomers from MIT have discovered a #planet that's crumbling to pieces. It loses a Mount Everest's worth of material with every orbit around its star. Yesterday, EarthSky interviewed the study's lead author, Marc Hon of MIT. #exoplanets ☄️🔭
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📸 Jose-Luis Olivares/ MIT.
An orange star with a stream of light in orbit and a small reddish dot.
April 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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#Spacerocks tend to be rich in water, carbon and organic compounds. Yet the #meteorites that have made it to Earth are not. Why? A new study found that space rocks traveling near the sun lose much of their carbon material before they even make it to Earth. ☄️🌎🔭
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📸 Doug Ingram.
Long bright streak of light in night sky full of stars. A barren tree with branches reaches up in the foreground.
April 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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I just wrote about this study for EarthSky.org. It should publish Thursday or thereabouts.
April 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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This morning, enjoy a strong #CupOfJoe courtesy of @algreen.house.gov! "I'll accept the punishment. It's worth it to let people know that there's some of us who are going to stand up"
Rise up! Let’s get in some #GoodTrouble!
March 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
Photo of the resistance and opposition!
Al Green, TX, will live on in history!

When we fight, we will win!
Al Green, standing up during Trump’s propaganda speech and opposing the Republican Russian Regime!
March 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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I hate MAGA Nazis.
trisresists.bsky.social Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · Feb 26
Just in case it wasn’t clear enough…

MAGA = Nazis
February 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Venus and Saturn will be together in the sky next weekend. Join us for a how-to on viewing the pairing!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqwB...
Venus and Saturn All Week!
YouTube video by EarthSky
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January 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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This is officially the Road 148-SR 198 Interchange, but it will eventually include Lovers Lane. Lovers is going to get its own upgrade soon.

www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/01/03/1...
10-year effort to fix Lovers Lane-198 interchange underway - Valley Voice
The overburdened Highway 198 interchange at Lovers Lane will finally be replaced, but the project to relieve the unending traffic jam there will take at least a decade to complete.   First Small Steps...
www.ourvalleyvoice.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Tonight and tomorrow night, many will be asking: “What’s that bright #star by the #moon?” But it’s not a star. It's the planet #Venus, the brightest planet we see from Earth. 🌒🌟
https://earthsky.org/tonight/whats-that-bright-star-by-the-moon-its-venus-oct-5-nov-4-dec-4-2024/

📸 EarthSky.
Star chart with 2 slightly different crescent moon phases on December 3 and 4 near Venus.
December 3, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Coronagraphs block the sun’s glare with a disk called an occulter. But for ESA’s new #Proba3 mission, the occulter will be on a separate satellite, forming the largest-ever #coronagraph. ☀️🛰️
https://earthsky.org/space/proba-3-a-sun-observing-telescope-made-from-2-satellites/

📸 ESA/ P. Carril.
On dark space background, a circular spacecraft lies exactly in front of the sun, with wispy light streaming outwards around the edge. Towards the bottom of the image, another satellite points towards the eclipsed sun.
December 3, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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We love seeing - and sharing - all the fabulous photos we receive from the talented photographers on our EarthSky Community Photos page. 🌎🌌📸

Enjoy our latest video with highlights of our editor's picks from last week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3PTQPPW2PA/

📸 Andy Dungan.
Reddish blob and half-circle streamer of gas in space, with thousands of stars in the background.
November 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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Hey night owls! Look for the moon close to Mars and the faint Beehive star cluster late tonight. Also nearby will be the twin stars of Gemini: Castor and Pollux. They’ll be visible through dawn:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/il4rA7z25Cg
Chart with 2 stars at the top. Below them, there is a red dot for Mars, a circle for the Beehive and an almost half moon.
November 20, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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Cecille Kennedy from Depoe Bay, Oregon, shared this image on Monday: “Late morning double partial beauty. The secondary rainbow over the original or main rainbow has the colors inverted, as is the case with secondary rainbows.” Thank you!
https://ecp.earthsky.org/community-photos/entry/71895/
A house at the bottom right. A rough sea on the left side. A double rainbow from the house to the sky. It disappears in the center of the sky.
November 21, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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Two EarthSky livestreams in one day!? Join us LIVE TODAY as we watch the world’s most powerful rocket take to the sky! The fun starts at 3:15 p.m. CST. The SpaceX Starship is designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the moon, Mars and beyond:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eep9ncZHic4/
Tall rocket on launch pad. White text in blue rectangle says "Mars or Bust!"
November 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM