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Google Logos80

Google Logos

  First, I would like to start off by saying Happy 11th Birthday Google! We all have heard it, the famous sayings "Google it" if you want to know something about anything. For 11 years, Google has...

5 comments    internet online google
There are only six Space Shuttle launches left.82

Space Shuttle Retirement

The time for NASA space shuttle retirement is at hand. After almost 30 years, NASA will retire the space shuttles and send the remaining spacecraft to museums. The final shuttle flight is now scheduled for...

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Meade ETX 125 Telescope

My boyfriend got me the Meade ETX 125 telescope for my birthday and anniversary. It's nice to know that he was listening all those times I had my head tilted towards the stars rambling on and on about our...

10 comments    barlow lens etx 125 case
Image Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScl/AURA)86

Planetary Nebulae Imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

Planetary Nebula is a huge misnomer. It has nothing to do with planets. They are not visible through the naked eye. They were originally named in the 18th century when astronomers looking through the small...

0 comments    nebula ring nebula hubble images
Can of Pie83

Refractor Vs. Reflector Telescopes

Want to know why a the Hubble is a refractor telescope? What difference it makes?

6 comments    education space stars
A Go-To telescope from Celestron. These have a built in computer to navigate the skies for you!77

Choosing a Beginners Telescope

Choosing a beginners telescope can be overwhelming. With reflectors and refractors, aperture, eyepieces and more to get familiar with. This little guide will help with the confusion.

0 comments    telescope telescopes
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Greatest Discoveries and Inventions which changed the humankind

Throughout the history of mankind people take center stage, of course, because we are the ones who can change, analyze and will make our world a better place to live. We are also the ones who can destroy it....

2 comments    technology religion cell phone
Orion Nebula, NASA; Hubble70

BIRTH OF THE STARS, Photos of the Universe

Orion Nebula, NASA; Hubble Whenever I want to change my perception and see above my limited human existence, I like to explore pictures of universe (they are in some of my Hubs as well). Thanks to the NASA...

22 comments    universe space stars
Painted in 1636 by Justus Sustermans81

Galileo and the Telescope: How 400 Years Ago Galileo Changed the World

Galileo, an Italian professor of mathematics, did not invent the telescope. No one knows for sure who the first inventor was. But this new device spread quickly across Europe. At first it was more of a parlor...

2 comments    moon telescope galileo
Light Spectrum74

How to Make a Spectroscope

Did you know that all white light is not the same? Each ray we see is made up of different wavelengths of color. A spectroscope can help divide light so that we can see each color in it separately, creating a...

2 comments    how to guide astronomy
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