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Los Angeles Astronomy

2012 Solar Eclipse puts on spectacular show

  • 2012 solar eclipse
  • May 21, 2012
On Sunday, May 20, 2012, many of those who live in Los Angeles and throughout the southwestern chunk of the United States got a chance to see a...
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Annular solar eclipse this Sunday: partial eclipse in SoCal

Not all weather is terrestrial: some of the largest scale natural phenomena occur in our humble solar system as space weather, beautiful and...
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Super Moon is Coming! Super Celebrate and Meditate!

Prepare for wow. This year’s biggest-looking and brightest full moon will be Saturday night, May 5. It stirs both the scientific and the...
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UCLA astronomy team discovers nearby dwarf galaxy

  • UCLA
  • February 10, 2012
A team led by UCLA research astronomer Michael Rich has used a unique telescope to discover a previously unknown companion to the nearby galaxy NGC...
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Astronomy class online with Planetary Society’s Bruce Betts

Readers who have always wanted to take an astronomy class but never had the opportunity, or those who want a refresher can log on to Dr. Bruce...
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HECOA classes

  • HECOA
  • October 7, 2011
You might be aware of the website for HECOA (Home Education Council of America). I was recently a speaker on one of their tele-seminars. Their...
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NASA to choose between three new missions

Earlier this week, NASA announced through CalTech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that it will soon choose between three potential new projects: a...
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An Online View of the WISE Universe

It was less than a century ago that Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) discovered that our galaxy, the Milky Way, is not the only galaxy in the cosmos, the...
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"Public Star Parties" happening at The Griffith Observatory

Have you ever wanted to see a planet like Jupiter, Orion Nebula, or our moon through a telescope? If you’re in Los Angeles, you can at The...
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not an earthquake or tsunami, it's a SOLAR STORM

Experiencing difficulty with your electronic equipment lately? Google Chrome CRASHING more than usual, keyboard seeming to function on it's own...
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