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The South Algonquin Township Libraries, with branches in Whitney and Madawaska, will be hosting Astronomy in Action on June 5, which they dub “a spectacular first-time event bringing the cosmos ...

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Born of x-ray astronomy, a novel handheld gamma-optical camera stands at the nexus of medical and industrial imaging. By ...

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If you're tired of lugging your massive telescope to dark sky sites to observe the night sky, these small telescopes are much more portable and lightweight.