A recently discovered comet is closer than it's ever been to Earth, and stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere finally get to see it.

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Mar 05, 2013 4.9 / 5 (11) 2

None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again.

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Jun 06, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1

The longest lunar eclipse in more than a decade turned the moon blood red on Thursday, yielding a rare visual treat for stargazers across a large swathe of the planet from Australia to Europe.

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Jun 16, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a surprising twist, if you will, Thomas Dame and Patrick Thaddeus, both of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, have put forth in a paper to be published in an upcoming issue ...

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May 23, 2011 4.7 / 5 (10) 12 |

An Australian study has uncovered signs that the country's ancient Aborigines may have been the world's first stargazers, pre-dating Stonehenge and Egypt's pyramids by thousands of years.

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Sep 17, 2010 3.7 / 5 (11) 1

Located in one of the loneliest locations on Earth, the French-Italian Concordia station was captured on high-resolution camera by ESA's Proba-1 microsatellite last month, showing the snow-covered base and ...

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Dec 20, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—A streaking fireball lit up California skies and stunned stargazers Wednesday night, and professional observers say more meteors are on the way.

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Oct 18, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 5

The summer sunset has painted a vivid watercolor of orange, coral and violet over the Pacific, just past the pier in Seal Beach. But Michael Beckage already has his telescope trained on the moon.

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Aug 16, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- Stargazers of the world are getting a treat this weekend.

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Feb 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1