Hunt for missing 'Moon Trees' that grew from seeds taken into space on Apollo 14 They are living, breathing monuments to the early days of space exploration - but nobody knows where they all are. A former Nasa astronomer has spent the last 15 years trying to track down dozens of 'Moon Trees' which were g...
Russia successfully launches Proton-M carrying military satellite Russia launched a Proton-M heavy launch vehicle carrying a military satellite from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan in the early hours of Wednesday, Col. Alexei Zolotukhin, a Defence Ministry spokesman for the Space Fo...
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Gaze at the stars from Cades Cove Astronomy buffs and amateur stargazers alike will have an opportunity to enjoy a night untarnished by city lights in Cades Cove on Saturday. Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are hosting the event in cooperation with the Smoky Mountains Astronomical S...
Gertrude Bell, a colleague of T.E. Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia) and the diplomat who drew the borders of modern-day Iraq, is the focus of a new exhibition opening Monday, Sept. 26, in the Gallery at the Whitney, located within the Whitney Humanities Centre, 53 Wall St. The exhibit, titled &q...
The Widener University Observatory resumes its public stargazing sessions on Monday night, from 8-9 p.m., with more sessions set for Oct. 3, 10 and 24, from 7-8 p.m. In addition, the observatory will host a Friday-evening session on Oct. 7, from 8-9 p.m. [url=http://www.delcotimes.com/article...
Bright Fireball Blazes Across High Desert, Oregon A bright fireball streaking across the sky Wednesday night was seen by dozens, likely hundreds or more Oregonians as it blazed an east-to-west trail over the Cascades and apparently well out over the Pacific Ocean. [url=http://www.ktvz.com/ne...
Strange stone structures similar to Peru's 'Nazca Lines' discovered in West Asia Thousands of patterns, almost look-alike of Peru's archaic Nazca Lines, have been found in the West Asia. Satellite and aerial photography showed mysterious stone 'wheels', which are more in number and older than...
