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How to Find and Make the Most of Comet Lovejoy
Comet Q2 Lovejoy passed closest to Earth on January 7th and has been putting on a great show this past week.…
Mercury and Venus an Awesome Duo at Dusk
As Universe Today's Dave Dickinson described earlier this week not only has Venus returned to the evening sky, but Mercury has climbed…
Catch Mercury Brushing Past Venus in a Spectacular Dusk ‘Quasi-Conjunction’ This Week
Missing Venus? The third brightest natural object in the heavens returns to prime time dusk skies in 2015 after being…
Finding Lovejoy: How to Follow the Path of Comet 2014 Q2 Through January
Have you seen the amazing pics? A bright comet graces evening skies this month, assuring that 2015 is already on…
End the Year with a Bang! See a Bright Supernova in Virgo
A 14th magnitude supernova discovered in the spiral galaxy NGC 4666 earlier this month has recently brightened to 11th magnitude, making…
Work Those Quads: Our Guide to the 2015 Quadrantid Meteors
Quick… what’s the only major meteor shower named after a defunct constellation? If you said the January Quadrantids, you’d be…
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…