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July

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Meet our Scientist

Joey

Jill loves to search targeted stars for technological signals from extraterrestrial beings! Learn more about her life as a scientist!
Zine-a-thon!

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We love "zines," -- awesome mini-magazines that combine science and art - so we are hosting a zine-a-thon contest! Anyone can zine with us, intrigued?

Share Your Stories
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We want to hear the great things your organization is doing in celebration of Year of Science 2009! CLICK HERE to share your YoS ideas and stories!

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WELCOME TO YEAR OF SCIENCE 2009!!

What does Astronomy have
to do with ME?


Here's a video of Brian Malow, science comedian,
discussing Galileo & astronomy.


Galileo first used his telescope 400 years ago. Science Comedian Brian Malow says 2009 may be the most exciting year in astronomy since 1609.




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Blogging about Astronomy with Jarita Holbrook and Douglas Isbell.



Cultural Astronomy is a unifying term coined by Clive Ruggles in the early 1990's to encapsulate all the ways that researchers study the relationship between humans and the sky. Read more from Jarita Holbrook's blog and read Douglas Isbell's blog...



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Image Credit:
Ned DeLoach.

See the results of the Jellyfish Species Naming Contest!



Click HERE if you missed our June celebration on Oceans and Water!










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