Astronomy (Page 13)

Dancing With the Stars Over the Ancient City of Teotihuacan, Mexico

First the big dipper drifts into view, then the stars...

Eta Aquarid Shooting Stars, Messengers From Halley's Comet, at Their Peak

While the Orionid meteor shower in October is famous as...

Saturn, Ready for Its Closeup

Over the past few weeks we’ve given readers eyeful upon...

Watch Water Become Zero-Grav Jello on the International Space Station

If you get a cloth dripping wet in the absence of gravity...

Three Years in Three Minutes: Whirling Sun Sparks and Flares in Entrancing Video

The sun is a wondrous thing, enabling Mother Earth to be...

Earth Day: Stunning Aurora Borealis Video Highlights Just How Small We Are

The sun is spurting all manner of plasma this year and next...

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Astronomy

James Cameron Partners in Asteroid-Mining Venture

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April 24, 2012

Not content with going to the depths of the ocean, Titanic and Avatar director James Cameron, whose famous declaration “I’m king of the world!” marked his ascension to the Oscar th...

Lyrid Fireball Explodes Above Indian Country; Photos of Shower

ICTMN Staff

April 23, 2012

The Lyrids lit up the night sky on Saturday-Sunday, and then delivered a parting shot over Nevada and northern California—a fireball that streaked across the sky on Sunday at aroun...

On Earth Day, Our Mother From Space

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April 22, 2012

Earth Day 2012 is a time to reflect on our

Lyrid Meteor Shower Under Dark New-Moon Skies, Plus Mars and Saturn

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April 21, 2012

It's a veritable sky party on the night of April 21, as 15–20 or even more Lyrid meteors shower down hourly upon the skies of Mother Earth...

Celestial Shows: From Venus Transit to Meteor Showers, 2012 Skywatching Is a Treat

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April 20, 2012

So far in 2012 we’ve seen flaming aurora borealis displays associated with increased solar activity , with even better to come in the next year or two...

Spectacular Solar Flare Jets Away From Earth But Provides Captivating Video

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April 17, 2012

Instruments of the U.S...

Preening Venus Hovers Long Into the Night

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April 14, 2012

She's known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star, and under normal circumstances Venus keeps to those times...

Time Lapse: Exploding Aurora, Sweeping Milky Way, Shooting Stars

ICTMN Staff

April 07, 2012

This stunning time-lapse video of the skies over Mother Earth is reminiscent of last year's captivating views of the Milky Way ...

Mars, Moon, Star Regulus Cavort in Colorful Triangle April 3

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April 04, 2012

The moon is at it again, this time cuddling in a brilliant triangle with two other bright lights, Mars and the star Regulus at about 9 p.m. on April 3...

Venus Gets With the Seven Sisters

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April 03, 2012

No wonder the Greeks called Venus the Goddess of Love: No sooner has her tryst with the moon and Jupiter ended than she is sidling on over to the Pleiades, or as they’re known in N...