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M78 Wide Field Credit & Copyright: Thomas V. Davis (tvdavisastropix.com) Explanation: Interstellar dust clouds and glowing nebulae abound in the fertile constellation of Orion. One of the brightest, M78, is centered in this colorful, wide field view, covering an area north of Orion's belt. At a distance of about 1,500 light-years, the bluish reflection nebula is around 5 light-years across. Its tint is due to dust preferentially reflecting the...  
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Hello, astro-nuts! I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving and had lots to eat! :) Just a short one today about Atlantis' return home and Spitzer's discovery of the youngest Brown Dwarf star. Don't forget to check out the newest Astronomy video, and a new article about the Swift satellite mission from Penn State astronomy! Check This Out! Images from  
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The Institute for Astronomy will hold a star party — complete with hot chocolate and peppermint candy canes — 6—8 p.m. Sunday on the Hamilton Library Lawn, University of Hawaii at Manoa. IfA telescopes will be set up for a dusk-to-dark viewing of the moon, planets and stars at the "Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009" event. Free campus parking. Visit the Hamilton Library Bridge Gallery to see an exhibit tied to the yearlong...  
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Four hundred years ago this fall, Galileo Galilei turned his “Dutch” spyglass toward the sky, and what he saw changed the course of astronomy. But in publishing his initial observations in the pamphlet called “Sidereus Nuncius” (The Starry Messenger), Galileo also changed the course of scientific illustration and began what might be called the visualization revolution. In the race to get his telescopic observations out to the public, Galileo...  
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A twice-monthly podcast about astronomy. It includes the latest news, what you can see in the current night sky, interviews with astronomers and other things we liked the sound of. It is created by a bunch of astronomers from The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank (UK) for anyone who is interested in things out of this world.  
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In recognition of the International Year of Astronomy, Bishop Museum' is today debuting a new interactive planetarium show, "The Astronomy of Galileo." The 35-minute program will show daily at 3:30 p.m. (except for Tuesdays and Christmas, when the museum is closed). Planetarium admission is included in regular admission to Bishop Museum. The show explores ways in which Galileo used his discoveries to prove that the Earth moves around the sun...  
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London, Nov 21 (ANI): Father of astronomy Galileo Galilei’s missing fingers and a tooth have been found again. Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Museum of the History of Science, has said that admirers removed three fingers, a vertebra and a tooth from his corpse in a Florentine basilica 1737. Ninety-five years after his death, fans took their [...]  
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The NASA Astrophysics Data System (usually referred to as ADS ) is an online database of over 5,000,000 astronomy and physics papers from both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources. Abstracts are available for free online for all articles, and full scanned articles are available in GIF and PDF format for older articles. New articles have links to electronic versions hosted at the journal's webpage, but these are typically available only by subscription (which most astronomy research facilities have). ADS is an extremely powerful research tool, and has had a significant impact on the efficiency of astronomical research since it was launched in 1992. ... Read Full Story
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how is Galileo's research important to modern day psychology? or modern day? if he were alive today how might he apply his theory or research??? please help me out thanks. Read Full Story
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Galileo (February 15, 1564 - January 8, 1642) is an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who played a significant role in the scientific revolution. His achievements, which include improving the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and to support Copernicus. Galileo has been called the "father of modern astronomical observations," "father of modern physics", "father of science", and "father of modern science." Stephen Hawking said, "Galileo, perhaps more than any other one person , was responsible for the birth of modern science. " The motion uniformly accelerated objects, Professor of almost all high school and college physics courses introduced to study the kinematics of ... Read Full Story
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Astro-Physics Inc. FREE Ground Shipping on orders Shipped in the Contiguous United States! *On all items included in our pricelist unless otherwise noted* Fender, Rob arXiv:0810.0951. WebStars Astrophysics in Cyberspace This list of astronomical resources created by the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. It is intended as a resource for users who have a general interest in astronomical topics. The SAONASA Astrophysics Data System The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 4.0 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy. Read Full Story
 
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