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Manhattanhenge solar display to light up Manhattan streets for next two nights

  • Manhattanhenge
  • May 29, 2012
For the next two days New Yorkers will be treated to the solar phenomenon known as Manhattanhendge, a twice yearly event when the setting sun...
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Bronx botanical garden to see return of American chestnut tree this month

  • Bronx Botanical Gardens
  • April 14, 2012
The American chestnut tree, once bountiful but since nearly wiped out by blight, will soon be returning to New York City where it was first seen...
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Jupiter and Venus visible together in night sky beginning tonight

This week anyone looking westwards in the early night sky will catch a rare glimpse of the planets Venus and Jupiter aligning side by side.The...
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Upcoming NASA rocket launch to be visible from Brooklyn and New Jersey area

This March NASA is planning to launch a series of five rockets into the upper atmosphere to study upper level atmospheric winds. These rocket...
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Space station moves to avoid space junk collision

The International Space Station was forced to alter it's orbityesterday in an attempt to dodge a softball sized piece of debris hurtling it...
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Wooly mammoth could be cloned within five years

Recently a femur from wooly mammoth (an iconic, long extinct relative of the elephant) has been discovered in thawing permafrost in Siberia...
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Space shuttle enterprise may not come to intrepid museum site

Five months ago New York won a bid for the much-coveted decommissioned space shuttle Enterprise, with plans of displaying the historic spacecraft...
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Supernova to be visible in night sky next week

Recently astronomers discovered the closest Type 1a supernova recorded in the past 25 years, and as luck would have it, it will also have the...
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France bans "hydrofracking" while new york considers it's benefits

On June 30 with a Senate vote of 176 to 151, France became the first country to ban thecontroversial practice of hydraulic fracturing ("...
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New York City's Top 5 Science Events In 2011

New York City is a hub for lively science events in 2011. Here are 5 major science events in New York that are worth noting on the calendar:New...
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