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Sea News

Detecting detrimental change in coral reefs
Over dinner on R.V. Calypso while anchored on the lee side of Glover's Reef in Belize, Jacques Cousteau told Phil Dustan that he suspected humans were having a ...

Ecologists capture first deep-sea fish noises
Fish biologists conducted one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, 2,237 feet under the Atlantic. With recording technology more ...

Life beyond Earth? Underwater caves in Bahamas could give clues
Discoveries made in some underwater caves by researchers in the Bahamas could provide clues about how ocean life formed on Earth millions of years ago, and perh...

Attack or retreat? Circuit links hunger and pursuit in sea slug brain
If you were a blind, cannibalistic sea slug, living among others just like you, nearly every encounter with another creature would require a simple cost/benefit...

Where there's a worm there's a whale: First distribution model of marine parasites provides revealing insights
Each year around 20,000 people are infected by nematodes of the genus Anisakis and suffer from illnesses ranging from gastrointestinal diseases to serious aller...

 
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Coral Reef Life - Explore the amazing fish and other marine animals that inhabit the coral reef.

Creatures of the Deep Sea - Discover the bizarre fish and other creatures that lurk in the deep sea.

Aquarium Resources - Information, help, and resources for the salt water and marine reef aquarium hobby.

Exploration Timeline - Learn about the explorers and discoveries that helped to our understanding of the oceans.

Sea Gallery - Relax to beautiful images and sounds of the seas.

Sea Games - Play dozens of totally free games with a sea theme.

Sea News - Get the latest exciting news headlines about oceanography and marine biology.

Sea Links - Links to hundreds of quality sea related Web sites.

Sea Reviews - Find music, video, book, and software reviews of ocean related products.

Astronomy Reference Guide Update

The former Astronomy Resources pages have been updated and reformatted as the new Astronomy Reference Guide. This section of the site features a new look, new menu system, and lots of new information. The Astronomical Calendar of Celestial Events has been updated to include events through the year 2020.
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New Book Review

Oceans: The companion book to the Disney Nature film
Oceans is the official companion volume to the challenging, breathtakingly beautiful documentary of the same name, created by Jacques Perrin and a crack team of scientists, cinematographers, divers, and technical specialists. A veteran of more than forty years of film-making and exploring the natural world in works like The Monkey People and Microcosmos, Perrin is the public face of an elite group that includes both veterans of Jacques-Yves Costa's pioneering exploits and cutting-edge innovators whose custom-created equipment captures never-before-witnessed scenes.

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Massive Solar System Update

Sea and Sky's Tour of the Solar System has just completed a massive update featuring a new interface, new images, new interactive menus, updated data, and tons of new information. With our new Planetary Weight Calculator, you can find out how much you weigh on the moon, the planets, and even the Sun.
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Astronomy Calendar Update

We have updated our astronomy calendar of celestial events to include many exciting new events for the year 2010, including meteor showers, eclipses, moon phases, planetary alignments, and more. You will find this to be one of the most complete astronomical calendars anywhere on the Web!
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New Book Review

Planetology: Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System
In a stunning and completely new view of the solar system, an astronaut and a geologist team up to investigate, through parallel views made possible by cutting-edge space technology, how the earth itself can help science unravel the mysteries of the heavens. National Geographic Books introduces Planetology: Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System.

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New News is Good News

The Sea News and Sky News pages have been updated with a new look and expanded coverage. Our news pages now feature RSS news feeds from some of the most respected online sources, updated daily. Several new pages have been added to make this one of the most complete online sea and space news sites available.
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Click to Explore the Universe and Solar System
 
Featured Sky Pages
Explore the Solar System Discover the Constellations
Explore the Wonders of the Cosmos Reference guide for the Astronomy Hobby
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Sky News

NASA's Kepler announces 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 planets
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly dou...
Publ.Date : Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:59:59 EST

NASA's NuSTAR ships to Vandenberg for March 14 launch
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Jan. 24, 2012,...
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:04:04 EST

World's most powerful X-ray laser creates 2-million-degree matter
Researchers working at the US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have used the world's most pow...
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:26:26 EST

Classifying solar eruptions
Solar flares are giant explosions on the sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space. These flares a...
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:38:38 EST

Helix Nebula in new colors
Astronomers have captured a striking new image of the Helix Nebula. A new picture, taken in infrared light, reveals stra...
Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:15:15 EST

 
More on the Sky

The Solar System - Take a virtual tour and explore our Solar System.

The Constellations - Discover the constellations and some of the amazing objects they contain.

Celestial Objects - Explore the wondrous objects that inhabit our universe.

Astronomy Reference Guide - Information, help, and resources for the amateur astronomy hobby.

Messier Catalog - A valuable resource for amateur astronomers for the brightest deep sky objects.

Sky Games - Play dozens of totally free games with a space theme.

Sky News - Get the latest exciting news headlines about astronomy and space exploration.

Sky Links - Links to hundreds of quality space related Web sites.

Sky Reviews - Find music, video, book, and software reviews os space related products.


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