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Star Of Wonder: Adler Planetarium Show To Be Retired

suntimes.com | By MARY HOULIHAN Mhoulihan@suntimes.com | Posted 12.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Holidays, Astronomy, Adler Planetarium, Planetarium, Chicago, Christmas, Star of Wonder Adler, Star of Wonder, Holiday Season, Chicago News

Since the mid-1930s, "Star of Wonder" has been a holiday staple at the Adler Planetarium. The museum's longest-running sky show, it examines theories ...

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Winter Solstice 2009: Time, Traditions, And Information On Shortest Day Of The Year

Posted 12.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Winter Solstice Traditions, Winter Solstice, Winter Solstice History, Astronomy, Winter Solstice 2009, Winter Solstice Time, Winter Solstice Information, Winter, Poll, Winter Solstice 2009 Time, Shortest Day of the Year 2009, Fairbanks-Alaska, Home News

Winter Solstice takes place today, Dec. 21, 2009. The astronomical event takes place when the Earth tilts farthest from the sun and occurs at precisel...

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Meteor Shower November 2009: WATCH Leonid Meteor Shower Preview (VIDEO)

Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Meteor Show 2009, Leonid Meteor Shower, Meteor Shower November 2009, November 2009 Meteor Shower, Leonids-Meteor-Shower-2009, Astronomy, Space, Meteor Show, Leonid Meteor Shower 2009, Leonids Meteor Shower, Leonid Meteor Shower November 2009, Leonidas Meteor Shower, Meteor Shower November 17, Meteor Shower November 16th, Green News

The Leonid Meteor Shower will hit its peak early in the morning Tuesday, Nov. 17. For those far enough from city lights and fortunate enough to hav...

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Dozens Of "Earth-Like" Planets Discovered Outside Solar System

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

Read More: Astronomers, Planets, Astronomy, Space, Solar System, Universe, New Planets, Earth Like Planets, Earth Like Planet Discovered, Discovered Planets, Exoplanets, Technology News

WASHINGTON — European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many p...

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Astronomers Shocked: "The Edge Of The Solar System Is Tied Up With A Ribbon" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar System, Nasa, Astronomers, Astronomy, Outer Space, Universe, Solar System Tied Up With a Ribbon, Green News

NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, has just produced new images of the solar system that has shocked astronomers. This first full-sized m...

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Save Space: Letter-Writing Campaign To Save The Space Program

Posted 10.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: U.S. Space Program, Nasa, Twitter, Space Program, Astronomy, Space, Florida, Save Space, Impact News

The national space program is scheduled to end soon, and a vocal group of enthusiasts, businesses and cities have banded together to promote Save Spac...

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2012: Mayan Year 2012 Stirs Apocalypse Predictions, Doomsayers

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 10.11.2009 | World

Read More: 2012 Movie, 2012 Predictions, Astronomy, Mayan Calendar, 2012 End of World, Mexico, Mayan Ruins, Is 2012 Prediction Real?, Is 2012 the End of the World, 2012 Apocalypse, Archaeology, 2012, Maya, World News

MEXICO CITY — Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on De...

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Our Noisy Sun: Happy Solar Outage Month

Lisa Napoli | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable Tv, Solar, Astronomy, Robert Halderman, David Letterman, Media News
Lisa Napoli

The other night when I turned on my boob-tube, there was no signal. Control freaks take heart: If you must know exactly when this might happen to you and your TV service, type in "solar outage calculator" online.

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Help Save the Moon

Amy Ephron | Posted 10.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Help Save the Moon, Shock and Awe, Nasa, Moon, Bombing-the-Moon, Astronomy, Astronauts, Lunar Explosion, Celestial Explosion, Comedy News
Amy Ephron

On Friday, NASA is planning to crash into the moon. I'm just wondering: who gave them permission to crash into the moon?

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The Discovery of Neptune

Michael Kaplan | Posted 11.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Science, Working Methods, Inspiration, Planet, Astronomy, William Herschel, Dispute, Home News
Michael Kaplan

Semi-irregularity, by combining the familiar and the changeable, gives the mind its best tools for effective thought: patterns and exceptions.

