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Astronomy Briefly

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Articles
The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, A Chronicle and Observer's Guide by Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb, Willman-Bell, Inc., 2006. The recent death of Halton C. Arp prompted me to read this book. reviewed by Duane Dunkerson
Your Handle On The Night Sky by Daniel E. Pope, 2011. un and awe. reviewed by Duane Dunkerson


Gravitational Waves: The Shadow Ghosts of Science Berkeley and Newton/G waves and spacetime/ J. Weber and LIGO/memory and concepts by Duane Dunkerson

Notes and Comments on *Quantum* by M. Kumar Dedicated to quantum cosmologists, wherever you may be by Duane Dunkerson .

Circumpolar North A fantasy ruined by what rain won't let me see. by Duane Dunkerson .

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Here and There
More Planets Than Stars? (Astronomy Now)
Kepler, NASA sat, recorded 1,284 newly discovered exoplanets. Analysis picked these out of 4,302
Colliding Neutron Stars (npr.org)
They yield results for LIGO and with gold and platinum too.
Cometary Acceleration for 'Oumuamua, the Interstellar Visitor? (Scientific American)
Not an alien source as seen by Pan-STARRS1 Observatory.

The Gaian Stricture (Earthsky)
Fermi's Paradox - where are the aliens? Maybe rapid changes on a planet could eliminate life. (Or was it supernovae?)
Universe Expansion Has No Explanation (NASA)
Observed Hubble constant not match predicted.