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Light Pollution Is Dimming Our View of the Sky, and It s Getting Worse

Citizen scientists and researchers found that we are losing our view of the sky at an astonishing rate of almost 10 percent each year

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Astronomers Release a Cosmic Atlas of 380,000 Galaxies in our Neighborhood

Astronomers Release a Cosmic Atlas of 380,000 Galaxies in our Neighborhood
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New supernova shines bright in this stunning Pinwheel Galaxy photo

The Gemini North telescope turned its gaze toward the Pinwheel Galaxy, offering a crystal-clear view of a new supernova discovered in May 2023.

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Chasing darkness — Canadians fight to protect jet black skies

New research published in the journal Science shows light pollution gets worse every year, meaning stargazers have to travel further and further to see space.

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Flying saucer-shaped cloud floats above Hawaiian telescopes

The Gemini Observatory telescope recently experienced a close encounter from a cloud that some folks associate with unexplained flying objects (UFOs).

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