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Corot-7b: New Planet Discovered; Astronomers Say There's Solid Ground

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Gas, Corot7b, Lava Planet, Thuringer Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Science, Corot, Rock, Astronomy and Astrophysics, New Planet, Astronomy, Lava, Extrasolar, Solid Ground, Corot-7b, Home News

WASHINGTON — Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand – if only it weren't so b...

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Saving Mount Wilson

Gabriel Rotello | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mt Wilson, Edwin Hubble, California Wildfires, Astronomy, Los Angeles, Living News
Gabriel Rotello

It's heartening to see that in the case of the Mt. Wilson observatory, people were willing to put their lives on the line to save a bucolic piece of living history.

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Naked Eye Astronomy -- 5 Tips For Seeing The Stars

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Star Gazing, Constellation, Galileo, Stars, Telescope, Astronomy, Naked Eye Astronomy, Green News

To mark the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first recorded discoveries in the sky through a telescope, 2009 has been declared the International...

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Suicidal Planet Seems On Death Spiral Into Star

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Stars, Star, Planets, Astronomy, Astronomer, Planet, Outer Space, Suicidal Planet, Universe, Living News

WASHINGTON — Astronomers have found what appears to be a gigantic suicidal planet. The odd, fiery planet is so close to its star and so large t...

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How I Became an Eclipse Chaser -- And Dragged My Family Along!

Suzanne Deal Booth | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Nasa, Ptolemy, Heroditus, Turkey Eclipse, Uyghur, Eclipse Chasing, Cappadocia, Edmond Halley, Umbraphiles, Astronomy, Aristotle, Li Shu, Path of Totality, Solar Eclipse, Mayans, Ugarit, Living News
Suzanne Deal Booth

Eclipse chasing is a serious endeavor. The first time I chased one was with my 16 year old daughter in 2006 in Cappadocia, Turkey, not far from the first recorded total solar eclipse.

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Why does John McCain hate planetariums?

Phil Plait | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barak Obama, John McCain, Education, Astronomy, Planetarium, Science, Mccain, Funding, Nashville Debate, Town Hall Debate, Obama Mccain Town Hall, 2nd Debate, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Debate Reaction, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Presidential Debate Reaction, Nashville Town Hall, Obama Mccain Tuesday Debate, Obama Mccain Debate, Belmont Debate, Tennessee Town Hall, Obama Mccain Debate Tennessee, Politics News
Phil Plait

Planetaria show us the beauty and grandeur of the Universe, and shouldn't be cynically relegated to being a political bludgeon used to score cheap points.

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New Discovery: More of the Worlds!

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Star, Astronomers, Astronomy, Outer Space Pictures, Pluto, Science, Earth, Cosmos, Planet, Celestial, Life on Other Planets, Galaxy, Universe, Super Earth, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

Last week, astronomers uncovered new planets in the celestial lounge: we'll wonder how quickly they'll take our jobs, then we'll build a border fence around the planet. That's just the kind of worldly neighbors we are.

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Astronomers: Discovery Of Earth-Like Planets Inevitable

space.com | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Earth-Like Planets, Earth, Planet Hunters, Astronomers, Planet, Astronomy, Home News

Planet hunters say it's just a matter of time before they lasso Earth's twin, which almost surely is hiding somewhere in our star-studded galaxy. Mom...

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Human triumph on Mars

Phil Plait | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Nasa, Mars, Astronomy, Phoenix, Space, Living News
Phil Plait

This is what we humans can do when we try. When we persist and learn from our mistakes, we can literally touch other worlds.

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Astronomers Weigh Biggest Black Hole In The Universe

BBC News | Paul Rincon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Black Hole, Science, Biggest Black Hole in Universe, Sun, Astronomers, Astronomy, Universe, Home News

The biggest black hole in the Universe has been weighed by astronomers. The monster celestial object is 18 billion times more massive than our own Su...

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Home Observatories Are Newest Luxe Home Accessories

New York Times | Kate Murphy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Luxury Items, Home Observatories, Astronomy, Business News

In the quaint seaside community of Gloucester, Mass., on Cape Ann, one gray clapboard house stands out from the rest. It has a big white dome rising f...

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