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Across the RASC

Written by Kate Fane on Tue, 2013/04/02

Photo special to The Guardian by Clair Perry and Brian Gorveatt

Written by Dave ? on Tue, 2013/04/02

 

Two members of the RASD (the Royal Astronomical Society of Daves) were recently interviewed on CBC radio in Nova Scotia.

http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?clipid=2369043234&position=268893&si...

The RASD inducted Dave XXX into the Society during the interview - a 1st for the RASD!

Written by Kate Fane on Thu, 2013/03/21

Thanks to new information from the European Space Agency's Planck space telescope, the universe has been revealed to be about 80 million years older than previously thought, is expanding slightly slower, has less dark energy, and contains more dark matter and ordinary matter.

Written by Kate Fane on Mon, 2013/03/18

Attention all Nova Scotia members!

Tune in to CBC Radio 1 at 5:50 p.m. today to hear Stephanie Domet chat with RASC member and Observer's Handbook Editor Dave Chapman.

Written by Kate Fane on Thu, 2013/02/14

 

The asteroid 2012 DA14 will make a record-setting approach to earth mid-afternoon on February 15th, 2013. Recently discovered by Spanish astronomers at the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca, this 45 metre asteroid is the size of half a football field, and its 130,000+ tonnes will be speeding past Earth at 28,100 km/h. 

Written by Kate Fane on Wed, 2013/02/06

 

RASC's National Office has recently set up an official Facebook page!

Written by Kate Fane on Wed, 2013/01/09

While there's little chance of a collison, astronomers around the world will be watching the skies tonight as asteroid Apophis (which caused a mild panic in 2004 after predictions of its possible impact) passes within 15 million kilometres of the Earth.