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HighlightsThe celtic festival of Beltane is on May 1st. North American Nebula -- this is an enormous and vivid cloud of gas and dust which has striking resemblance to North America. Due to its large size (four degrees across, eight times the angular size of the Moon), the nebula ("NGC7000") must b...
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Durham Festival of the Arts
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Durham Festival of the Arts offers something for everyone Durham University is inviting local residents to enjoy the third annual Durham Festival of the Arts. The student-led festival, which runs from June 2 to 23, promises to be the biggest yet, with concerts, masterclasses, plays, photography...
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Earth is currently moving through a swarm of pebble-sized meteoroids; when one hits our atmosphere at 65,000 mph. it will produce a spectacular fireball. These fireballs are part of the annual Taurid meteor shower.
Every year, in late October and early November, meteors seem to shoot out of the c...
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International Museum Day
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New ideas shine on International Museum Day A slew of events, including new projects and exhibitions aimed at appealing to visitors, were launched by various Chinese museums on International Museum Day Thursday. Read more
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The variable symbiotic Star AG Draco may be about to have an outburst and brighten to over 9th magnitude (from 11.3).
The last time it brightened was in 1991, when AG Draco reached visual magnitude of 8.1.
AG Draco is a symbiotic binary that probably contains a cool giant and a white dwarf.
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The magnitude 9 asteroid, 14 Irene, is predicted to pass only 0.2° north of magnitude 6 star 92 Virginis (HD 121607). The event this evening is observable from Europe and the Americas. Asteroid 14 Irene was at opposition on the 21st April, 2009. Position(2000): RA = 13h56m27.90s, Dec = +01°03'02.0...
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Professor Martin Rees
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A Cosmic Perspective on 21st Century Challenges The Astronomer Royal last night told a Liverpool audience that this century, above all the billions of years of the Earths existence, is the most significant. Professor Martin Rees visited the city yesterday to deliver one of Liverpool John Moores U...
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Mars New Year
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NASA Celebrates Mars New Year in Mars, Pennsylvania NASA helped the town of Mars, Pennsylvania ring in the Martian New Year, May 5-6. Citizens of the town, just north of Pittsburgh, invited the agency to help celebrate Mars New Year, whic...
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Highlights From a very dark location at that time, look for the Zodiacal Light, a huge soft glowing column of light in the western horizon. It is the light of the Sun reflected off dust particles in the inner solar system. Its axis closely coincides with the ecliptic. The Lyrids On April 22 (16-2...
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China's Space Day
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China's Space Day celebrations centered in Xi'an Major celebrations of China's Space Day will start on April 24 in Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. This year's celebrations will focus on the applications of space technology in economic and social development, said Tia...
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Conservation Optimism Summit
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Landmark wildlife summit gives reasons to be cheerful about conservation An international wildlife event, organised by the University of Oxford and partners, has highlighted the wide progress being made in conservation. During a two-day run, more than 250 people attended the Conservation Opt...
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Sony World Photography Awards
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Sony World Photography Awards 2017 Belgian photographer Frederik Buyckx has been named the Sony World Photography Awards' 2017 Photographer of the Year for his series of snow covered landscapes. Read more
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San Diego Earth Day Click to Play | View Details Earth Day 2009 San Diego - This was their 20th Anniversary.
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No news
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'There is no news': What a change from 1930 to today But 87 years ago, on 18 April 1930, the BBC's news announcer had nothing to communicate. "There is no news," was the script of the 20:45 news bulletin, before piano music was played for the rest of the 15-minute segment. Read more
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