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Community Building with Zooniverse, an Online Platform for Citizen Science
OnlineJoin a special event co-hosted by Faith in Place and Chicago Muslims Green Team, in collaboration with the AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, & Religion and Zooniverse. Citizen Science is […]
International Day of Human Space Flight.
The General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/65/271 of 7 April 2011, declared 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight “to celebrate each year at the international level the beginning […]
Yuri’s Night
Yuri’s Night is a global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space. Yuri’s Night parties and events are held around the world every April in commemoration of Yuri […]
Moon at Apogee
Every month, the moon's eccentric orbit carries it to apogee – its most distant point from Earth.
Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
The waxing crescent Moon will appear near Mars in the western sky after sunset on April 17th.
Occlusion of Mars by the Moon
The Moon will pass in front of Mars, creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Asia on April 17th.
J. A. Fleming died, 1945 (b. 1849).
Illustration from the Bibliographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1945. The Royal Society, London. Sir John Ambrose Fleming FRS died in 1945, aged 95 (born 29 November 1849). […]