Over at the Bad Astronomy Blog, Phil highlights a picture of one of our neighboring galaxies. If you don't click on any other link today, you should go look at this one - it's absolutely gorgeous.
As part of the ongoing International Year of Astronomy celebration, the Hubble Telescope folks are letting people vote on a target. There are a bunch of choices, they all look good, and I can't wait to see the final result. Go vote.
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So, what do we make of the NRC Rankings?
What drives the different rankings, and what are the issues and surprises?
The stories about prominent harassers in the field of astronomy have been coming out a lot lately, and kudos to the field for taking steps to end a severe and chronic problem that impairs the advancement of half the members of the human race.
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