I was shocked to hear this on the news this morning. As someone who hails from the town of Burrillville with aspirations of one day returning there, this is...
As we all know, the maximum speed of light in a vacuum is about 186,000 miles per second. If light slows down when say going through air or glass (or any ...
Checking the listings this week, this particular property is still available, and at the reduced asking price of 89900. Seems too good a good deal. Anyone...
Recent observations posted on the MPML Yahoo discussion group indicate the impact probability is at least 99% and will occur somewhere over northern Africa or...
More info from a NASA news release: Bob N. ******************************************** http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news159.html Small Asteroid Predicted to...
Friday, October 17th > Woman's Wilderness Weekend @ Alton Jones Campus We have had only one other Skyscraper that volunteered for the Woman's Wilderness...
There is still a spark of life in this event. If we can come up with a few more scopes by mid day Thursday we might be able to pull this off. If you think you...
This international event encourages everyone to go outside, look skywards after dark, count the stars they see in certain constellations, and report what they...
World's Toughest Fixes: Giant Telescope "Sean Riley helps a team of engineers transport and cleans a 23-ton telescope mirror that's part of the world's...
Blow the dust off your scopes and join the parties!! We just finished : Friday Oct. 17th / Woman's Wilderness Weekend Thursday Oct. 23rd / 30 Girl Scouts at...
Ah yes Graham...a nice sound byte of "Also sprach Zarathustra" would complete the video nicely! Roger PS I have attached ( I hope) a small midi file of that...
The file did note come through For those interested Richard Strauss composition can be found here (along with the opening shots of 2001 A space Odyssey) ...
PLANET MAN This is the fascinating story of Dantro, The Planet Man, troubleshooter for the League of Planets organization, the law enforcement body for peace...
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/events/enceladus20081031/index.cfm And the best images will be found here (usually posted within 2 days of the event): ...
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_10_30_08.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman October 30, 2008 Dear Presidawntial Candidawnts, The Dawn spacecraft...
Welcome to our new members! Feel free to post messages, replies, or photos. Some members post their astro-images, or pictures of their scopes and equipment. We...
Hello group, don't forget tonights Nov.7th meeting with Professor Rick Gaitskell. We have to stick to our "armchair," astronomy during this crumby weather. ...
Hello all Make sure you watch Channel 2 (WGBH/Boston) at 10PM.. as Channel 36 (Rhode Island's PBS station) has no listings until early 2009!! :((( Roger ...
Hello Group, tonight Wednesday 19th of November is our Observatory committee meeting, and all should attend. The meeting will start at 7:00pm and we will...
Below is a message addressed to NASA's Solar Sytem Ambassador (SSA) education and public outreach program. LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing...
Yikes!!! What a disaster that would be. Let's hope it doesn't get by the planning stages again. In my mind it doesn't make much sense to locate a high end...
Hopefully our economic downturn will put a stop to this plan! We need another theme park like a hole in the head. Maybe they should open a "dark sky," theme...
