Sunday, October 7, 2018

Laser-Powered Sub to Explore Jupiter Moon Europa ?

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    Image of Jupiter's moon, Europa, one of the four Galilean moons. Famous astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered Europa, along with th...
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Monday, October 1, 2018

Astronomical Calendar: 2018 October

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                           Image of the launch of Friendship 7, the Mercury-Atlas rocket which sent John Glenn to be the first American to...
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Sunday, September 23, 2018

Japan Launches Mini-Space Elevator Experiment to International Space Station

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                                             This graphic shows the concept of an Earth to Earth-orbit Space Elevator. Japan has launched a...
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Saturday, September 22, 2018

Autumn Begins Saturday Evening; Harvest Moon Monday Night

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This diagram shows the position of the Earth, in relation to the Sun, at the time of the Autumnal Equinox, as well as the other solstices ...
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Saturday, September 1, 2018

Astronomical Calendar: 2018 September

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Image of the Columbia Command Module, which transported the first humans to the Moon as part of the historic Apollo 11 space mission in Ju...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Are Sundials, to Tell Time, Really Obsolete ?

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                        Photograph of an Open Armillary S undial (which tells both time and date) located at the northern tip of Library Pa...
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Sunday, August 12, 2018

Journey to the Sun !

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Launch of the Parker Solar Probe on a 3-month journey to the Sun. The on-time launch (although there was a one-day delay) occurred from Sp...
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