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Greenwich Clockworky Fun
1 day ago
by Harlequin Tea Set
I visited Greenwich recently to see the clocks and mechanisms based around the National Martime Museum, which gave an interesting history of Britain and it’s sea adventures. Another interesting place visited was the Royal Observatory which had some huge telescopes to see and also shows you some very ...
The Harlequin Tea Set - harlequinteaset.wordpress.com · 1 reference
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Scaling the Universe
1 day ago
by Heather Goss
As we continue to explore our world, our solar system, our galaxy, and our universe, it becomes increasingly difficult to understand exactly how massively big it is…and how tiny we are in comparison. Most of us will never travel to space — much less to far reaches outside our solar system — and get ...
The Daily Planet - blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet · Rank: 75,043 · 43 references
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BBC Sky at Night on Infrared
// science
1 day ago
by Andy Finney
The current edition of Sir Patrick Moore's long-running BBCTV astronomy programme, The Sky at Night, is called Age of the Infrared (follow the link for the schedule). The program abstract says: Space telescopes such as Herschel and Spitzer are peering at the dusty, dark cosmos and with their infrare ...
Infrared 100 - infrared100.org
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“They shoot without shame, in the name of a piece of dirt…”
1 day ago
by alicetkat
Dillijus entered my chambers as Squeaker left without waiting for an invitation or even—I noticed with an irritated hiss—permission. “I’ve heard what you intend to do and it’s much too dangerous,” he said without so much as a greeting or salute. He was a Siamese, with fur the color of eggshells to g ...
Alicetkat's Blog - alicetkat.wordpress.com
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Untitled
1 day ago
by John F. Ptak
John William Nicholson / mathematical and astronomical papers, 1905-1916. 25 offprints, all in original wrappers. $950/all The following from the Oxford University site, Mathematics at Balliol College, Modern: "John Nicholson was Mathematics Tutor at Balliol from 1919-1931. Around 1912 Nicholson had ...
Books offered by JF Ptak ... - longstreet.typepad.com/books · 4 references
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A New Perspective on the Universe
2 days ago
by Melissa
To quote the friend that sent this to me, "This is insanely cool!" Click the photo link below, wait out the ad (if you get one), and then use the scroll bar to SLOWLY zoom in and out, and click on any of the objects to learn more about them.
Science Storiented - storiented.blogspot.com
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Young Stars at Home in an Ancient Cluster
2 days ago
by jf
( ESA/Hubble) – NGC 6752 contains a high number of “ blue straggler” stars, some of which are visible in this image. These stars display characteristics of stars younger than their neighbours, despite models suggesting that most of the stars within globular clusters should have formed at approximate ...
jf - jfnet.wordpress.com · Rank: 71,129 · 3 references
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India 2012: Day 2
2 days ago
The second day of us being in India kinda merged into the first. So far the observations that I came over todo are going well and I'm even processing some of the data - so at least I'm not too sleepy. We have spent most of our time so far sat in the GMRT terminal room, not the most of exotic places ...
Krioma.net Blog - krioma.net/blog · 3 references
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