Mar 31
A worldwide sky party four centuries in the making reaches its greatest brilliance this weekend. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s conducting the first telescopic study of the night sky, this year has been designated the International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) by the International Astronomical Union and the United Nations. A cornerstone event of IYA 2009 is “100 Hours of Astronomy,” a marathon series of free activities whose organizers claim will be the largest single science public outreach event in history.
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