Astronomy: Search The Galaxy

From The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Visit our Monthly Sky Highlights and Moon Phase Calendars page for more information.
Original post by The Old Farmer’s Almanac

But some people are complaining that it looks too much like the logo for Indiana Jones. Well, duh. It’s supposed to! Still and all, we decided that it’s time to get a new one. So we’re opening up the floor on this one: got any talent? …
Original post by The Bad Astronomer

Telescope observations of the evening sky are conducted regularly on the first and third Fridays of every month weather permitting. Parking is available in the University Center Parking Garage. You may enter the garage off Phillip …
Original post by unknown

In December 2007, the year 2009 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Astronomy. In a bid to increase the awareness of astronomy and our place in the Universe, 2009 will be a year to learn about astronomy as …
Original post by Ian O’Neill

Wiseman, JJ “What Do We Learn about the Creator from Astronomy and Cosmology?” Not Just Science chapter 5. 2005. p.97-108. If you are planning on joining our group on May 7, and need a copy of this reading before then, please contact …
Original post by kristalouise

This is one of radio astronomy’s most useful instruments — it’s used to study pulsars, galaxies, asteroids and for SETI, as well as for other research. This antenna simply has no peer. There’s no other instrument where you can wield 18 …
Original post by The Bad Astronomer

I knew the little Martian Rovers were getting dusty, especially after the global dust storm of last year. The image above is a very close up image of one of the solar panels on the Rover Spirit. The image on the left is what the solar …
Original post by Tom

The hi-res astronomy videos I made last month are now available on Vuze. That means people can get them internationally! They’ve been uploaded to the channel SpaceRip, my partner Thomas Lucas’s channel there. Unfortunately I don’t see …
Original post by The Bad Astronomer

Abstinence-only education does not work. This is beyond a doubt: test after test, study after study show that it does not lower pregnancy rates, nor lower the amount of sexually transmitted diseases, nor does it change the average age …
Original post by The Bad Astronomer

The Northern Lights glimmer with an unexpected trait.
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