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The aurora borealis is a thing of great beauty to see. But the difficulty’s always in knowing when to look at the night sky to find it. Mobile...Read more
The end of 2018 could have a wonderful surprise in store for us: a comet visible to the naked eye. Comets are mountain-sized blocks of ice and rock...Read more
Forty years ago, physicists Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson received the Nobel Prize in physics for discovering cosmic microwave background...Read more
Summer 2018 will be a good time for observing Mars. The planet will be at opposition in late July, meaning that it will appear brighter in the night...Read more
NASA is promising to send humans to Mars in the early 2030s. Billionaire Elon Musk, who founded the Tesla and SpaceX companies, hopes to establish a...Read more
In December 2008, researchers from the University of Khartoum discovered a very special meteorite in the Sudan desert. This is an account of that...Read more
This year, conditions are in place for a rich spectacle of shooting stars. The maximum of Geminids is anticipated around 1:30 a.m. the night of...Read more
The final full moon of 2017 as well as the first two of 2018 are called “perigeean,” the full moon taking place within 24 hours of the transit of the...Read more
From an encyclopedia to star finders by way of educational games and even telescope control, there are a host of astronomy applications out there for...Read more
On May 17, 1642, two French vessels approached the Island of Montréal. On board were Jeanne Mance and Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve, who had...Read more