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Sci-Philately

Sci-Philately – A Selective History of Science on Stamps. Make a short and amusing travel through the history of astronomy and cosmology, chemistry, mathematics, biology, atomic bomb, geology, Nobel Prizes, electromagnetic theory, genetic, evolution, physics and modern physics with stamps.

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Tenth planet discovered in outer solar system

Very important astronomy news from New Scientist: read first New solar system world has a moon, go to New world found in outer solar system and finish reading Tenth planet discovered in outer solar system. One more planet? Wow!

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Google Moon

One more very cool Google “toy”: Google Moon. In honor of the first manned Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, we’ve added some NASA imagery to the Google Maps interface to help you pay your own visit … Continue reading

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Astronomy Picture of the day

Did you see the Astronomy Picture of the Day of July 4? Stunning! Take a look there.

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Chasing Venus

Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus 1631-2004. “Chasing Venus” tells the story of astronomers’ pursuit of this phenomenon, through rare books and articles written on the subject over the last four centuries. The exhibit also marks the sixth observed … Continue reading

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Astronomyx – Really Big Universe

This music video is very silly: Astronomyx – Really Big Universe. “Really Big Universe” is the new hit single from Doc Philly and Prof. Dee’s new album, Check Yo Equation. To listen more bizarre songs visit The Escape Artists page.

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World Sunlight Map

World Sunlight Map: A world map showing current sunlight and cloud cover. And you can choose what projection what you want see: Mercator, Peters or rectangular. Also available is a semi-realistic view of dawn and dusk from far above the … Continue reading

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Astronomy Picture Of the Day: Water on Mars

Astronomy Picture of the Day always have great images. Today they have a fantastic image of Water on Mars. You have to see it.

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Cool Cosmos

Cool Cosmos! is a suite of websites made by NASA’s Infrared Processing and Analysis Center and the SIRTF Science Center. They include cool facts about astronomy and science. Their infraread fetish can be seen on the Infraread Yellowstone Gallery, The … Continue reading

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

I know just a few things about astronomy, but I love the images on Astronomy Picture of the Day. As the name says a new image every day. And something more: an explanation about the image and links with the … Continue reading

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