Festival attendees can enter Science Zone - Arizona Daily Star

Festival attendees can enter Science Zone Arizona Daily Star Ten telescopes will be given away to youths 17 and younger throughout the day on Sunday. Also that day, Dr. Fernando Martinez, Bio5's director who has ... and more »

Mauna Kea's First Telescope - Big Island Weekly

Mauna Kea's First Telescope Big Island Weekly This week's question comes from a new Big Island resident who just bought some land close to Hawi and asks, "We tried to go up to Mauna Kea Visitor Center ...

Hillhouse Opera plans stellar evening at Yale observatory to benefit Chile Friday - New Haven Register (subscription)

Hillhouse Opera plans stellar evening at Yale observatory to benefit Chile Friday New Haven Register (subscription) It will go through AURA, a government organization that owns many observatories. “Fortunately, everyone we know and collaborate with is fine, the telescopes ...

Getaway: Chart your own course - The Daily Advertiser

Getaway: Chart your own course The Daily Advertiser For information, call (504) 324-9614 or go to www.bluedog • Cypress Bend Resort in Toledo Bend has been making some fun changes. Cozy bonfires and telescope ...

Review: Chilling 'North Face' is modern spin on mountain climbing movie - The Detroit News

Review: Chilling 'North Face' is modern spin on mountain climbing movie The Detroit News ... while exposing the mean cost of vicarious thrills. What it doesn't do is make you want to go out and climb a mountain. And that's probably just as well. 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 »

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 »

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Orion SpaceProbe 3 EQ Reflector Telescope | Camera & Photo
I chose this over the refractor telescopes mainly because it seemed that to look into the refractor scopes would require a lot of bending over whereas this one has the eyepiece closer to eye level which makes viewing easier. Also, go ...

Astronomical Telescopes | Telescopes for Beginners
Celestron's NexStar telescopes were introduced in 1999, beginning with their first computer controlled "go to" model, a 5-inch. More models appeared in quick succession, and Celestron's new range made it one of the two dominant ...

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Call me stubborn, though; this was one time I was not going to just let it go. I was only a five-minute bike ride for the house, so I made a quiet, but careful, retreat and headed back to the house. On my return trip, I kept telling myself that the odds were very much against the bird still being, there, but I powered up my digital camera, anyway and got ready. ... 1999- OpticsPlanet, Inc - telescopes, binoculars, microscopes, riflescopes, rangefinders, & more.

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In fact, I agree that there isn't many places left to go, at least not many places to go and live with the electricity, internet, good health care, microscopes, radio telescopes, etc. Not many chop wood and carry water these days, ...

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He helped us realise we are made of stardust (The Age)
The enticing discovery that we are all the products of stardust came partly from English-born physicist Geoffrey Burbidge, who died late last month in San Diego.

Best of what's free in the Bay Area (San Francisco Chronicle)
Autodesk doesn't have a visibility problem. As one of the world's biggest design software companies, the Bay Area business has influenced everything from the special effects in "Avatar" to the design of the new Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland. But...

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,...