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Put Yourself in the Way of Beauty
Oh my, oh my. Rolando Ligustri captured this scene last night as Comet Q2 Lovejoy swished past the globular cluster…
Half-Moon Makes Dramatic Pass at Uranus Tonight
Sunlight. Moonlight. Starlight. I saw all three for the first time in weeks yesterday. Filled with photons, I feel lighter today,…
Comet Q2 Lovejoy Loses Tail, Grows Another, Loses That One Too!
Maybe you've seen Comet Q2 Lovejoy. It's a big fuzzy ball in binoculars low in the southern sky in the…
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The Top 101 Astronomical Events to Watch for in 2015
Phew! It’s here. Now in its seventh year of compilation and the second year running on Universe Today, we’re proud…
Comet Q2 Lovejoy Set to Ring in the New Year: Reader Images and More
Keeping warm? Yesterday marked the start of astronomical winter for the northern hemisphere, meaning long nights and (hopefully) clear, cold…
Comet Finlay in Bright Outburst, Visible in Small Telescopes
Short-period comet 15P/Finlay, which had been plunking along at a dim magnitude +11, has suddenly brightened in the past couple days…
Astro-Challenge: Taming the Pup-Can You Glimpse Sirius B?
Astronomy is all about thinking big, both in time and space. The Earth turns on its axis, the Moon passes…
The Curious History of the Geminid Meteors
UPDATE: Tune in this Sunday as the good folks over at the Virtual Telescope Project feature a live webcast covering…
How Low Can You Go? Take the Great Square Challenge
Cast your gaze up, up, up on the next dark, moonless night and stare into the Great Square of Pegasus.…
Lovely New Timelapse: Chasing Starlight in the Canadian Rockies
Ready for an adventure? One of our favorite photographers, Jack Fusco, created this stunning travel video for Travel Alberta and…