Idaho hopes to bring stargazers to first US dark sky reserve
Tourists heading to central Idaho will be in the dark if local officials get their way.
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2017
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News tagged with night sky
'Twinkling' enzymes could light the way to better cancer drugs
A new test to show the properties of biologically important enzymes could help to streamline development of new treatments.
Biochemistry
Aug 17, 2017
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Russia's Mayak satellite: crowd-funded cosmic pest or welcome nightly visitor?
Will we soon see a new bright "star" visiting our evening skies? The crowd-funded Mayak CubeSat was launched along with 72 other satellites aboard a Russian Soyuz Rocket on July 14, 2017.
Space Exploration
Jul 25, 2017
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Scientists have worked out how dung beetles use the Milky Way to hold their course
Insects navigate in much the same way that ancient humans did: using the sky. Their primary cue is the position of the sun, but insects can also detect properties of skylight (the blue light scattered by the upper atmosphere) ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2017
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Swarm explores a new feature of the northern lights
Thanks to social media and the power of citizen scientists chasing the northern lights, a new feature was discovered recently. Nobody knew what this strange ribbon of purple light was, so … it was called Steve.
Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2017
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Another reason to flip the off switch: light pollution
For the 11th year running, cities worldwide will turn their lights off Saturday to mark Earth Hour in a global call to action on climate change.
Environment
Mar 24, 2017
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'Meteor' causes panic in Pakistan's mountainous north
A suspected meteor lit up the skies above Pakistan's mountainous north late Wednesday, officials said, with panicked residents reporting a mysterious light whizzing past and the sound of multiple, powerful blasts.
Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2017
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Roaming telescope brings Kenyan kids views of night sky
Thousands of schoolchildren in Kenya are getting a rare opportunity to look at the stars.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2017
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Astronomers zoom in on megastar's juvenile outburst
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, a supergiant red star ended its life in a spectacular explosion known as a supernova.
Astronomy
Feb 13, 2017
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Ultraprecise measurements in XXL
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, called DESI, has an ambitious goal: to scan more than 35 million galaxies in the night sky to track the expansion of our universe and the growth of its large-scale structure over ...
General Physics
Nov 18, 2016
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