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The goals of the International Space Station (ISS) are to establish a permanent habitable residence and laboratory for science and research, and to maintain and support a human crew at this facility....
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The Night Sky: February 2012
The Night Sky in February 2012 By Harry J. Augensen Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Widener University Moon’s Phases ...
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Shuttered SETI reboots ET pursuit
By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco, Posted in Space, 15th August 2011 23:32 GMT The search for intelligent life somewhere other than among non-governmental homo sapiens has been given a...
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Astronomy Education Review (AER), the web-based journal/magazine about astronomy education and outreach, annou...
AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY IS NEW PUBLISHER. Astronomy Education Review (AER), the web-based journal/magaz...
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UCLA, (Aug. 15, 2011) Why does Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have what looks like an enormous white arrow abo...
ESO, Garching, Germany (10 Aug. 2011) This new picture from ESOs Very Large Telescope shows NGC 3521, a spir...
NASA-JPL (Sep. 24, 2009) Astronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star. Something, perhaps a...
NASASTScI (Jan. 8, 2009) A mysterious flash of light from somewhere near or far in the universe is stil...
European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany (Aug. 21, 2009) New images released today by ESO delve in...
Max-Planck Society (Oct. 6, 2009) Quite a few distant galaxies turn out to be cosmic delivery rooms. Large...
NASA (May 16, 2009) NASAs Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft has spotted the f...
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We intend to make a special web cast of comet Lulin, from the Bareket observatory in Israel. http://bareket-as...
Public Lecture Open to Everyone ------------------------------------------------ On Wednesday, March 4, at...
Around the World in 80 Telescopes was a unique live 24-hour webcast, held April 3-4, 2009, that visited some o...
Dear Friend of Astronomy: You are cordially invited to the SETI Institute in Mountain View on Saturday, May...
Dr. Patricia Burchat of Stanford University will give a non-technical, illustrated talk on: The Dark Side ...
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October 23rd Evening Star Party at Foothill College: Free and Open to the Public On Friday evening, October 23...
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"Around the World in 80 Telescopes" was a unique live 24-hour webcast, held April 3-4, 2009, that visited some...
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"Educational Web Sites on Astronomy, Physics, Spaceflight and the Earth's Magnetism" By David P. Stern, M.Sc....
Edward B. Jenkins, Ph.D. Sr. Research Astronomer Princeton University Observatory Department of Astrophysical ...
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