Annual San Diego Science Festival to Host Countywide "Excite Your Mind" Events ... - Newswise (press release)

Annual San Diego Science Festival to Host Countywide "Excite Your Mind" Events ... Newswise (press release) Attendees of all ages will have the chance to peer into the universe through telescopes, rub elbows with NASA engineers and preview the new IMAX documentary ... and more »

The science of origami - Times-Standard

The science of origami Times-Standard What do flapping birds and space telescopes have in common? To find out, plan to attend the 55th Kieval Lecture, a free event this Tuesday at Humboldt State ...

Prince Naruhito visits Mary Star School and Noguchi Laboratory - Ghana News Agency

Prince Naruhito visits Mary Star School and Noguchi Laboratory Ghana News Agency She commended the Japanese government for providing them with Astronomical Telescopes and appealed for sponsorship for students of the school to go for ... and more »

LOCAL COLUMN: Earthquake - The whole world shakes - Meadville Tribune

LOCAL COLUMN: Earthquake - The whole world shakes Meadville Tribune In the warm north, there are dry deserts, clear skies and, for this reason, many of the world's most powerful telescopes. The south is cold and rainy and ... and more »

Go and Do in Gilbert - East Valley Tribune

Go and Do in Gilbert East Valley Tribune Afterward, the East Valley Astronomy Club will have telescopes set up outside for a free public star-viewing party. The Hale Centre Theatre will present the ...

What makes supernovas go boom - msnbc.com

What makes supernovas go boom msnbc.com Type Ia supernovas are generally thought to go off when a white dwarf star — the remnant core of a red giant star that has sloughed off its outer gas layers ... and more »

National Geographic's 'A Traveler's Guide to the Planets' Is Ultimate in ... - ABC News

National Geographic's 'A Traveler's Guide to the Planets' Is Ultimate in ... ABC News Combining views from high-tech telescopes with computer-generated imagery, the series explores Earth's neighbors in the most personal way technology can ... and more »

March 7th: Robert Naeye of Sky & Telescope
For example the “Go To� telescopes made by companies like Celestron, Meade and others have made it a lot easier for people to go out, take their scopes out in the field, hit a keypad and bingo they're looking right at the target they ...

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An Astronomical Telescope For Far Away Minds
The best thing to do with an astronomical telescope is to go out into the country, away from the city lights. This is because city lights often glare upon the telescope, and you are often unable to see things in the astronomical ...

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My dog keeps me in touch with the universe. There are important reasons why he has to go out into the backyard about 9pm and then again around 5.00am – and at.

BLOG: The Central Coast Astronomical Society | Mustang Daily ...
“You've got to go to one of the star parties,� Campion said. “They've got telescopes so big they have to haul them up there on trailors … Have you ever seen the rings on Saturn? It'll blow your mind!� Campion used an analogy to express ...

What do I look for when buying a telescope? | Camera & Photo
On the manual side, if you're willing to learn the sky and adjust the telescope's optics (known as “collimating�…not as hard as it sounds, really), you should go with a dobsonian, which is essentially just a big light bucket you push ...

Twinkle twinkle, little star (The New Straits Times)
Stargazing needs little equipment but lots of patience. ANUSHA K. finds out STARGAZING is simply an activity of practical astronomy by looking up to the sky, with or without a telescope. You can also view constellations or meteors with the naked eye.

Crashing a comet's secrets (The New Canaan News)
When comets loop into view from the far edges of the solar system, they can ride the night sky like beautiful apparitions, pale tails streaming behind them. Or they can be barely discernible, disappointing blobs of fuzzy light you have to strain to see.

Wreckage, turbines, water and light: Ridgefield students' monuments recall 9/11 (Ridgefield Press)
Wind turbines would rise in simple majesty from a field in Washington D.C., inscribed with the names of every victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Their slow, endless turning would generate electricity for use at the White House.

The man who'll welcome aliens | Jon Ronson (MalaysiaNews.net)
'We don't want anybody just turning a radio ­telescope on the sky and sending their own ­messages to the source.' Photograph: Felix Clay If we are ever contacted by aliens, the man I'm having lunc...

Little girl saved by the phone (The New Zealand Herald)
A phone call by Emily Cotton's anxious mother probably saved the little girl's life after she became ill with a rare disorder.When the 23-month-old from Orewa began screaming hysterically, her mother, Susan, became concerned,...

Saved by the phone (The New Zealand Herald)
A phone call by Emily Cotton's anxious mother probably saved the little girl's life after she became ill with a rare disorder.

Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 5-7, 2010 (Universe Today)
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for the weekend? Then let's spend it "stellar" as we take a look at a great series of open galactic star clusters. Gathering a few photons will enrich both the spirit and the mind! If you're ready for some history, science and challenges, then follow [...]