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Astronomical Terms

  The Milky Way, the galaxy containing our solar system, is about 100,000 light-years in diameter and about 10,000 light-years thick.   Aphelion: see Orbit. Apogee: see Orbit. Black hole…

The Uranian Rings

Voyager 2 also expanded the body of information pertaining to the rings and moons of Uranus. Voyager's cameras obtained the first images of 9 previously known narrow rings and discovered at…

Amy Lowell: A Little Song

A Little SongWhen you, my Dear, are away, away, How wearily goes the creeping day. A year drags after morning, and night Starts another year of candle light. O Pausing Sun and Lingering Moon…

1954 Tony Awards

PlayThe Teahouse of the August MoonMusicalKismetActor—PlayDavid Wayne, The Teahouse of the August MoonActress—PlayAudrey Hepburn, OndineSupporting or Featured Actor—PlayJohn Kerr, Tea and…

History of the Calendar

How time flies The purpose of the calendar is to reckon past or future time, to show how many days until a certain event takes place—the harvest or a religious festival—or how long since something…

2010 MTV Movie Awards

The annual MTV Movie Awards were presented June 6, 2010. Best Movie The Twilight Saga: New Moon…

Io

Io, 2,262 mi (3,640 km) in diameter, is the most spectacular of the Galilean moons. Its brilliant colors of red, orange, and yellow set it apart from any other moon or planet. Active volcanoes have…

Saturn's Rings

Saturn's spectacular ring system is unique in the solar system, with uncountable billions of tiny particles of water ice (with traces of other material) in orbit around the planet. The ring…