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California Science Center Names New Wing for Space Shuttle Endeavour

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:38:37 -0700
When NASA's space shuttle Endeavour lands at the California Science Center in Los Angeles this fall, it will be displayed in a temporary exhibit, and later a new museum facility named for an entrepreneur, explorer and philanthropist.
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Eastday-Museum plan boosts astronomy

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:52:21 -0700
SHANGHAI will build a museum to popularize knowledge of astronomy and showcase the latest astronomical achievements, local science officials told the International Symposium on the Popularization of Science in Shanghai yesterday.
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Orlando Science Center: Month of astronomy events

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:53:53 -0700
Orlando Science Center is expanding its Astronomy Day event, sprinkling events over select weekends through June 2. Activities will include SunWatch sessions, where visitors will peer at the sun through the Crosby Observatory telescope; four NASA speakers; “Orlando by Night,” a live planetarium show in the Dr. Phillips CineDome; the “Science on a Sphere” exhibit and the Kinesthetic [...]
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Saturn, surreally | Bad Astronomy

Wed, 23 May 2012 06:31:02 -0700
Take 7+ years of Saturn observations by the Cassini spacecraft, stitch a whole lot of them together into short, film-noir-like segments, and add a Beethoven soundtrack. What do you get? Awesomeness . The video was put together by Nahum Chazarra , who says on Twitter he’s a "Geology student, science lover". There’s literally too much in this to describe! Moons, rings, the planet itself… but I ...
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xkcd is the very model of a modern major science grad | Bad Astronomy

Mon, 07 May 2012 08:15:24 -0700
Hmmmm… the astronomer in today’s xkcd comic looks familiar, even as a stick figure. At least he didn’t draw me as a zombie . But I’m no Feynman. And hey, together with SMBC I think this makes me king of the four-letter comics. I mean, um. Well. [N.B. And yes, it really is me, I got word from The Man himself. Funny how a minimalist drawing with some context invokes recognition; I've been getting ...
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Canada-Wide Science Fair won by Montreal teen

Wed, 23 May 2012 07:59:16 -0700
A 15-year-old from Quebec who demonstrated that Jupiter is able to cast a perceptible shadow similar to shadows cast by the sun, the moon, Venus and the Milky Way has won the best project award at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Charlottetown.
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Big Picture Science: Antivaxxers (and updates) | Bad Astronomy

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:56:32 -0700
I do a roughly monthly segment with astronomer Seth Shostak on Big Picture Science, a radio show/podcast done by The SETI Institute. This month, Seth and I talked about the American Airlines dustup when they were planning to run an interview with reality-impaired antivaxxer Meryl Dorey . This story is a great victory for reality, and I’ve already written about the back story . Never forget: this ...
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Event to discuss appliance of science

Wed, 23 May 2012 07:31:56 -0700
Turning astronomy into business, helping more spin-outs to form, and how companies and win research money from the EU are just a few of the topics up for discussion during the Euroscience Open Forum conference taking place this July in Dublin.
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2012 Canada-Wide Science Fair - Laurent V. Joli-Cœur, age 15, named recipient of Canada's highest award for ...

Wed, 23 May 2012 04:00:00 -0700
MONTREAL , May 23, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Fifteen-year-old Laurent V. Joli-Cœur was granted the Best Project Award, along with a $10,000 cash award, at the 51 st Canada-Wide Science Fair - the highest distinction ...
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Universal joint: UNCA teams with Astronomy Club to build new observatory

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:40:42 -0700
People have been charting the movements of heavenly bodies for millennia. The Babylonians created star catalogs as far back as 1200 B.C.; the ancient Egyptians aligned their temples with the rising midwinter sun. Yet today, in the digital age, Asheville lacks a public observatory to mark even the simplest celestial event. But that’s about to change. Last month, UNCA announced a plan to partner ...
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