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ASTRO BOB Celebrate Astronomy Day today!
Cloudy or clear, amateur astronomers will be out across the planet to share their passion for astronomy today. It's Astronomy Day, an annual event celebrated between mid-April and mid-May on the Sat...
Posted on 4/20/13 at 9:11 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND Space Studies and Astronomy Club to host latest Public Star Party Aug. 31
Space Studies and the Universitys Astronomy Club will be holding another one of their Public Star Party events at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, in Clifford Hall, room 210. Future star parties are scheduled ...
Posted on 8/30/12 at 4:27 PM
STAFF BLOG THE AREA VOICES COMMUNITY Areavoices Digest #50 - Our most popular blogger and more!
In this week's digest of recommended blogs, I wanted to highlight a couple of old favorites and three newbies. Enjoy! Astrobob http://astrobob.areavoices.com Celestial happenings you can see from y...
Posted on 10/12/11 at 5:42 PM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! Cats for Gold, Free Rice and Writing Badly Well
Some websites are esoteric and dedicated to a single bizarre purpose, which can be amusing but begs the question: How did they think of that? Here are a few of them. Disapproving Rabbits is dedic...
Posted on 12/23/09 at 12:00 AM
Higher ed notes: UND gets grant... UND hosts astronomy party
UND’s Center for Rural Health is forming a Center of Excellence in Native Behavioral Health with a five-year $3.5 million grant it has received from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, the university said.
By Herald Staff Report , July 15, 2012
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Areavoices: Cool stuff to see during Tuesday’s transit of Venus
Tomorrow’s transit of Venus will be the third in a series of celestial alignments that included the May 20 annular eclipse of the sun and this morning’s partial lunar eclipse. In Duluth,they should see the first sign of Venus’ silhouetted self touch the northeastern limb of the sun at 5:04 p.m. While you may applaud at transit end, don’t expect an encore until the year 2117.
By Astro Bob , June 04, 2012
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More planets than stars in galaxy? 
The more astronomers look for other worlds, the more they find that it’s a crowded and crazy cosmos. They think planets easily outnumber stars in our galaxy and they’re even finding them in the strangest of places.
By Associated Press , January 11, 2012
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BIG SPLAT? New two-moon theory not Earth lunacy to some astronomers
The astronomers came up with this scenario to explain why the moon's far side is so much more hilly than the one that is always facing Earth. The theory, outlined in a research paper published today in the journal Nature, comes complete with computer model runs showing how it would happen and an illustration that looks like the bigger moon getting a pie in the face. View video report at bottom of article.
By Seth Borenstein , August 03, 2011
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Spinning with the stars
Area students enjoy astronomy lessons in UND’s GeoDomeThe inflatable planetarium has traveled to several area schools in its inaugural year. Organizers say it’s a unique program because instead of relying on outside presenters, classroom teachers are trained to use it as a tool in their own science lessons.
May 06, 2011
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STAR CROSSED LOVE: NASA craft set for Valentine's Day rendezvous with comet
After a long-distance courtship, a NASA spacecraft is set to meet up with its celestial sweetheart — a comet half the size of Manhattan that had an encounter with another spacecraft not long ago.
By Alicia Chang , February 14, 2011
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What's your sign now?
Parke Kunkle, who teaches at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, says all the hubbub over changing zodiac signs is based on "2,000-year-old information" and he can't understand why his explanation of how a well-known wobble in the earth's orbit throws off astrology charts has turned into an Internet sensation.
By Chris Willilams and Jocelyn Noveck , January 14, 2011
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SATURN'S RINGS: Leftovers from a cosmic murder?
One of the solar system's most evocative mysteries — the origin of Saturn's rings — may be a case of cosmic murder, new research suggests. The victim: an unnamed moon of Saturn that disappeared about 4.5 billion years ago.
By Seth Borenstein , December 12, 2010
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Evidence of extraterrestrial life continues to mount
Lately, a handful of new discoveries make it seem more likely that we are not alone — that there is life somewhere else in the universe. But since much of this research is new, scientists are still debating how solid the conclusions are.
By Beth Borenstein , December 08, 2010
Study: Universe may have three times as many stars as previously thought
A new study suggests there are a mind-blowing 300 sextillion of them, or three times as many as scientists previously calculated. That is a 3 followed by 23 zeros. Or 3 trillion times 100 billion.
By Seth Borenstein , December 01, 2010
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Click here to enter the GeoDome
Watch a Herald online exclusive video of UND's GeoDome in action at West Elementary.
By Herald Staff Report , November 17, 2010
The sky’s not the limit
At least that’s the hope for UND astronomer as he continues to improve the university’s observatory Out west of the city, away from the lights that pollute the darkness, is a collection of shacks and trailers that’s the pride and joy of UND astronomer Paul Hardersen.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 28, 2010
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Fireball lights up sky over parts of Midwest
The weather service received numerous reports of a fireball or meteorite streaking across the sky between 10 and 10:30 p.m. across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, northern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
By The Forum , April 15, 2010
Future uncertain for stuck Mars rover
Spirit has always been the unluckier of NASA’s twin Mars rovers. Just weeks after landing in a Martian crater in 2004, it went haywire and transmitted gibberish to Earth. Engineers eventually nursed it back to health.
By Alicia Chang , January 03, 2010
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Father: Missing Dickinson State students liked to star gaze
Search likely to resume this morning, police chief says The father of one of three missing college students in southwestern North Dakota says the women often went star gazing in the Dickinson area, and that police do not suspect foul play in the disappearances.
By Associated Press , November 03, 2009
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