Tagged: astronomy

5:00pm

Mon May 16, 2011
K-12 Education

Space shuttle blasts off with Ballard High School experiment

Credit Troy Cryder / NASA

The Space Shuttle Endeavor is headed to the International Space Station after a successful launch. On board is an experiment conducted by students in Seattle

A team from Ballard High School is cultivating E. Coli in space to see how it compares to bacteria on Earth.

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11:39am

Thu May 12, 2011
Astrophotograhy

The night sky in 37,440 exposures

Credit Ted S. Warren / AP

Nick Risinger has always gazed up at the sky. But last year the amateur astronomer and photographer quit his day job as a Seattle marketing director and lugged six synchronized cameras about 60,000 miles to capture an image of the entire night sky.

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2:30pm

Mon December 20, 2010
Watching the Sky

Lunar eclipse tonight

Credit AP

Western Washington can look forward to an added gift of the Winter Solstice: a total eclipse of the moon. The heavenly event begins at 10:32 pm tonight, with the moon in full eclipse from 11:41 pm to 12:53 am, according to NASA.

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