A new set of eyes | By Magdalena Wegrzyn © 2010 Longmont Times-Call
Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 29th, 2010
LONGMONT – John Minors is thanking his lucky stars. Next semester, his astronomy students at Longmont’s Front Range Community College will peer at constellations and planets at the school’s new observatory.
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Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 29th, 2010
Precious Arabic manuscripts from western Africa are under threat as Mauritania's desert libraries vanish The bone-dry wood creaks as the book opens at a page representing the course of the moon, framed by black balls and red crescents. The manuscript contains 132 pages of Arab astronomy bound in well-worn leather, a 15th-century treasure stored, with similar items, in a cardboard box in a ...
HOROSCOPE for Thursday, 07/29/2010
Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 29th, 2010
ARIES (March 20-April 18): It can feel like you're walking through a hall of mirrors now that Mars is in Libra. Faults you see in others may be reflections of your own. TAURUS (April 19-May 19): You can't get out of a commitment, so see what you can make of... Libra - Mars - Planet - Solar System - Astronomy
Free park event will focus on astronomy at Lake Maria State Park
Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 29th, 2010
A free Universe in the Park program will begin at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at Lake Maria State Park.
It was in the stars: Observatory becomes national historic site
Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 29th, 2010
The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, a monument to Canada’s honoured place in the study of astronomy, has been recognized as a national historic site.
Planetarium group gets fundraising criteria
Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 29th, 2010
The Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium must raise more than $400,000 by this time next year if they want to keep the planetarium open after the 2010-11 school year. Planetarium - Astronomy - United States - American Museum of Natural History - Hayden Planetarium
Serendipitous cosmic ray data gathered
Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 28th, 2010
MADISON, Wis., July 28 (UPI) -- A particle observatory at the South Pole has produced a scientific result about a phenomenon the telescope was not even designed to study, researchers say. Cosmic ray - South Pole - Telescope - Astronomy - Observatories
Planetary triangle forming in evening sky
Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 28th, 2010
A trio of planets converging in the night sky this week and for several nights will give casual skywatchers the perfect chance to easily see and identify worlds they might not normally notice. Planet - Astronomy - Night sky - Amateur - Sky Calendars
Alien planets locked in close embrace
Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 28th, 2010
Two distant alien planets around a dying star have been discovered locked in the closest orbital embrace ever seen, a new study has found. Planet - Extrasolar planet - Astronomy - Earth - UFOs
How Astronomy Lit Up the Solar System
Author: Yahoo! News Search Results for astronomy07 28th, 2010
Astronomy has come a long way in the 401 years since Galileo turned his first primitive telescope to the sky, so it's no surprise we see a very different solar system than the field's earliest pioneers.