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A One Credit Hour Eclipse Course for 2024: Description and Offer to the Community 
  
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G. Williger
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This github repository provides materials for a turn-key, general-education level, interdisciplinary eclipse course. It is designed to help prepare for the Apr 8, 2024 total…
https://github.com/gwilliger/Eclipsecourse_2024
The Round Earth and Christopher Columbus 
  
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D. Stern
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This interesting site describes the early evidence for a round Earth and also Eratosthenes remarkable measurement of Earth's circumference. You'll see that Columbus was not the first…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Scolumb.htm
Solar System Exploration: Missions 
  
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Visit this site to research past, present and future solar system missions, both from NASA and from the space agencies of other countries. You can choose missions by target, by name,…
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/
New Moons of Pluto 
  
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Check out this NASA site for information about the two objects found by the Hubble that are apparently orbiting Pluto. You can see images of these objects and find out their…
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/01nov_moonsof...
Nova: Origins 
  
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Visit this NOVA web site for information about many interesting inquiries into the origins of life, of Earth, and of the universe. Topics include the big bang, the importance of…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/origins-series-overview/
What Really Killed the Dinosaurs? 
  
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This article from the BBC describes some of the controversy in the theory that the mass extinction of the Cretaceous period was caused by a meteorite impact. The crater thought by…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/dino_prog_summary.sh...
20 Ways the World Could End 
  
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Publisher: Discover
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This article from Discover magazine overviews twenty ways the planet could experience mass extinction or worse. Examples include asteroid impact, alien invasion, and gamma-ray bursts.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/20-ways-the-world-could-en...
Solar System Builder 
  
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The Solar System Builder enables you create a solar system and watch how it evolves over time. You can choose the type of star and the size and initial velocity of the planets…
https://demo.neo-pangea.com/archive/natgeo/solar-system-builder/
CICLOPS: Cassini Imaging 
  
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C. Porco
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Visit this site for images from the Cassini mission to the outer planets. Don't miss the text on the homepage and especially the movie "Planet Wars" (with sound).
http://ciclops.org/
Impact Cratering 
  
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This Lunar and Planetary Institute webpage provides information about the characteristics and formation of impact craters on Earth and the moon. Earth's significant impact craters…
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/shaping_the_planets/impact-cr...
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