New Wood Puzzles/Models

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We’ve had good success with our wood dinosaur puzzle models, such as the T-Rex, so it is only natural to add a few new wood puzzles to our product line! These are all fun to build, and most are suitable for ages 5+.
The models include the Manta Ray

The Penguin (and baby penguin!)

The 13.5″ Long […]

Pentultimate Space Shuttle Discovery Flight Ends

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The Space Shuttle Discovery has landed, ending STS131, the next-to-last flight for the Space Shuttle Discovery. There are still three more missions for the Space Shuttle, one last for the Discovery, and one for the Endeavor and Atlantis, but they will be the last flights for the shuttle fleet. Very soon. Barring a dramatic change […]

Take a Video Tour of the International Space Station!

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Enjoy a nifty ‘walk-thru’ (OK, float & fly thru) the ISS. Not for the claustrophobic!

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Solar Dynamics Observatory - Now Launched

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Just minutes before this writing, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, also known as the SDO was launched and separated. This little space observatory will be examining our sun, especially its magnetic field to help understand how it affects our planet (and others in the solar system).

You can learn more about SDO and its mission at […]

What Happened to Pluto? - The short version

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Frequently, when we are discussing astronomy with customers (it comes with the territory when you sell telescopes) the subject of Pluto comes up and the customer usually asks us: “So, what happened to Pluto? All of a sudden they decide it isn’t a planet? What do you think of that?!”. A lot of these folks […]

Kepler finds planets! Adopt one!

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We’ve already posted about how you can ‘adopt’ a star in the stellar region the Kepler Mission is examining for planetary bodies via the Pale Blue Dot Project.
Well it is 2010 and already Kepler seems to have found some new planets!. The best part is that many of these stars have not been adopted, so […]

WISE To Launch Friday

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If all goes well this Friday NASA will be launching its WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) satellite. This will scan the skies in the infrared with much greater sensitivity than ever before. NASA expects that WISE will uncover comets, cooler stars and other celestial objects that cannot be seen in the visible spectrum.

The heart […]

Astronomy Holiday Advent Calender

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It is a new awesome astronomy picture every day! The best of the year 2009. It is the Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2009. Every day from Dec 1st to the 25th a new astronomy photo will be revealed! Enjoy!
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Water on the Moon!

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It is official. Despite a poor visual display with its impact, the LCROSS impactor has confirmed there is water on the Moon!
Here are images of what lead to this conclusions
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NASA’s Ares Rocket on the launch pad.

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NASA has been prepping its new Ares Rocket for a test launch this coming Tuesday (October 27). The Ares is the potential replacement for the aging-and-soon-to-be-retired Space Shuttle. Here is a video of the rocket arriving at the launch pad:

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