Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Centennial: Einstein's General Theory of Relativity

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                                Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh (AAAP) Co-Founder Leo J. Scanlon (left), who would later be...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

NASA Orders SpaceX Astronaut Launches

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Photograph of the SpaceX Dragon vehicle for sending astronauts to the International Space Station, as unveiled by SpaceX Founder Elon Musk...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Tue. PM / Wed. AM w/ Web-Cast

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Photograph of a meteor during the 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower. (Image Source: Wikipedia.org ) By Glenn A. Walsh Reporting for SpaceWatch...
Friday, November 13, 2015

13th of Month Occurs on Friday More Than Any Other Day of Week

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This photograph shows the late children's television host, Fred Rogers, with the hand-puppet King Friday the 13th, used to prevent chi...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Fireballs Possible As Meteor Shower Peaks Wed. & Thur. Nights

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A Taurid fireball photographed on Monday, 2015 November 9 by Steve Shubert in St. Louis (Image Source: EarthSky.org ). By Glenn A. Wals...
Friday, November 6, 2015

Early Sat. Morning Marks Mid-Autumn

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Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing, 2006 October 21. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival held each year in China and Vietnam, within ...
Sunday, November 1, 2015

Astronomical Calendar: 2015 November

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On November 2, 95 years ago, the broadcasting industry began with the first commercial radio broadcast from KDKA-AM in Pittsburgh (the ver...