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Every broadcast Earth has sent into deep space
Thursday, May 21, 2026 by Ben Conway
Right now, at this exact moment, an invisible sphere of human noise is expanding outward from Earth at the speed of light. Inside that growing shell are fragments of nearly everything modern civilization has ever broadcast into the air. Old television stations. Cold War radar sweeps. Military tra...
Backyard radio telescope
Sunday, August 10, 2025 by Richard Harris
To celebrate a major milestone, the amatuer astronomer Angela Collier decided to take on something many space enthusiasts only dream about, building a working radio telescope in the backyard. What began as a casual idea turned into a hands-on citizen science project involving soldering, assembl...
PARISTAR star party in the Pisgah National Forest
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 by Richard Harris
Each year, amateur astronomers across the Southeast look forward to one of the most accessible and friendly star party weekends in the region: the Star Party at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, better known as PARI. Set in western North Carolina, surrounded by forest and far from city lig...
Astro flea market 2025
Monday, August 4, 2025 by Richard Harris
The New Jersey Astronomical Association (NJAA) is once again opening its doors to the public for an exciting day of astronomical exploration, hands-on learning, and telescope trading at the 7th annual NJAA open house and astro flea market. Taking place on Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 10:00 AM ...