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5 days ago · These days, it’s not an easy task to find a patch of clear night sky that’s not obstructed by light pollution. But, just 37 kilometres north of Napanee, the L&A Dark Sky Viewing Area is ready to wow you with incredible, clear views.
4 days ago · The Namib Desert is one of the world’s best spots for stargazing, as it is sparsely populated and largely protected from light pollution, making it extremely dark.
5 days ago · Star Wars, film series created by George Lucas that became one of the most successful and influential franchises in movie history. Begun in the 1970s and ’80s and resuscitated at the turn of the 21st century, the series advanced the field of special effects and developed into a highly lucrative merchandising industry.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
10 hours ago · Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word Σείριος (Latin script: Seirios ), meaning lit. 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated α CMa or Alpha CMa.
6 days ago · Spica will be occulted by the first-quarter Moon on the evening of July 13th for observers across North and Central America. This is the view from St. Louis, Missouri, shortly before the star's disappearance at the Moon's dark limb. Lunar occultations are commonplace but often involve fainter, telescopic stars.
4 days ago · Astronomers suspect dark matter exists because of the way stars and other visible material at a galaxy’s visible edge rotate. The rotation speeds of objects far from a galactic center are much ...
18 hours ago · JADES-GS-z14-0 is the farthest spectroscopically confirmed galaxy observed to date. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), B. Johnson (CfA), S. Tacchella (Cambridge), P. Cargile ...
