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Planet Mars gets close to Earth

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 9:32pm

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One of the astronomic events of the year will be the closeness between Mars and Earth on their respective orbits. Although Mars will only appear to be brigher than usual to the naked eye, this closeness will allow observers to view details on the Planet Mars, such as ice on the north pole, through their telescopes. 

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Twin comets will pass near earth

Submitted on 22 February 2016 - 5:50pm

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Two comets with similar orbit are getting close to our planet, and one of these will pass at a short distance, making it the closes to earth in 246 years.

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Revolutionary detection of gravitational waves

Submitted on 12 February 2016 - 1:51pm

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The gravitational waves that Albert Einstein predicted, more than a century ago in his theory of relativity, were detected for the first time on September 14, 2015.

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Free Observation of Lunar Craters and Orion Nebula this Saturday in Corozal

Submitted on 14 January 2016 - 12:32pm

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San Juan, PR, January 14, 2015 — The Society of Astronomy of Puerto Rico (SAPR), an organization recognized by the NASA Puerto Rico Space Consortium, would like to invite the general public to a night of astronomic observation where you will get the chance to view lunar craters and the Orion Nebula. The activity will be this Saturday, January 16 starting at 7:30pm at el Centro Histórico-Turístico del Cibuco, located in Bo. Cibuco, Carr. PR-818 in Corozal.

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Free observation of the Orion Nebula this Saturday in Santa Isabel

Submitted on 7 January 2016 - 1:01pm

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The Astronomy Society of Puerto Rico will host an astronomy night to observe the Orion Nebulosa on January 9, 2016 from 7:30pm AST next to  Finca Monsanto (Bo. Playita Cortada) in Santa Isabel.

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Making Astronomy Accessible for the Visually Impaired

Submitted on 22 September 2014 - 9:42pm

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A couple of years ago, one of my thesis mentors sought visually impaired scientists working at a major space science agency in the United States. I was surprised when he reported that there were several visually impaired engineers, but almost no visually impaired scientists like me.

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Recently discovered asteroid will come close to Earth on Sunday

Submitted on 4 September 2014 - 1:22am

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Space rocks continue to be hard to detect when they are relatively small. An asteroid which size is estimated between 29 and 91 feet in diameter will pass close to Earth on Sunday, informed the Center of Asteroid Detection of the Astronomical International Union.

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