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Alex Martin
Dec 23, 20243 min read
We just hosted 24 hours of Sidewalk Astronomy in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida
Watch 23 minutes of SSC in this 45-second timelapse With Hurricanes Helene and Milton damaging our Sarasota and Bradenton locations,...
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Alex Martin
Nov 25, 20244 min read
SSC achieved three brand new milestones this past week, and other science news
Alex Martin Executive Director November 25, 2024 With cold fronts moving down into Florida, it's safe to say deep astronomy season is on...
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Alex Martin
Nov 14, 20246 min read
Saturn touched the Moon, and what a sight it was.
by Alex Martin Executive Director November 14, 2024 Watch our 60-second video of Saturn grazing the edge of the Moon. Like any typical...
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Alex Martin
Jul 31, 20244 min read
SSC team members and guests visit Kennedy Space Center for the first SSC retreat
by Alex Martin, Executive Director July 31, 2024 This expedition was funded using contributions from our donors and small cash donations...
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Alex Martin
Jul 11, 20248 min read
SSC turns 6 years old today
by Alex Martin Executive Director Click here to make a tax-deductible donation. July 11, 2024 - I'm an author by nature. I've been...
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Alex Martin
Apr 14, 20246 min read
Witnessing cosmic geometry over Batesville, Indiana
by Alex Martin, Executive Director April 14, 2024 There is no stopping Totality. If we want to experience it, then we must chase it....
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Alex Martin
Mar 21, 20246 min read
2017: My first Total Solar Eclipse
by Alex Martin, Executive Director March 21, 2024 Believe it or not, I wasn't as into science 15 years ago as I am these days; I always...
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Alex Martin
Mar 6, 20243 min read
SSC is now a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
by Alex Martin, Executive Director March 6, 2024 In January 2018, my job at the Oglethorpe Mall in Savannah, Georgia got shut down. In my...
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Alex Martin
Feb 25, 20243 min read
On February 22nd, the United States landed its first spacecraft on the Moon in 52 years
It marks the first in a series of missions to aid the Artemis program and other science missions for uncrewed exploration and crewed...
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Alex Martin
Feb 8, 20245 min read
In January 2024, an asteroid exploded over West Berlin
..,and we didn't see it coming until 95 minutes before. by Alex Martin Executive Director February 8, 2024 @ 1:00pm EST Searching for...
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Alex Martin
Jan 20, 20243 min read
NASA JPL officially decommissions Ingenuity, the first interplanetary helicopter, ending its 3-year mission on Mars
by Alex Martin, Executive Director www.sidewalksciencecenter.org January 20, 2024 This story was originally published under the title...
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Alex Martin
Jan 3, 20243 min read
End of 2023 Year-in-Review
by Alex Martin, Executive Director SSC at Crater Lake, Oregon on October 14, 2023, in hopes of catching the Annular Solar Eclipse from...
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Alex Martin
Nov 15, 20233 min read
Saturn's rings are disappearing...according to misleading headlines
Above: Saturn as viewed through Sidewalk Science Center's Celestron NexStar 4SE telescope on September 13, 2023 by Alex Martin, Executive...
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Alex Martin
Jul 27, 20231 min read
We have submitted our application for 501(c)(3) federal exemption status
by Alex Martin Executive Director www.sidewalksciencecenter.org Sidewalk Science Center recently celebrated its 5 year anniversary. We...
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Alex Martin
Jul 12, 20234 min read
Memories after 5 years of Sidewalk Science Center
by Alex Martin Executive Director www.sidewalksciencecenter.org Those days of standing on the sidewalks of Savannah, Georgia, seem like a...
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Alex Martin
Jul 2, 20237 min read
Will a solar flare knock out the internet for months or years?
by Alex Martin Executive Director, Sidewalk Science Center www.sidewalksciencecenter.org A recent report from a study that focused on...
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Alex Martin
Jun 16, 202310 min read
Human connection: the key element of education
by Alex Martin Executive Director, Sidewalk Science Center www.sidewalksciencecenter.org When you visit a science center, there's often a...
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Alex Martin
Jun 8, 20235 min read
Venus enters its 2023 Grand Finale
All image models of the solar system in this post were created using the software on www.solarsystemscope.com An Introduction to Venus...
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Alex Martin
May 23, 20232 min read
The first SSC Expedition: we're documenting an eclipse!
On August 21, 2017, the eclipse that crossed the United States became the most witnessed Total Solar Eclipse in history. I traveled to...
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Alex Martin
Sep 27, 20221 min read
Sidewalk Science Center goes nonprofit
Formed as a small program in Savannah, Georgia back in July 2018, Sidewalk Science Center operated as the flagship program of Experience...
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