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• Analogue Day Activity: Go Stargazing

  
  If you think that it’s a bit of a hassle to go all the way to the country side just to see dots in the sky, then you might want to think about that again.
  April 11, 2013 5 likes

• To Russia with Love: Pulkovo Observatory, Saint Petersburg

  
  Simply a must! The Pulkovo Obesrvatory has always been among my top favorite places in Saint Petersburg. I can visit it over and over again. After the madness of the big city, it is literarily a breath of fresh air.
  October 24, 2012 6 comments 6 likes

• The Last Transit of Venus This Century

  
  Tough luck if you missed the Transit of Venus this year as the next time the planet passes between the earth and the sun will be in the years 2117 and 2125. Take a look at the amazing photos of one of the rarest predictable celestial phenomena in a gallery from TIME.
  June 07, 2012 2 comments 7 likes

• Majesty, the Transit of Venus is Here

  
  Venus, the second planet, makes its way across the night sky, from west-to-east, tonight. It'll dart across the sun for approximately 7 hours, appearing to world viewers as a black dot. This is the best out-door concert you'll partake in this year, guaranteed! Plug yourself in, and listen to the violins sing while Venus glides.
  June 05, 2012 2 comments 6 likes

• Astounding x Brilliant: Aurora Borealis

  
  The Northern Lights (aka aurora borealis), one of the most spectacular scientific phenomena, is on my personal bucket list of things to see in real life. I'd get technical about this eye-widening event but I'll let these photos do the talking. Look and be amazed.
  March 15, 2012 3 comments 16 likes

• First Photos of the Earth from Space

  
  World Photography Day is coming up in a few shut-eyes, and to celebrate, let us step back in time and take a look at some of man's best achievements in the field of photography: the first photos of the Earth from space.
  August 17, 2011 10 likes

• Today in History: Neil Armstrong Sets Foot on the Moon (1969)

  
  On this day, 42 years ago, American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.
  July 20, 2011 6 likes

• Griffith Observatory

  
  Griffith Observatory is an amazing art deco-style observatory and planetarium located on Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park of Los Angeles. It opened in 1935 and has been a tourist hotspot ever since. It is a wonderful and inexpensive way to spend your day.
  August 28, 2009 3 comments 3 likes

• Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium

  
  This month marks the 50th anniversary of the dedication of this 'modern' science facility that has already been closed for more than two decades..but the quaint building in its forgotten state intrigues me.
  July 14, 2009 2 comments 3 likes