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Light Pollution Ruins Night-Sky Views for One-Third of HumanityA new, comprehensive atlas of worldwide light pollution reveals that one-third of all people cannot see the Milky Way in the sky, including nearly 80 percent of North Americans.
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Falling for the Sun: Heart-Shaped Sunspot Thrills AstrophotographerAstrophotographer John Chumack. captured the heart-shaped sunspot from his backyard Observatory in Dayton, Ohio on April 12, 2016.
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Stunning Turquoise Comet Wows Amateur Astronomer (Photo)Skywatcher Chris Schur was able to glimpse Comet Linear 252P with his naked eye just after capturing it on camera. The image was taken from Payson, Arizona on the morning of April 2.
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Get Ready: Mars Reverses Its Course In the Sky SaturdayLook up this weekend to catch bright Mars as it begins a zigzag detour across the spring sky.
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Bluish Hued Supermoon Dazzles Over Italy (Photo)Astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca took this image about two minutes prior to the start of the full totality phase of the supermoon total lunar eclipse on Sept. 27, 2015.
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Visible Light from a Black Hole Spotted by Telescope, a FirstFor the first time, astronomers have seen dim flickers of visible light from near a black hole, researchers say. In fact, the light could be visible to anyone with a moderate-size telescope.
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A Magic Moment: The Milky Way from Yellowstone National Park (Photo)This image of the Milky Way from the edge of the Grand Prismatic Spring in the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone on June 27, 2015.
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'Best Meteor Shower in Years': Perseids Put on a Spectacular Showmeteoroids -
First Meteor Shower of 2015 Peaks This WeekendStargazers can start the New Year off with a bang this weekend as the first meteor shower of 2015 reaches its peak on Saturday night (Jan. 3). Here's how to see the 2015 Quadrantid meteor shower.
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