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What are the properties of Jupiter's four largest Moons, the Galilean Moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto?

The same effects that cause ocean tides also cause Io to be the most volcanically active world in the solar system.

The largest of the planets, Jupiter is a stormy place surrounded by more than five dozen moons.

Louisa May Alcott pulls references and names from history, literature and mythology for her hastily organized novel, A Long Fatal Love Chase.

After the Caliphate, the nascent Church helped to spur the European economy, universities popped up everywhere, and the pursuit of science found new patronage.

Which solar system objects can you observe without binoculars or a telescope? Which are the brightest and which are the dimmest?

As You Like It is one of William Shakespeare's most popular comedies. Most of the action takes place in the Forest of Arden: find out why it is important!

Jupiter is a brilliant point of light in the south among the stars of Ophiuchus.

January 2010 includes the date of Earth's closest approach to the Sun, Mars's closest approach to Earth, and the 400th anniversary of Galileo discovering Jupiter's moons.

Check your facts with this astronomy quizzer.

Although Benjamin Franklin objected to Eagle as the national bird, its qualities and representations reinforce the decision. Learn about this esteemed powerful bird.

With his telescope Galileo discovered craters on the Moon, spots on the Sun, Moons of Jupiter, phases of Venus, and stars in the Milky Way.

Give your neighborhood kids a real treat with a look through a telescope this October 31.

Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, is a little speedster that is both scorching hot AND freezing cold.

Tansy (tanacetum vulgare) is a perennial herb that has a number of uses in desert gardens.

February begins and ends with two great planetary conjunctions and hosts a total lunar eclipse in the middle.

Fireworks shows will compete with a natural sky show on Saturday, July 5.

A little larger than the planet Mercury, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has a significant nitrogen atmosphere but is cold enough for lakes of liquid methane.

The Moon's surface is littered with meteorite impact craters, but Earth has very few because geologic and plate tectonic activity destroyed ancient impact craters.

Colonial Era occupations were interesting and unique, focusing on skilled trades necessary in the creation of a society that worked toward prosperity and consumerism.

Dynamic drop-down lists can improve the user experience on any web site - and the programmer can make them dynamic by using Javascript

A web page developer creates a drop-down dist box (or combo-box) on a web page by using the select tag. This normally static, but can be made dynamic by using VBScript.

Palmyra's burials are unique. Situated outside the city walls, they show the changes in burial practice over the city's history and reflect Palmyran beliefs in life after

Venus and Saturn have a stunning conjunction and a meteor shower peaks at the end of the month.