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  • World Atlas of the Night Sky

    This is an image of the amount of light pollution that can be found around the world in the night sky...
  • In Praise of Darkness

    For the first time in human history, the brilliant, awe-inspiring canopy of the night sky is being st...
  • Total lunar eclipse turns Moon red

    Thousands of hopeful astronomers around the world tried to catch a glimpse of the year's only total l...
  • Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight

    Tonight (at least if you are living in the right part of the World and if the weather cooperates) you...
  • Multiple Solar Prominences

    Each of these solar prominences is larger than our entire planet. These are some truly massive events...
  • Scientists and amateurs find new solar system

    Astronomers and amateur stargazers have used an unusual technique to find a solar system that closely...
    Tags: science · scientists · astronomy · astronomers · solar system and 2 more.
  • Upcoming Total Lunar Eclipse

    Shortly after sunset on Wednesday, February the 20th, skywatchers across the Americas will be treated...
  • Sun’s Magnetic Secret Revealed

    Powerful magnetic waves have been confirmed for the first time as major players in the process that m...
  • U.Va. Student Preaches the Power of Darkness

    For more than 4,000 years, poets, artists and stargazers have found inspiration in the nighttime hea...
  • [Pic] Landscape Lighting Buried In The Snow (and still on)

    Talk about mindless energy waste. These guys have a handful of landscape lights that are on from dusk...
  • Got A New Telescope… Now What?

    Many people find themselves in the possession of a new telescope this time of year. For some, it is t...
  • Mars Closest to Earth Tonight; Best View Until 2016

    The bright yellowish-orange "star" poised above the constellation Gemini is actually the planet Mars,...
    Tags: earth · mars · 2016 · astronomy · space and 3 more.
  • Best Meteor Shower of 2007 Peaks Dec. 13

    If you are able to get out of the city and into a semi-dark are, you will be rewarded with one of the...
  • The Illusive Horsehead Nebula

    I got my first ever images of IC434, the Horsehead Nebula in the constellation Orion. The Horse Head ...
  • Comet 17P/Holmes

    Comet 17P/Holmes continues to put on a show for skywatchers willing to brave the cold weather.
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  • The Moon and Mars in Conjunction

    I caught a sweet shot of The Moon and the red planet, Mars last night just before the clouds rolled i...
    Tags: red planet · moon · stargazing · mars · science and 3 more.
  • [PIC]Beaver’s Full Moon Rising

    Another spectacular moonrise this evening.
  • Moon In The Belt of Venus

    What a gorgeous moonrise today. I thought of hiking up to get a better vantage point to capture tonig...
  • The Lunar Apennine Mountain Range

    The view centered on the Lunar Apennine Mountains is one of the most dramatic on the lunar surface.
    Tags: stargazing · science · astronomy · the moon · night sky and 1 more.
  • Comet Holmes Is Now Bigger Than The Moon!

    Comet 17P/Holmes burst onto the astronomy scene just three weeks ago. In that time, its captured the ...
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