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Our neighbor the Andromeda Galaxy shines overhead this week. Here's how to see it
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLocated at a distance of 2.5 million light-years, the Andromeda Galaxy is readily visible to the...
Stargazing in October: A sleeping giant
The Independent UK via AOL· 7 months agoLook high in the south on a dark moonless night, well aware from the glare of streetlights, and you’ll find a faint glowing patch of light. It’s the only...
Watch 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks zoom past the Andromeda Galaxy live today (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA bright, fuzzy dot can be seen among a background of stars, leaving a wispy trail behind it. An...
Space photo of the week: A cosmic 'ghost' peers through the universe's past
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. What is it? NGC 6684, a...
Amazing photos of 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks from around the world
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoComet 12P/Pons-Brooks appears as a green streak in the sky above a single silhouetted tree....
Stunning image of Andromeda galaxy takes top astronomy photography prize of 2023 (gallery)
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Royal Observatory of Greenwich's annual contest draws more than 4,000 submissions, and the...
This graphic shows how many more stars you can see under truly dark skies vs. city, suburban, and...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAstronomers classify night skies from dark to bright using the Bortle Scale, ranked from one to...
Backyard Universe: Holiday sky attractions you'll see in Fayetteville
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 6 months agoI’ve long associated Christmas with observing the night sky. It’s probably because I got my first...
New James Webb telescope pictures zoom in on various types of galaxies
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe James Webb Space Telescope’s first picture released to the public showed off thousands of...
What is the most distant thing we can see?
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTo the unaided human eye, the night sky is resplendent with over 9,000 individual points of light, but that perspective covers only a bare fraction of...