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NASA fast-motion video of sun: 'Violent dance'
The sun is ramping up toward solar maximum -- the white-hot peak of activity in an 11-year cycle -- and NASA has been snapping images of the phenomenon every 12 seconds for three years. The space agency put together a three-minute video showing images...
Tags: Science and Technology, NASA
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Live music this week: Killing us softly
High temperatures bring increasingly sparse concert schedules for local venues. With April's average highs rising past 80 degrees, it's clear the low season has begun. The only musician Hard Rock Live has booked for the rest of the month is Roberta...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Of Montreal (music group)
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What stargazers can look forward to in 2013
There is no Transit of Venus to be watched in 2013, or any major eclipses visible for long from Maryland, but local sky watchers say there is still plenty to look forward to seeing in the night sky.
There could be a few opportunities to see rare...Tags: Maryland Science Center, Personal Service, Astronomy, Atlantic Ocean
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Badminton jokes net laughs
Look at the bright side, you only have to read my post-Olympic assessment column once every four years. It is kind of like the Transit of Venus that way. You really don’t want to hear about it and don’t know why you should care, but at...
Tags: The Herald-Mail, Barry Bonds, Badminton, Sports
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Venus Transit Draws Hundreds of Anchorage Viewers
Channel 2 NewsA Venus transit drew hundreds of viewers in Anchorage Tuesday, as the solar system's second-closest planet to the sun passed across its face in a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event. The University of Alaska Anchorage opened the the third floor of its...Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Astronomy, Space Programs, ConocoPhillips
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Transit of Venus: Caltech community watches Venus cross the Sun
Last month, hundreds of people showed up at Caltech to view the “ring” solar eclipse. On Tuesday afternoon, they came to view a small black dot. The Transit of Venus, seen only once or twice a century, was last visible on the West Coast in...
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Houstonians gather to view rare transit of Venus
KIAHRemember that old Manfred Mann song, about the warning from his mama not to look into the eyes of the Sun. 'But mama, that’s where the fun is.' And that’s where the fun 'was', as Venus made its once-in-our-lifetime transit of the Sun this...Tags: NASA
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The 'zombie apocalypse' does not spare Pennsylvania
Thank heavens gruesome things do not happen in Pennsylvania. Oops. Spoke too soon. Should have knocked on wood. Obviously, recent weird events must have had some something to do with the approaching full moon, combined with eager anticipation of the...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Rudy Eugene, Prosecution, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Midwesterners will have good view of Transit of Venus
TribLocal - Orland Park » NewsVenus will begin its twice-a-century trip between the Earth and the sun this evening, and Midwesterners will have a decent view of a celestial event …... -
Transit of Venus transfixes folks across Chicago area
TribLocal - Glen Ellyn » NewsAmateur Chicago-area astronomers turned their attention skyward Tuesday evening to catch a glimpse of a pinprick-size disc — Venus floating past the sun. The planet's …... -
Venus transit: Last chance to see sun spectacle before sunset
L.A. NOWThe last chance in the continental United States to see the Transit of Venus was arriving, as the sun dipped closer to sunset on the West Coast. In Los Angeles, the show ends at sunset at 8:02 p.m. but continues...... -
At Leisure World, a final chance to see Transit of Venus
L.A. NOWA group of about a dozen senior citizens took over the corner of a parking lot at Leisure World in Seal Beach on Tuesday afternoon to catch their first glimpse of Venus making its way across the sun....
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