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Wind Advisory Until 7am
MeteorologistSpring officially arrives March 20th at 1:14am (Vernal Equinox) but meteorologically speaking, spring has already "sprung". Meteorological Winter is marked and recorded from December 1st to March 1st. And so the climate stats are already in for the Winter...Tags: Weather Reports, Tropical Storms, Rivers, Gene Kelly, Halloween
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NASA budget plan could mean mass lay-offs at JPL
Proposed cuts to NASA’s budget would drastically scale back the agency’s efforts to explore Mars and likely lead to hundreds of lay-offs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, officials say.
Included in the more than $17....Tags: Job Layoffs, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Layoffs and Downsizing
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Festival looks to the stars in Keys
There are spectacular sunrises and sunsets in Florida and the skies can be breathtakingly beautiful during the day.
And, if that's not enough, the sky also offers plenty of treats after the sun goes down.
The nighttime heavenly show will be featured...Tags: Science, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Five for your planner: Monday, Jan. 9
1. Show opening
Twenty African and Black American artists will show works in a new show. Opening receptions are noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, Sunday, Jan. 15, and Monday, Jan. 16. Just Lookin' Gallery, 40 Summit Ave., downtown Hagerstown. Free...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Science, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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At least 100 billion planets in Milky Way, scientists say
CNNResearchers have concluded that each star in the Milky Way galaxy likely has at least one planet orbiting it, meaning that our galaxy has at least 100 billion planets to its name. Given that it's news every time Kepler discovers a new exoplanet (a planet...Tags: CNN (tv network), Science
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Staff picks for Jan. 12 to 18
The Top Five
‘You say he’s just a friend’
Hip-hop artist Biz Markie will perform. 10 p.m. to midnight Sunday at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races’ H Lounge, 750 Hollywood Drive, Charles Town, W.Va.
Telescope clinic
TriState...Tags: Artists, Martin Luther King Jr., Ricky Gervais, Arts, Fine Artists
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NASA to announce names for twin lunar orbiters
NASA is scheduled to announce which of the names submitted by more than 11,000 students from across the nation will be picked for two lunar space probes that will map the moon like never before.
The solar-powered GRAIL twins will give scientists at the...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Programs, Science, NASA
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Time out for leap second
GENEVA (AP) — It’s high noon for the humble leap second.
After ten years of talks, governments are headed for a showdown vote this week on an issue that pits technological precision against nature’s whims.
The United States, France and...Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Standards, Paris (France), Science
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Christmas, Science, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Health, Artists, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Entertainment, Martin Luther King Jr.
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On Faith: Where did we come from really?
Most atheists don't have faith of any kind. What they do have is hope — a natural hope that the important things in our life will go well. A believer's prayer is an atheist's hope. Concerning the age-old cosmological question about the beginning...Tags: International Law, Cosmology, International Law, Crime, Law and Justice, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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SDSU astronomers discover new kind of planetary system
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO - The discovery of two new planets helped astronomy professors from San Diego State University to create a new classification of planetary systems. As part of NASA's Kepler missions, SDSU professor William Welsh led a team that discovered...Tags: Science, NASA
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