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22 Oct 2006

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  • Catalyst: Celestial Navigation - ABC TV Science
    Long before Europeans were exploring the world’s oceans, Polynesian sailors had successfully landed upon just about every scrap of earth in the Pacific – without any conventional navigational tools.
    Tagged as: [astronomy science australia]

  • What is the point of astronomy? | Astronomy Blog
    Why do we pay for space science/astronomy?
    Tagged as: [science astronomy]

  • Transit of Mercury, 9 November 2006
    On the morning of Thursday, November 9, Mercury will transit the Sun as seen from Australia, New Zealand and parts of the Pacific, East Asia and the Americas.
    Tagged as: [astronomy science planets]

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