Hidden No More: Week 13 round-up
…site that he and a fellow student made was published in the American Journal of Archaeology in 1891. Bettye Washington Greene, Industrial Research Chemist When Greene joined Dow Chemical Company…
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…NC Dept. of Revenue issued Tax Exemption Certificate Number (6 digits, no dashes or spaces) for verification. If your tax exempt number is valid, sales tax can be removed from…
NCSciFest sets new Guinness World Record
…Carolina, the Festival had to postpone or cancel over 800 events in April for public and K-12 audiences due to the rapidly changing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In place of an…
Launch America!
…ISS Dock Time: Sunday, 5/31/20 AM Capsule: SpaceX Crew Dragon Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Site: NASA Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39-A Where to watch: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive – coverage begins on 5/30/20 at 12 p.m. Eastern time To learn more about Morehead’s role…
The scientific reason you should know the constellations of the zodiac
…about only a fraction of the 88 constellations. Hardly anyone ever inquires, for example, about the many bizarrely named constellations best seen from the southern hemisphere. (Just once, I’d love…
Take a walk through the solar system—in your own neighborhood.
…Take 10 big steps to get to Mercury. Pack a very special spacesuit for Mercury’s daytime side, where temperatures can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit. At night it can be more…
Happy birthday, Durham! Your city flag is astronomically wonderful.
…the Pleiades are represented on Durham’s city flag. This star cluster (which has a number of other names, including the “seven sisters”) is located in the constellation Taurus the Bull,…
The meteor shower drought is OVER!
…atmosphere. Although sporadic meteors can happen any night, the best meteor viewing happens during the annual meteor showers. Unfortunately, we’ve been in a “meteor shower drought.” There’s only one major…
Skywatching at home: Use Stellarium to learn the sky
…can download Stellarium to your computer for free from http://stellarium.org/ or use the web version. Note that mobile apps may have a fee. Three factors determine what’s in the sky:…
Skywatching at home: See the space station fly (April 6, 2020)
…Station website. You Might Also Like… Wave hello to people in outer space (at May 18th skywatching, Dorothea Dix Park) The bright point of light in the west after sunset…