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A thin, waning moon should allow for uninterrupted views Wednesday night of the annual Geminid shooting star show, set to be “spectacular” this year,...
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Yes, three supermoons will grace the night sky on December 3, 2017, January 1, 2018, and January 31, 2018. And for its encore, the...
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Since early September, the denizens of this normally hushed burg in central France have been serenaded by an industrial drill poking holes around town...
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A “monster” planet, which should in theory not exist, has been discovered orbiting a faint dwarf star far, far away, surprised astronomers said Tuesday....
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For the first time, scientists have witnessed the cataclysmic crash of two ultra-dense neutron stars in a galaxy far away, and concluded that such...
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The astrophysics world is abuzz after the first-ever observation of two neutron stars merging in a cataclysmic crash that left a rich trail of...
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“Truly a eureka moment”, “Everything I ever hoped for”, “A dream come true” — Normally restrained scientists reached for the stars Monday to describe...
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A house-sized asteroid grazed past Earth Thursday, passing harmlessly inside the Moon’s orbit, as predicted, to give experts a rare opportunity to rehearse for...
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NASA’s Cassini probe is counting its final hours before one last plunge into Saturn on Friday that will cap a fruitful 13-year mission that...
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Sky-gazers stood transfixed across North America Monday as the Sun vanished behind the Moon in a rare total eclipse that swept the continent coast-to-coast...