Hyakutake Comet Dazzles Sky Watchers Across USA
The Hyakutake comet, a bright new visitor five to ten miles across, draws crowds from Johns Hopkins to Georgia. Observers report its tail spanning 62,000 miles and brightness rivaling Sirius as NASA and amateur astronomers race to photograph it, with visibility lasting weeks to a month or more depending on weather.
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Baltimore
Naked
Paul Feldman
Johns Hopkins University
Hale-Bopp
Earth
Hyakutake
Sirius
Charlie Kaminski
NASA
Infrared
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Mauna Kea
Kaminski
Tim Puckett
Villa Rica
Atlanta
Puckett
Kathy Chambers
Whidbey Island
Seattle
Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Adler
Noel Lucas
Planetarium
Lucas
Philip Cierone
Maryland Space Grant Observatory
Science fair projects reveal diverse student research
Middletown Middle students showcased experiments across topics from light-transmission Voice to fabric flammability and mouthwash bacteria. Winners included Christi Kopetka for flame resistance, Alok Tewari for medicine, and Travis Leivo for Music from Chaos as judges noted overall high quality.
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Brian
Middletown
Christi Kopetka
Larkin Hohnke
Frederick Jaycees
Monocacy
Alok Tewari
Mike Schmidt
Mike
Travis Leivo
Travis
Plato
Two Men Severely Wounded In Damascus Head-On Crash
Two pickup trucks collided head on on Md 27 in Damascus just after 6 am injuring two men. A 48 year old was in critical condition and a 23 year old in serious condition. Both were flown to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. The road remained closed south of Penn Shop Road for about an hour during the morning rush.
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Bethesda
Damascus
John Rooney
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue
MD. 27
Ann Evans
Montgomery County Police
Penn Shop Road
Winners listed for 15th annual Science and Engineering Fair
Top finishers from Middletown, Catoctin, and other schools are named across science categories. Highlights include Philip Roessler and Stephen Waggoner sharing high school overall top spots, with multiple firsts in biochemistry botany and mathematics, plus middle school winners and honorable mentions. Firefighters also report extinguishing a mailbox fire near Frederick Post Office on East Patrick Street.
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Philip Roessler
Middletown
Stephen Waggoner
Thomas Johnson
Brian Shedd
Christi Kopetka
Dana Rokosny
Marlen Hollenbach
Matthew Hanson
Natalie Bucheimer
Amber Loverock
Jason Brooks
Daniel Howell
Noah Metheny
Preety Tulsian
Karen Lewis
Catoctin
Ginny Voigt
Jeremy Smitley
Elaine Bucheimer
Darleen Shaw
Jessica Reese
Frederick
Antoinette Scalese
Rebecca Allen
Inga Olsen
Ian Cornelius
United Fire Co
East Patrick Street
David Chisholm
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