Astronomy (Page 6)

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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Venus and Saturn Snuggle Up in Pre-Dawn Sky

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November 26, 2012

Beauty and time may not on the face of it seem to go hand in hand...

France Bans Access to Sacred Mountain Said to Be Mayan Doomsday Refuge

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November 23, 2012

France made the decision November 16 to ban access to Pic de Bugarach, a mountain which is said by Mayan doomsday believers to be a safe haven for when December 21 hits...

Sun Belches Plasma, Directs It Away From Mother Earth

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November 20, 2012

It’s no secret that the sun is getting feistier. With solar maximum scheduled to peak over the next year or two, the sunspots are forming and erupting faster and more frequently...

Leonid Meteor Shower Comes Back for More, Peaks a Second Time

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November 20, 2012

Astronomers weren’t expecting much from this year’s incarnation of the Leonid meteor shower, but those flecks of rock smacking into Mother Earth’s atmosphere have surprised observe...

Get Your Night Sky on With This Yosemite Video

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November 20, 2012

Astronomers may operate in the dark, but they actually want to share the light. Starlight, that is...

Leonid Meteor Shower Lights Up Weekend Skies

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November 16, 2012

The stars, they are a’flying once again...

Solar Eclipse: Casting Wonder From Iroquois Confederacy Beginnings to Australia 2012 Beachgoers

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November 14, 2012

In a stunning display, the sun devoured by the moon just as the golden orb peeked over the ocean off Cairns, Australia...

Tune in to Watch Total Solar Eclipse Being Livestreamed from Cairns, Australia, November 13

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November 13, 2012

Cairns, Australia, is all pumped up for its first total solar eclipse in more than 1,300 years, and its people are eager to share this singular event with the world...

Taurid Meteors Salute the Veterans

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November 11, 2012

Insomniacs, fishers and other pre-dawn perambulators may want to turn their eyes skyward as Veterans Day proper segues into the holiday Monday, checking for fireballs from the Taur...