<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:42:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@astromaniac/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[NASA InSight: Engineers are still studying the problem with the HP3 probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers are still trying to understand why one of the InSight's main instruments is stuck just below the surface of Mars. Heat probe (HP3). Photo taken on March 19, 2019. Local sunny time 15: 21: 01.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/nasa-insight-engineers-are-still-studying-the-problem-with-the-hp3-probe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/nasa-insight-engineers-are-still-studying-the-problem-with-the-hp3-probe</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:26:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHTzY3Z4cVnz14idRmbi9nbV5szNmgjdUvgFCmJT1eBJXqwbVFrp69XG1qUtpckJSQk7Q7M7DGhfgVV8cVVdxY7i3AKA9dNvfRg46Ef6GsvERFiVKH6vZ2xq9SrRZFSkN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meteor explosion on the Bering Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[On December 18, 2018, a meteor with a diameter of about 10 meters entered the atmosphere and exploded with energy close to about 10 atomic bombs! According to NASA, this explosion was the second largest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/meteor-explosion-on-the-bering-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/meteor-explosion-on-the-bering-sea</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 18:18:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UoneA2abYGaKqMNzTcX4E16nWAyQCQfEWKr18srxMh7HiUb1uf23TKGRV8SK3MNmqrWkErHmhUXRhRqjBu76pxGxdt3AFtFLuEszV2pPGpii?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movements of stars in the sky]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being outdoors at night, it seems that the stars are completely immobile. However, it is enough to observe at intervals of a few hours or take a picture with a long exposure time to see that this isn't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/movements-of-stars-in-the-sky</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/movements-of-stars-in-the-sky</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:02:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5JTYhfHc4YoCm2zez33oJGAGhqHh1eDzJTNB6PTH8fMR8K2YTK8avEoVXYNXntmf8CvwRhnYAqqBTR9iXTB1Cz2C6xaNJ5xeHdmHj838p7VVbUx2jfELerdotsgYfNvBLG5E8piC4YYYv23WvoGRQvLDpuyGUJFPSKkPF7UqAHwNinXYy9sJVLmvbtzKxLHA6Us85CKguveinFGJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charon: The last moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Charon is such a large moon in relation to its dwarf planet that with Pluto they are considered to be a dual planetary system. When NASA's New Horizons probe performed its historic flight in the Pluto]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/charon-the-last-moon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/charon-the-last-moon</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 19:49:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruv8X2R8t7XDv5HGXyHWCCu4rKmbB5pmEzjYSfYE37V6iNkvZmkAHujGEWfsZVVA5Hqohq4Vi7bVt4vvTt9e9udiWa5j7roVZvk1BRbcJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Earth's magnetic pole is changing its location faster and faster!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest research shows that the north magnetic pole began to move unexpectedly from northern Canada towards Siberia with increasing speed. Schematic representation of the Earth's magnetic field lines]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/the-earth-s-magnetic-pole-is-changing-its-location-faster-and-faster</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/the-earth-s-magnetic-pole-is-changing-its-location-faster-and-faster</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 19:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/yX2kCPo1MLz3GrmQLx1XC8zUq6bSXBeTA9RVQfaZYoK9uZyWyfsjRRaejTB9aw57AVzC2zSeDmgkF22DJ3GFvc6ihayPgJPrSwL54U1yxDotn8dcGgQqWghoP3QUM7jq5VuM46K18fBHGdsU7Q579yyukF8Ncks9ZZb9QkvvoTWV3pcyxQDizKZgp3mcptC5u2Gom9Wk2wu6dk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pluto - dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will describe you the last (not official) planet of our Solar System. 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Asteroid Ida photographed by the Galileo]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/cosmic-rocks-asteroids-and-meteoroids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/cosmic-rocks-asteroids-and-meteoroids</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:42:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j4j2o7W1sMnSNugHRAECchT3UagjQo9QBF79vESmWRwSDSGEaK7vT4jVPEhPxqcV2bX7x6W81iL6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neptune - giant at the ends of the solar system]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will describe for you this time the 8th planet of our Solar System. It is the smallest and most distant of gaseous giants. 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The problem of the growing number of artificial lighting is getting more and more serious every year.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/light-pollution-is-still-growing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/light-pollution-is-still-growing</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:11:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWaEGdYhcLBeT3occEUjcT2GPTswqGN542KNdznqZsr9C7Ba6P5Bj1aM6JuMBXVoAFgJ9hu2iLXpfpPXX1Zh7tT6V1KztJKriWat2CKUTnaNTmK4AYBPDHZTj7WSgpqzKsPMoU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomical Observations #35: Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to the next episode of the review most interesting objects of the night sky. I am showing you those that we can see with an amateur telescope. This time we will make a small return to nebular objects.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/astronomical-observations-35-crescent-nebula-ngc-6888</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/astronomical-observations-35-crescent-nebula-ngc-6888</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:44:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DogN7fF3oJDUFU8o54rWVofrMQvZyEHeC8oL8B6ntcR3vbfBRAiQCst8BygTR11vxd2BCnBo23wrDUFZ3jdCbaz3EEvhbVbZMzeL2oLhkhaNgqjEFfyoSYBJdr6pzcNFSK2L3DiHaG7z3HESHYRkcgUfyuybTfkeS5D2ojR6kjoKqjVF3LdtQvUTF4LaNt8iviot5eoaj5caa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clusters of galaxies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Galaxies are huge structures. They are connecting into clusters, and these form even larger superclusters. 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Just as there are many stars in galaxies, so are many galaxies in the universe. They give us to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/galaxies-amazing-giants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/galaxies-amazing-giants</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 21:06:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtkfgFkA51RSmmjaY2Gdt6YkGHN2KWPvt2P4paY23Ai8rCx2RT5VYEfcc5o8LfSDPM1PZTmN9uZgrveXLibeELbUhLxkiq119?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomical Observations #32: Messier 108]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to the next episode of my series about amateur observations of celestial bodies. Continuing the journey through the brighter galaxies of our sky, I would like to show you an interesting spiral]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/astronomicalobservations-32-messier-108-1548706534407</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/astronomicalobservations-32-messier-108-1548706534407</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:15:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtkfgFkA51RSmmjaY2Gdt6YkGHN2KWPvt2P4paY23Ai8rCx2RT5VYEfcc5o8LfSDPM1PZTmN9uZgrhfcJbWRM1Bsu1HcKPU9g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA wants to grow plants in space!]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the famous harvest of lettuce on board the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015, astronaut meals can be enriched with the addition of cosmic bean. Is this the beginning of self-sufficient space]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/nasawants-to-grow-plants-in-space-1548448158177</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/nasawants-to-grow-plants-in-space-1548448158177</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:29:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtkfgFkA51RSmmjaY2Gdt6YkGHN2KWPvt2P4paY23Ai8rCx2RT5VYEfcc5o8LfSDPM1PZTmN9uZgrhfcJbWRLxz6989RpfUza?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomical Observations #31: Sombrero Galaxy (M104)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this episode we will look at a quite specific galaxy - M104 is a spiral galaxy located in the southern part of the Virgo constellation. The name suits its appearance, reminiscent of a wide Mexican hat.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/astronomicalobservations-31-sombrero-galaxy-m104-1548099695008</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@astromaniac/astronomicalobservations-31-sombrero-galaxy-m104-1548099695008</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[astromaniac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 19:41:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtkfgFkA51RSmmjaY2Gdt6YkGHN2KWPvt2P4paY23Ai8rCx2RT5VYEfcc5o8LfSDPM1PZTmN9uZgrhfcJbWRLv3egLPD3vVFs?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>