Topic: Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Sunset to transform New York City into 'Manhattanhenge'
Manhattanhenge: At 8:25 p.m. Thursday, New Yorkers will be treated to a unique spectacle of the setting sun aligning perfectly with Manhattan's street grid.
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'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane donates Carl Sagan's papers to Library of Congress (+video)
Seth MacFarlane said that the papers belonging to the astronomer and popularizer of science Carl Sagan were extremely influential to him, and that they should be accessible to everyone.
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Manhattanhenge: Sun to align perfectly with New York street grid
Manhattanhenge: The street grid of New York's oldest and largest borough will briefly transform into a Stonehenge-like sundial, as the sun alights up the north and south sides of every cross street.
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Movies' second drafts: Titanic, Star Wars, and more
Changing the sky in 'Titanic' for its 3-D re-release isn't the first time movies have been tinkered with.
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Should Pluto be restored as a planet? Experts weigh in.
New calculations indicate that Pluto might be the largest object in the outer solar system. Does it now deserve to be called a planet again?
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Mars hoax claims Mars will be moon-sized in the sky
Mars hoax e-mails have been passed on to countless people who haven't been able to resist forwarding it to their entire address book. In some cases, the message has been turned into a full-blown PowerPoint presentation.
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Alien worlds? Far-off galaxies? Study sets US space priorities.
The National Research Council's once-a-decade study, released Friday, proposes the top priorities for US space science during the coming decade. NASA uses it as a blueprint.
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Amateur astronomers gather at New York Stargazing Event as part of 2010 World Science Festival
Amateur astronomers gathered last Saturday in New York City's Battery Park for an evening of stargazing as part of the 2010 World Science Festival.
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The Pluto Files
A lively account of the ‘exile’ of Pluto, everyone’s favorite ex-planet.
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