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365 Days of Astronomy
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world.read more
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Traveling Far with Peter Sis
starrymessenger.jpgPeter Sis grew up in Czechoslovakia when the country was still a satellite of the Soviet Union. He remembers not having enough paper for drawing and only one kind of ink. Once a...
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Stargazing
stargazing.jpgGreat stars above!From our place beneath the heavens, the stars seem to be tiny pinpoints of light. People have seen patterns in the stars for thousands of years. In the storytellers'...
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Each November 28 is celebrated as “Red Planet Day.” Red Planet Day commemorates the launch of the Spacecraft Mariner 4 on November 28, 1964. Its 228-day mission brought the spacecraft within 6,118...
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The Earth, the Moon, and the Sun
earthmoonsun.jpgHow do the Sun and the Moon affect the Earth? Without the Sun, the Earth would be a big ball of frozen mud, just another asteroid, drifting in space with no gravity to anchor it here...
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Early Astronomers: Ptolemy, Aristotle, Copernicus, and Galileo
astronomers.jpg You know, because you've been told, that the Earth revolves around the Sun. You also probably know that planets other than our own have moons, and the way to test to see whether or not...
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The Longest Day: Traditions for the Summer Solstice
solstice.jpgTake a moment to savor the summer delights and craft some new traditions while learning the legends of summer.Ancient Stargazersread more
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The National Geographic Pocket Guide to the Night Sky of North America
Megan BinghamNonfictionNatural WorldScience and TechnologyAstronomyEarth Sciencenight skynational geographicpocket guidestargazingstarsplanetsOuter SpaceShelf Life BlogReading Room BlogunRequired...
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Caroline’s Comets: A True Story by Emily Arnold McCully
Virginia JohnsonHistory & Historical FictionScience & NaturePicture BooksMy LibrarianAstronomywomen scientistsSTEMShelf Life BlogBook Buzz BlogCaroline Herschel had a very hard life early on....
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Celebrate All Things Solar at the Library
Michele Brownlibrary programsolar eclipseAstronomyLibraryPoint BlogReading Room BlogIf you’re interested in the solar eclipse that’s happening on August 21, then the library is the hot place to be....
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CRRL Guest Picks: Daniel Wallace--Engineer, STEM Teacher, and Musician
STEMAstronomyClassicsChristian fictionScienceTeachersCRRL Guest PicksLibraryPoint BlogReading Room BlogunRequired Reading BlogDr. Daniel Wallace is a human factors engineer for the U.S. Navy. He is...
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5th Annual Meet the Moon
Pamela SmithScience and TechnologyMoonAstronomytelescopesInternational Observe the Moon NightNASASTEMLibraryPoint BlogKids BlogTeen BlogView the moon with David Abbou, a NASA Solar System Ambassador,...
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