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Question For Today- Are You a Stargazer?

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 9 Feb 24

I am a stargazer, it's fascinating when a celestial body of some sort is visible in the sky. And throughout the year, we have many opportunities to view them. Although in my case, most times when one occurs, my state is not in...

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Teacher Workday 3 is History

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 7 Aug 19

History as in finished, done, over with. I put a few finishing touches on my room today. All should be ready for the Open House tomorrow. I don't decorate with all the fru-fru frills my female counterparts like to put up. My room...

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Prepare for a Show in the Sky!

Marja @buenavida (9984) • Sweden 26 Sep 12

Get your binoculars and cameras ready for next year's show. A very bright comet might be seen even during daytime. I remember watching the Hale-Bopp with very simple binoculars in 1996 - maybe many of you remember that...

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Gold Fish Question

moonchild1au @moonchild1au (6237) • Australia 26 Jul 10

Ok, we all know (well people that have fish do anyway) that gold fish (comets) keep growing no matter the size of the tank/aquarium that they live in. I have been advised by an expert aquarium fish breeder that the minimum size...

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how the world will end?

lablab143 @lablab143 (50) 9 May 10

comets,meteors,sun,earthquakes

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Have you ever seen a comet in the sky?

veejay19 @veejay19 (3589) • India 11 Aug 09

Most people do not have the time to look skywards because of the busy life that they lead. However those who do are enthralled by the grandeur of the night sky. One of the most thrilling spectacles is a comet as and when it comes...

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object in universe !!

ksharma @ksharma (838) • India 29 Jun 08

Spheres in nature are made by forces, such as surface tension, that want to make objects smaller in all directions. The surface tension of the liquid that makes a soap bubble squeezes air in all directions. It will, within moments...

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Did Life on Earth Originate With Comets?

angle007 @angle007 (166) • India 5 Sep 07

The traditional thinking is that life on Earth began… on Earth. At some point in our distant past, some mixture of amino acids made the jump from a pool of organic molecules to something more lifelike. But maybe the source of life...

heavenly bodies and celestial bodies.

mskzalameda @mskzalameda (4023) • Philippines 19 Jun 07

What is the difference among this two? Do you love science? Then maybe you can answer this. According to the Free Dictionary, Heavenly bodies are natural objects visible in the sky. Is stars, comets, meteorites all under this...

celestial bodies

heavenly bodies

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indian space research organisation

veerdeep @veerdeep (40) • India 12 Apr 07

Hi Friends, The latest venture and upcoming programme of ISRO is on CHANDRAYAN.It will be sent in 2007/08 and after that I have read in Newspapers,that ISRO will be focused on Manned Mission to moon for the next decade thr is also...

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has anyone seen the comet McNaught?

samsonskola @samsonskola (3357) • United States 10 Jan 07

Have you been able to see this comet yet? Have you spotted it at sunrise or sundown? Where do you live? Do you have any pix? So far, I've not been able to spot it, but I'd like to. I may try seeing it at dusk.

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Meteors and Comets

Krisss @Krisss (1231) • Australia 27 Nov 06

Have you ever seen one? In what sounds like a scene from the 70s movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, people in South Australia and western Victoria have deluged police and media with reports of a spectacular meteor...

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