Abstract: Fully-immersive virtual reality (VR) can be used to display 3D data so it is possible to use different vantage points and scales to observe these data. VR provides the perception of depth ...

In 1979, a small ivory tablet dating back to between 32,500 and 38,000 years was discovered in a cave located in the Ach Valley, Germany. The tablet contained a carving that depicts a man-like figure ...

Stargazers can catalog these items on evenings closest to the new moon. Some even go as far as having “Messier Marathons,” setting up their telescopes and binoculars in the darkest skies available to ...

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - “When I was a kid, my cousin showed me Saturn from a telescope when I was young and that got me hooked.” Tom Weber, the President of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers recalled.

In 1781, French astronomer Charles Messier published a catalog of 103 objects in the heavens. He was primarily interested in comets, but kept finding fuzzy smudges that did not move against the ...