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Our Friendly Skies - April 2013
The April sky April is upon us. That means a last opportunity for some early evening viewing of some of the famous winter constellations like Orion, while familiar spring and summer constellations rise earlier each evening to take their place. Let’...
Tags: Antietam National Battlefield
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Our Friendly Skies - March 2013
The March Sky March is here and with it comes the first day of spring, daylight-saving time and a potentially spectacular comet! Don’t forget to “Spring Ahead” by setting your clocks ahead by one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10! Now,...
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Smallest planet yet is discovered outside solar system
Astronomers searching for planets outside our solar system have discovered the tiniest one yet — one that's about the size of our moon. But hunters for life in the universe will need to poke elsewhere. The new world orbits too close to its sun-like...
Tags: NASA, Science, Science and Technology
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End-of-the-world theories rejected by scholars and local folks alike
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWith the end of the current Mayan long-count calendar, the Winter Solstice, and the alignment of the Earth and the Sun near the center of the galaxy on Friday, it might be easy to see how doomsday theorists could interpret this as the end of the world....Tags: Winter Solstice, NASA
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Our Friendly Skies - October 2012
THE OCTOBER SKY As the weather gets colder many of us will lament the passing of the long summer days, but not all is lost. With shorter stretches of daylight comes more opportunity for the observation of dark, starlit skies. A few bright stars...
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Area residents excited about what Curiosity rover might find on Mars
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comThe Curiosity rover that landed on Mars at 1:32 a.m. Monday has the potential to provide information on whether life existed on the planet and how humans would fare there, said amateur astronomer Steve Berte, chairman of the TriState Astronomers club....Tags: Science, Science and Technology
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Our Friendly Skies - April 2012
ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD PUBLIC STAR PARTY The annual spring Antietam Battlefield Public Star Party will be held April 27 and 28 from dusk to around 10 or 11 p.m. if the sky is clear. A dozen or more scopes will be set up to help you enjoy the spring night...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Science, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Science and Technology
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Tri-State Astronomers help people learn to use telescopes during clinic
alnotarianni@aol.comJim Stanicek caught a view of Saturn in his telescope. It was during a Tri-State Astronomers star party, a gathering where the public had been invited to a special viewing of the cosmos from Antietam National Battlefield. A young teen was next in line...Tags: Christmas, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Science
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Weekend calendar - Jan. 15
Telescope clinic TriState Astronomers will host a clinic for owners of telescopes. Amateur astronomers will set up telescopes and show people how to use them. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Discovery Station, 101 W. Washington St., downtown Hagerstown. Free...Tags: Arts, Entertainment Events, Fashion Shows, Martin Luther King Day, Religion and Belief
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Our Friendly Skies - January 2012
January Sky For a more detailed tour of the nighttime sky listen to "Skylights" at antpod.com by Chris Kopco of the Brish Planetarium. There are many bright stars and constellations in the January evening sky. The bright winter stars are above...Tags: Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Science
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Ernst Country Market owner says solar panels are an investment for next generation
davem@herald-mail.comErnst Country Market has been in the Ernst family since 1945 and Greg Ernst has operated the store on Dam Number 5 Road since 1973. Now, Ernst is preparing the store for the future with a 156-panel solar system on the roof that is expected to offset...Tags: Sales, Alternative Energy, Credit and Debt, Maryland, Business
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Planetarium teacher says he has 'the best job ever'
julieg@herald-mail.com“What contributes to light pollution at night?” The sun. The moon. Buildings. Those are some of the answers Ms. Crawford and Ms. Nase’s fourth-grade students from Hickory Elementary School typed into their interactive handheld...Tags: Space Programs, Galileo Galilei, Morgan Freeman, Stephen Hawking, Students
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