Astronomy buffs can get a close-up look at a full-size replica of the James Webb Space Telescope in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The replica goes on display Friday outside the Maryland Science Center and remains through Oct. 26. Watch video the ...

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It took contractors about three days to assembly a full-size model of the James Webb Space Telescope at the Inner Harbor this week. The telescope is scheduled to launch in 2018 and scientists, like Project Scientist and Nobel laureate John Mather, are hoping it will make new discoveries of planets, stars, galaxies and the origins of the universe. The model, which will be in front of the science center for a couple weeks, has traveled around the world to garner support and interest in the program.

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Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record’s staff photographers. We also have a SmugMug page, where you can purchase photos taken by The Daily Record staff

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The Dew Tour is here! The Dew Tour is here! The extreme sports event comes back to Maryland this summer starting today by kicking off in Ocean City. You can catch all sorts of skateboarding, BMX and other action now ...

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Stewart D. Sachs has been named president of the board of Har Sinai Congregation, of Owings Mills, for the 2011–2012 term. He previously has served as president of Brotherhood as well as second vice president, treasurer and trustee of the ...

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Well … on film anyway. I got you excited, didn’t I? The Maryland Science Center is debuting a film next week called “Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk.” It features music by the ever-hip Dave Matthews Band and is narrated ...

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In case you don’t watch TV or listen to the radio in the Baltimore-Washington region (in which case you’re probably not reading this blog, but I’ll continue), and you’ve missed the massive advertising campaign for Baltimore’s Waterfront Invasion — fear ...

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What’s orbited the earth more than 500 times and is only visible in Baltimore? OK, not much of a riddle but the answer is a spacesuit being presented to the Maryland Science Center this Friday by local astronaut Richard Arnold. ...

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