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'Amateur hour': TV networks pass on Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes' 'desperate' return bid New York Post T.J. Holmes And Amy Robach May Be Done With GMA, But They Reportedly Have A Plan To Stick Around On TV Yahoo EntertainmentAmy Robach…

A tradition of bringing new and passionate stargazers into the hobby is still going strong after 35 years. The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will be holding free public Star Parties on Friday and Saturday at the…

Amateur astronomers are preparing for a heavenly treat from Friday as the five planets visible to the naked eye line up in order of their distance from the sun across the pre-dawn sky.For those who can face the early start, and have an…

A Broken Hill amateur astronomer has won a national award for his contribution to a broad range of planetary science, particularly his work observing Saturn.      Key points:Trevor Barry has been named joint winner of the Astronomical…

For amateur astronomer Colleen O'Hare in Kelowna, B.C., it's a beautiful part of life to know an asteroid somewhere far away in the universe is now her namesake. The Paris-based International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced last…

The Universe is full of astronomical wonders, but it’s up to humanity to observe and analyze them.The Large (top right) and Small (lower left) Magellanic Clouds are visible in the southern skies, and helped guide Magellan on his famous…

<!-- SHOW ARTICLE --> MINERAL RIDGE – Tom Miller remembers the day as if it were just yesterday. It was Saturday, May 7, 1994, and he was assisting the late Tony Maiorana by training his stable of…

Rocket motors are categorized with a letter according to their total energy. “Each designation doubles the total energy of the previous one, so that a B is twice as powerful as an A and C twice as powerful as B,” Braibish explains. Most…

When newcomers discover Robinhood, and decide to use the zeitgeist US trading platform to punt around in stocks, many of them have questions. Chief among them, it seems, is “what is the stock market?”. Along with “what is the…