* Astronomy

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RE: Just for Fun

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'Moon-starer' and 'No more stars' are anagrams of 'Astronomer'

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The Moon is shaped like an egg: it only looks round because the big end points towards Earth.

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Who first suggested that the Sun was at the center of the Solar System?

Spoiler: Aristarchus (310 BCE - ca. 230 BCE) of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known model that placed the Sun at the center of the known universe with the Earth revolving around it.
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Write your name in the stars

You can now literally - yes, literally - write your name in the stars, thanks to a University of Nottingham academic.
Dr Steven Bamford, a senior research fellow in the University's Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory, created an unusual font as part of his work with Galaxy Zoo - a Citizen Science project that enlists members of the public to classify the observable universe's billions of galaxies on the web.
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Ed ~ Remember to write "We are watching you Steven"

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Improv Everywhere : The Mp3 Experiment Nine

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http://xkcd.com/1071/

Exoplanets

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What is the plural of the word 'Octopus'; is it 'Octopuses', 'Octopi' or 'Octopodes'?

Spoiler

All three are correct.

However, Octopi, the supposed plural of octopus, is a favourite among fans of quirky words. But though it pains us to point this out, octopi is not etymologically correct. Octopus is of Greek, not Latin, origin, so its archaic plural would be octopodes, not octopi.

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My Galaxies - write in starlight

Create your own message in real galaxies!

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Nasa to launch rubber chicken in Rugby woman's knitted suit

A rubber chicken wearing an outfit knitted from plastic bags by a woman from Rugby is to be launched into space by Nasa on Sunday.
Sue Drage, 62, was asked by the US space agency to knit a new protective suit for Camilla the chicken.
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