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Enthusiasm With Telescopes
Matt Bielski's voice of enthusiasm for the night sky suggests what you can anticipate on the observing field at the 2016 Michiana Star...
Mar 29, 20164 min read


Improved Park Management Includes Night Sky
After hearing public objections over the proposed sale of Elbel Park, the City of South Bend has responded with a plan to inventory and...
Mar 22, 20162 min read

Finally, a Better LED Streetlight
A major lighting company has announced a street light that uses LED technology with less output in the blue wavelengths. While...
Mar 9, 20162 min read


Telescopes Available at Libraries
Several Galileoscopes are still available for loan at three branches of the St. Joseph County Public Library (SJCPL). With a library card...
Mar 1, 20161 min read


300 Years Since Halley's Big Idea
Probably since time eternal, humans have wondered about our place in space. How could you not, gazing at a dynamic night sky emblazoned...
Feb 25, 20163 min read


New Planet Landscape
Finally. Images beamed back from some bizarre landscape. The surface of Pluto? No, New Horizons did a Pluto flyby in 2015, but it did...
Feb 21, 20161 min read


Timelines of History and Starlight
An exhibit made by Ruth Craft connects 200 years of Indiana history to the distance starlight has traveled from Indiana's Bicentennial...
Feb 14, 20162 min read


Science Alive Recap
A team of astronomy enthusiasts staffed two rooms at the public library in downtown South Bend, IN, for the 2016 Science Alive. Here's a...
Feb 13, 20161 min read

Quantifying the Night at Elbel
While the Presidential caucus was playing out in Iowa, a more ingenuous slice of Americana was underway in the community room of a South...
Feb 2, 20164 min read

Handouts at Science Alive
We're getting excited about the astronomy offerings at 2016 ScienceAlive! on Saturday, Feb. 6. Just looking at our floor plan you can...
Feb 1, 20161 min read