New Dennis Mammana for 05/24/2012

Source: Creators Syndicate

One of the first such transits to be studied carefully occurred on June 3, 1769, when the famous British navigator Captain James Cook observed a transit from the island of Tahiti — at a location still known as P ...
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Extremely rare transit of Venus to occur on June 5, 2012

Source: PhysOrg.com

A few hours before sunset on June 5th, 2012 residents of the Washington, DC metropolitan area will have a chance to witness one of the rarest celestial phenomena known: a Transit of Venus. Such an event occurs whe ...
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‘Ring of Fire’: Millions Gather for Stunning Solar Eclipse

Source: The Blaze

The 'Ring of Fire' as seen in Japan (Photo: AP) A rare solar eclipse swept the Earth Sunday, starting in Asia and making its way across the Pacific to the United States. According to NASA, it’s the first to be visible in the States in nearly 18 ...
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Solar Eclipse: Millions Look Up for 'Ring of Fire'

Source: Fox News Latino

TOKYO – For one night, millions of eyes look up to the 'Ring of Fire.' Millions around the world are set to watch the annular solar eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around ...
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Countdown on for solar eclipse

Source: MyDesert.com | The Desert Sun

Bruce Cowan cringes when he drives along Indio Boulevard over the stormwater channel.- 12:58 am Parts of eastern Asia were being treated to a solar spectacle as the moon slid across the sun,...- 2:50 pm Five drivers ...
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'Ring of Fire' eclipse underway in east Asia; due in Reno at 6:23 p.m.

Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Parts of eastern Asia were being treated to a solar spectacle as the moon slid across the sun,...- 2:53 pm The man killed by a Reno Police Department officer on Friday has been identified as Jace Herndon,... ...
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Western U.S. will enjoy 'Ring of Fire' annular solar eclipse

Source: LoHud.com

Something new is cropping up on the school budget hit list as districts struggle to chop expenses:...- 12:32 am In the end, the children stood behind the hearse. With them was their father, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.- 12:21 am The marijuana, it was sa ...
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Viewing events eyewear urged for Ring of Fire

Source: Albequerque Express

annular solar eclipse . The advice: Either wear specially designed protective eyewear or attend a viewing event -- at a planetarium or amateur astronomy club, for example -- to avoid risk of serious eye injury.The solar spectacle will first be see ...
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Today's eclipse a rare Kanarraville is Utah's eclipse ground zero

Source: Deseret News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The western United States and eastern Asia will be treated this weekend to a rare solar spectacle when the moon slides across the sun, creating a "ring of fire." But scientists caution would-be viewers to be very careful be ...
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