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The planetarium, located at 100 Center Ave., is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday ...
Venus dominates as the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east-southeast before dawn; the Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place ...
Astronomers taking a close look at our nearest neighbor galaxy have made a highly unusual and model-challenging discovery; ...
Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...
Giant flares blasted out of supermagnetized stars called "magnetars" could forge planets' worth of gold and other heavy ...
Telescopes provide closeup views of Jupiter and its four largest moons discovered by Galileo, and of Mars. Although Mars is ...
A new study from the NASA New Horizons mission team at the Southwest Research Institute have resulted in a first-of-its-type ...
An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...
Comets that have hit Earth have been a mixed bag. Early in Earth's history, during the solar system's chaotic beginning, they ...
A recent survey by Skyscanner found a 53% increase in British travelers who plan to go see the Northern Lights this year.