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Star spotting in Britain
So you thought Britain was rubbish for stargazing? Think again! The Campaign for Dark Skies, part of the British Astronomical Association, produced this cool map, highlighting areas of low light...
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IYA: Yours to Discover!
The International Year of Astronomy is here, yay! Check out the website to find out about the activities taking place in 2009, and follow the links to your country’s IYA webpages to see what’s...
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Are you fed up with seeing images from the Hubble Space Telescope of objects just just don’t care about? Think it’s all a big scam? Now is the time to speak up, as NASA have opened up Hubble’s...
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Celebrate the XX
Yesterday, 8 March, was International Women’s Day. I hope many of you enjoyed and celebrated it. A ton of events took place yesterday and throughout the month of March, check out the official website...
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A big week for astronomy
This week, starting 2 April, one of the biggest events in the International Year of Astronomy will take place. 100 Hours of Astronomy, one of the year’s Cornerstone programmes, will get thousands of...
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Hubble brings exotic beauties to the IYA party
Remember when the folks at NASA gave us all the opportunity to vote for a target to observe with the Hubble Space Telescope? The winning target was the totally hot pair of interacting galaxies, Arp...
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Of men, women and chimpanzees
Dr. Smith was ectstatic he'd been shortlisted for a fellowship Last week I listened to an excellent podcast at Slate.com on how to get more women into science. I can’t find the podcast anymore but the...
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Stellar Citizen Science
Historical eclipse measurements of epsilon Aurigae Over at Professor Astronomy, Kurtis recently talked about an excellent citizen science project to light on the nature of mysterious variable star...
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Astronomers nab photography award
Two excellent ambassadors for astronomy have been awarded a prestigious Swedish award for their accomplishments in astrophotography. Carolyn Porco, planetary scientist at the Space Science Institute...
View ArticleThe White House Hearts Astronomy
This week the White House was the venue for the most high-profile Star Party of the year. To celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, the President played host to over a hundred school kids and...
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