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A piece of lunar history lies in India
"A piece of lunar history lies in India" "As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing, few know about the role played by Indian scientists. The first men on the moon— Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin— collected 21.7 kg of rock... Coming Feb. 20: Total Eclipse of the Moon
Hopefully the weather permits a nice view of this phenomenon on the day
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Mark Wednesday, Feb. 20, on your calendar as "Lunar Eclipse Night," for if the weather is fair you should have no difficulty... NASA Images Capture 'Death Star Galaxy' Firing On Neighbor
I've always been a bit of an atronomy nerd so this is pretty interesting. Basically a black hole is shooting radiation and energy towards a nearby galaxy. I wonder, if there was sound in space, would it sound like... Bradford Washburn, father of modern Museum of Science, dies at 96
"I heard the sad news of Bradford Washburn's passing this morning via a friend, and posted it on The MountainWorld Blog as well as NowPublic, but wanted to add this important remembrance from the Boston Globe. An amazing man he...Planetary triple play on deck [early] Sunday
"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies. About 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday those...
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Stellarium: put a planetarium on your desktop!
"Stellarium "is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go." File this under "very...A Free-for-All on Science and Religion
"Maybe the pivotal moment came when Steven Weinberg, a Nobel laureate in physics, warned that âthe world needs to wake up from its long nightmare of religious belief,â or when a Nobelist in chemistry, Sir Harold Kroto, called for the John Templeton Foundation to...
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