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1. Black Holes Black holes and astronomy, galaxies, cosmic strings, science, mysteries, the unknown, atom smasher, the large hadron collider, LHC, time travel, space and secrets of the universe. Featuring news, pictures, books, videos, RSS feeds, information and mu...
2. Glow in the Dark Galactic Art Galactic Outer space images magically appear as your ceiling is transformed into a Cosmic Cathedral every night when the room becomes dark. Take a look at your bedroom ceiling.. it's a blank artists canvas! Galactic Art turns your blank canvas into a...
3. Solar system exploration : a fantastic voyage The Hubble Space Telescope was carried into orbit by the space shuttle in April 1990. Although not the first space telescope, the Hubble is one of the largest and most versatile, and is well-known as both a vital research tool and a public relatio...
4. Space Lapbook Take advantage of a child's natural fascination with outer space and space travel with this science unit study!  What child doesn't like to pretend he's an astronaut, flying a spaceship to a distant planet or yet to be discovered galaxy? Channel...
5. Starry Starry Night: A Unit Study of Stars  From Astronomy to Art this lens will give you dozens of ideas, resources, hints and tricks to create starry-themed activities for both homeschool families and classrooms. Learn about Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night painting technique. Lis...
6. Christmas Unit Study 1 - Math & Science A Christmas Unit Study (Math & Science) ~Christmas is such an amazing time of year to celebrate the birth of the blessed baby, Jesus. While parents and teachers who are teaching about the events of the Bible, and the events of the seasons, why not tu...
7. Telescopes for Beginners - Choosing a Good Beginners Telescope Telescopes for Beginners - My choices and the things you must consider before making a purchase. So you've decided to get into astronomy, maybe you have even read a magazine or two, and now want to get started with your own telescope, great, lets ge...
8. The Stars Above, Over 1 Hour with The Hubble Telescope I live in a small town around 2 hours north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On clear nights when the sun goes down the stars come out it's still "WOW". They are still very bright up here being so far away from any large type of city...
9. Hubble Deep Field NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is one of humanity's greatest achievements. Since it was launched into the orbit in 1990, the HST has changed the way we understand the Universe. Hubble has helped scientists determine a more accurate age of the Universe...
10. Astronomy Pictures - Telescope set up Guide Illustrated. Astronomy Pictures is here to help beginners and amateur astronomers. You can learn how to set up a telescope for astrophotography or digital photography. Buy telescopes from Celestron, Meade and the eye pieces, filters, and barlows too. You can also...
11. Geology Rocks: A Homeschool Unit Study My kiddos have been asking all kinds of questions about earth and space. I've thereby opted to develop 3 new unit studies: Rocks & Minerals, Weather & Climate, and Astronomy & Space. In doing so, I have discovered that creating a Squidoo Lens is a gr...
12. Royal Observatory Greenwich - London's astronomy museum Sited in Greenwich, the Royal Observatory was originally designed to be the home of astronomy in Britain. It is now part of the National Maritime Museum and focuses on astonomical history. Home to a variety of victorian astronomical instruments, the...
13. The Hubble Telescope (and the most important photograph ever taken) In research for my lens The Lunacy of Religion I followed link after link online getting completely obsessed with the topic, and along the way I spend a few hours looking through photographs taken by the Hubble Telescope. The photographs are amazing,...
14. How to find the Best Binoculars What are the Best Binoculars? It depends on what you will be using them for, hunting , star gazing , bird watching , sporting events, concerts, or just plain sight seeing. First of all, you'll need to choose the magnification power of your binoculars...
15. Nicolaus Copernicus Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionized science by postulating that the earth and other planets revolve about a stationary sun. Developed in the early 1500s but not published until years later, his heliocentric (sun-centered) theory disp...
16. Ophiuchus Zodiac Sign November 30 - December 17 ~ Ophiuchus is the 13th sign of the zodiac. Unlike the other 12 signs is actually associated with a real person. In the 27th Century BCE in Ancient Egypt lived a man known as Imhotep. Imhotep was known as 'Aesclepius' by the...
17. Lowell Observatory And Life On Mars (Hill) The first time I heard of Lowell Observatory was when my future husband, Steve, brought me to his hometown of Flagstaff, Arizona in 1995, shortly after we'd met. On that trip--an extended second date--we visited his childhood friend, Charlie, who...
18. Books That Changed My World This is a science book with a difference! It shows that the only reason for all the mysteries and paradoxes in science today (dark matter, dark energy, superstrings, quantum paradoxes, time dilation, etc.) is that we have been mentally locked into th...
19. Palomar Mountain Palomar Mountain, in northern San Diego County, California, is well known as the home of the Cal Tech Palomar Observatory.  At about 6140 feet, it is one of the highest points in San Diego county.  At Boucher Lookout (at the...
20. The Hubble Space Telescope With the help of the final servicing mission for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope happening NOW in May 2009, this amazing instrument which has promoted worldwide interest in astronomy through the astounding images it has brought us, should continue to f...