A new study released Jan 25th appears to have settled the age-old argument about the evolution of flight in birds. Microraptor fossils have the key! Read more here!
http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster32762700/
Sooo…. it seems like it’s been forever since the Sun has popped out to let us take a look at it! For the St Louis Astronomical Society, all you have to do is look at our calendar to see how many events have been canceled! It’s been a long time since we’ve had a star party actually take place! My last record of seeing objects in the heavens through a telescope was New Year’s Eve! It was COLD! I did get a nice look at the Orion nebula and the Moon that night, however.
Perhaps it will actually clear up for my Observational Astronomy class tonight! I certainly hope so and will post some results if we do get to look at anything!
Clear Skies!
So…. you’ve seen the hype about the movie. Now learn some good information regarding questions about 2012.
David Morrison, astrobiologist from NASA, answers 20 questions about 2012 and the doomsday hoax.
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doomsday-2012-questions-and-answers
FAQ from NASA: 2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won’t End?http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html
Article from badastronomy.com: The Planet X Saga: The Scientific Arguments in a Nutshell
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planetx/nutshell.html
Article from Sky and Telescope by E. C. Krupp, director of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-guest.html
Can’t wait until next February. Buddy Guy and BB King at the SAME show!
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