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The Winter Night Sky
It’s cold out. The sky is crisp and clear. It gets dark very early. There…
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Asteroid 1, Dinosaurs 0
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 15. The dinosaurs ruled the Earth for millions of…
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Earthrise
Just recently the world was saddened to hear that former astronaut Frank Borman had passed…
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The Case of the Brontosaurus
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 14b. When I was growing up, Brontosaurus was almost…
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The Case of the Velociraptor
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 14a. The dinosaur in the movie Jurassic Park, called…
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Meet The Dinosaurs
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 14. In this article, we’ll focus on several individual…
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Geminids Meteor Shower / December 13-14, 2023
One of the year’s best meteor showers is coming up on the night of Wednesday,…
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Telescope for the Holidays?
Is this the year? Will you finally buy that telescope for yourself or for the…
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The Classification of Dinosaurs
FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 31, Number 13. As noted in An Introduction to Dinosaurs, Richard…
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Last chance to visit the Kaleideum North Planetarium
As you may know, Kaleideum North will be closing on December 31, 2023. It will…
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THE NIGHT SKY
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THE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE
Sagittarius A* Credit: EHT Collaboration
LIGHT POLLUTION
Image Credit: NASA/NOAA
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