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These National Parks Are Hosting Astronomy Festivals in 2024
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoMany national parks are now using the tagline “half the park is after dark” to remind visitors to...
Physicist's gravity revelation may finish 'endless search' for dark matter
Newsweek· 10 hours agoDark matter is a hypothetical form of matter, thought to account for 80 percent of the matter in the...
Ranger dies after falling at Utah national park while on-duty
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNational Park has died from his injuries after tripping and falling while on duty, according to the...
Digital Cameras Revolutionized Astronomy. Then They Found Their Way into Your Pocket
Scientific American· 5 days agoAs a human being, every time I see a new jaw-droppingly gorgeous astronomical image, I’m staggered...
Australia's 'Space Gandalf' astronomer dies aged 62
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoGreg Quicke used his self-taught astronomy knowledge to become a popular figure on TV [BBC] An Australian astronomer who appeared on the BBC's Stargazing...
Mysterious Origins: Polarized Light Transforms Our Understanding of Fast Radio Bursts
SciTechDaily· 10 hours agoA study analyzing the properties of polarized light from 128 non-repeating FRBs reveals mysterious...
"There's More to the Sun than You Might Think" Astronomy program by Randy Rhea offered at Pebble...
Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Ga. via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoJun. 10—THOMASVILLE- Learn about the sun at an upcoming presentation by Randy Rhea at the Pebble Hill Plantation Learning Center on Saturday, June 22, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Rhea, an astronomer ...
The 15 Best Hotels in the World for Stargazing
AFAR· 12 hours agoSince 1988, the Tucson, Arizona–based DarkSky International has worked to certify and protect night skies around the world from light pollution by...
Library lectures focus on ancient astronomy
St. Joseph News-Press· 5 days agoA new four-part lecture series focusing on ancient astronomy kicks off next weekend at the St. Joseph Public Library.
Astronomers Should Take a Deeper Look at Naming
Scientific American· 13 hours agoIn 2002 then NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe announced that the upcoming Next Generation Space Telescope, the pride of the agency and a promise of...