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Goddard Space Flight Centre
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Exhibits, activities mark Goddard's 50th If there's a would-be astronaut or astronomer in your house (or even a "coulda-been"), they will find a lot to do today in downtown Baltimore as the Goddard Space Flight Centre celebrates its 50th anniversary and five decades of space science in...
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Nicole Albers speaks at LASP
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The University of Colorado is hosting a free talk Tuesday to discuss what the Cassini spacecraft has taught astronomers about Saturn's famous rings. Astronomer Nicole Albers will discuss the wonders of Saturn at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Auditorium 299 at the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physi...
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Stirling Observatory
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Among the highlights of this year's Le Weekend is a singular exercise in sound where the music of the stars is played within the confines of Stirling Observatory. Named Telescope, it's a recorded sound installation rather than a performance, and is the creation of duo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffa...
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Sigma Xi awards
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Each year Sigma Xi awards the William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to scientific research and has demonstrated the ability to communicate this research to scientists in other disciplines. The award includes a $5,000 grant to a y...
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Once again in May, five planets will stretch along the early morning horizon. On Friday, around 5:30 a.m., Mars stands right in the east, and as you move your gaze toward the south, you will see Venus, Uranus and Neptune (for these two, you'll need binoculars or a telescope), and then Jupiter in the sou...
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Hay Festival
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This week, two of the biggest science stories of the year broke - the first ever British astronaut and a 47-million-year-old fossil that tells us how humans and other primates are related to the rest of the animal kingdom. We've decided to ignore those and instead Alok Jha and James Randerson have hop...
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Cline Observatory
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Cline Observatory's First Open House Set for Sept. 21 Guilford College's Cline Observatory has scheduled its fall series of open houses, which will each feature a multimedia presentation followed by viewing through the observatory's telescope. Each event will be free and open to the public. [ur...
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Stokesville Observatory
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The Shenandoah Valley Stargazers will host an Astronomy Day Open House at 7 p.m. May 2 at Stokesville Observatory. The public is invited to bring their own telescopes. Club members will be available to help demonstrate how to make the best use of each type of telescope. Club members also will have the...
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We Are Astronomers
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We Are Astronomers Competition Your chance to win tickets to see "We Are Astronomers" along with an exclusive poster signed by the show's narrator, David Tennant To celebrate the launch of the amazing new full-dome digital planetarium show, "We Are Astronomers", you have t...
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Annual Youth Astronomy Camp
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Around the World in 80 Telescopes
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A collection of NASA missions will be involved in a live event Friday, April 3, that will allow the public to get an inside look at how these missions are run. "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" is a 24-hour webcast that is part of the "100 Hours of Astronomy" event for the Interna...
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Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad
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APAO IV Kyrgyzstan 2008 Click to Play | View Details The IV Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad was organized in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) in 2008. There were participants from Indonesia, Korea, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Russia & Kyrgyzstan. It was really interesting Olympiad for all. Next Olympia...
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Badlands National Park
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Expand (150kb, 560 x 560) Credit: SOHO/MDI The Solar Cycle 24 Sunspot, 11017, can be found near the center of the solar disk.
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Chesapeake astronomy event
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A free celebration of astronomy with the Back Bay Amateur Astronomers and the Chesapeake Department of Parks and Recreation will be held Saturday at Northwest River Park. Source
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