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NOVA Short | Founders of Modern Astronomy | PBS

Posted in Astronomy on April 17th, 2010 by admin

http://www.pbs.org/nova/telescope William Herschel often gets the credit, but his sister Caroline was also a pioneer astronomer. For more, watch NOVA’s Hunting the Edge of Space airing April 6 and 13 on PBS. http://www.pbs.org/nova/telescope Hunting the Edge of Space produced for NOVA by Brook Lapping

Duration : 0:4:24

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SOLAR STORMS, a talk with Astronomer Sten Odenwald pt.1.mp4

Posted in Astronomy on April 10th, 2010 by admin

Part 1 in a series explaining how solar storms impact the Earth. This episode recounts disasters linked to solar storms. Astronomy. NASA. Sun.

Duration : 0:9:16

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