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SMCC Observatory
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South Mountain Community College Unveils New Campus Observatory South Mountain Community College invites the public to come and view the celestial heavens through the lens of its new Desert Skies Observatory telescope on Thursday evening, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. SMCC students and faculty will...
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Remote Control Astronomy
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Remote Control Astronomy with the RAPTOR Telescope This next article is for those who are scopers and understand the painstaking work required to map out stars, chart the skies, and all the other unsung work that comes with astronomy. Apparently, some of the work that most astronomers did before ca...
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Global change
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Scientists reported Wednesday that in 10,000 years a massive, worldwide freeze could overcome the planet, more deadly than the Ice Age. British and Canadian researchers said greenhouse gases could prove beneficial in the future to battle a chill that could cover Canada and the United States, Eur...
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iObservatory
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iObservatory set to open in Sai Kung Hong Kong's largest professional telescope is about to go into service at the newly completed Space Museum Sai Kung iObservatory. Situated in Lady MacLehose Holiday Village the facility is the first of its kind in Hong Kong. It houses a 60cm Cassegrain telescope...
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Re-entry telemetry data
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A U.S. space agency team led by a blind engineer built a system to receive data from a Soyuz spacecraft just days after Russia asked for assistance. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials said the request from the Russian Federal Space Agency was to devise a way to capture telemetr...
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Thunder Bay Astronomical Observatory
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This fall, Lakehead University students are getting out of the classroom and into the heavens. For the first time, the Department of Physics will help students develop hands-on skills in observational astronomy. The course, taught by Lakehead Engineering professor Dr. Lionel Catalan, and Ran...
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Tropical Storm Paloma
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Tropical Storm Paloma is forecast to make landfall in the Cayman Islands in about 31 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% probability for TS is 65% George Town (19.3 N, 81.4 W) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% probability for TS is 65%
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Front Range observatory
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Front Range to open observatory Astronomy faculty and students at Front Range Community College will celebrate the opening of a new observatory on the Westminster campus with a public "Star Party" at 6 p.m. Nov. 17, which is a peak night for the Leonid meteor shower. [url=http://www.br...
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Big Sky Observatory
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The Big Sky Astronomical Society will be holding the grand opening celebration of their new observatory on Saturday, October 18, 2008. Read more
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Northern Arizona University Telescope
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NAU Telescope gets an upgrade After three years of planning and fundraising, NAU has a brand new technologically advanced telescope. It's called the "Barry L. Lutz Telescope for Education and Training," and it's designated for community members and NAU students. [url=http://www.a...
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights flies into space "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a sprit of brotherhood" - Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR...
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Turoe Stone
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A community in Co Galway is outraged that a 2,000-year-old ritual stone is to be moved and taken to a museum. Minister for the Environment John Gormley has been asked to intervene to prevent Turoe Stone from being moved to Galway City Museum. The three-foot high oval granite monument was erected near...
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Leo Petroglyph inscriptions
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Leo Petroglyph inscriptions show prehistoric times Visitors looking for family-friendly adventures might want to check out the Leo Petroglyph. It is an outstanding example of prehistoric Indian inscriptions. The petroglyphs are rock carvings chiselled into an outcrop of sandstone along a ra...
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Krýsuvík Observatory
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Observatory to Rise in Iceland's Krýsuvík The town council of Hafnarfjördur has provided a lot to the Seltjarnarnes Observatory Association to construct an observatory in the geothermal area of Krýsuvík on the Reykjanes peninsula. The association plans to construct a 1,650 square-meter build...
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Symphonia globulifera
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A tree that has been called a "living fossil" is helping researchers understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to future global warming. Symphonia globulifera is a tropical tree with a history going back 45 million years in Africa, said Chri...
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