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Public invited to view moon from John Deere Planetarium Saturday
Quad-City Times· 6 hours agoFrom 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, visitors will have the opportunity to use Augustana College’s ...
Jim Simons, Math Genius Who Conquered Wall Street, Dies at 86
New York Times· 3 hours agoUsing advanced computers, he went from M.I.T. professor to multibillionaire. Jim Simons, the...
An Astronomer Says He Knows Why Aliens Haven’t Contacted Us Yet
Prevention via AOL· 10 hours agoTo cover the disappointment of not finding any, new theories keep cropping up as to just why we...
Princess Cruises offers 2026 cruise to let viewers see next total solar eclipse from Spain
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt's truly a special opportunity." Princess says that during the eclipse, guests will gather on the...
See more stars than ever (and the Milky Way!) from the dark of a national park
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThat means that from many parks, when you step outside your hotel, cabin or tent at night, you will...
When and where you can see the Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoGet ready for one of the best meteor showers of the year, astronomy fans: the Eta Aquariids are...
What causes the aurora borealis?
Dothan Eagle· 7 hours agoAlso known as the northern lights, it happens when charged particles from the sun interact with gases in our atmosphere.
Our neighboring galaxy's supermassive black hole would probably be a polite dinner guest
SPACE.com· 2 hours agoHow do you satiate the hunger of a supermassive black hole? With light-years-long rivers of cosmic...
How to see six planets line up in June
Astronomy Magazine· 3 hours agoIf you were to turn our solar system on its side and look at it edge-on, you’d notice that all the planets orbit in a relatively flat plane around the...
How Markarian 205 nearly broke the universe: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher
Astronomy Magazine· 4 days agoThis pair of objects were the subject of a controversy that threatened to undermine our basic understanding of cosmic distances.