Looking at the Stars From Angles Old and New
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The Adler Planetarium's collection of remarkable globes, star charts and moon maps suggest that the modern planetarium is just another reflection of ancient cosmological impulses.
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A professor has found a pictorial representation of Hipparchus' star catalog, the long-lost, earliest known compendium of the night sky.
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Using the largest telescopes available, astronomers have dissected the dusty, gassy layers of the red giant S Orionis-a star that pulsates in size from a diameter roughly equal to the orbit of Mars to that of Jupiter every 410 days.
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Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe spotted a new star in the sky on Nov. 11, 1572, and astronomers have been trying ever since to figure out exactly what happened.
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Four hundred years ago this    week, a previously unseen star suddenly appeared in the night sky. Discovered    on Oct. 9, 1604, it was brighter than all other stars.
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STUNNING images have captured what astronomers call &quot;the graceful interactions of a galactic ballet, played out on a stage some 300 million light years away&quot;.
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MAUNA KEA, Hawaii -- The sharpest image ever taken of a dust disk around another star has revealed structures in the disk which are signs of unseen planets.     Dr...
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A supernova spotted by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe more than four centuries ago - which changed the course of human knowledge - has just yielded a further discovery: the companion star that triggered the great event.
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The latest image from NASA&#39;s Hubble Space Telescope highlights a stellar blast that was first discovered by an amateur astronomer a little more than a month ago.
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Astronomers spot a space oddity in Earth's neighbourhood: a dead star with unusual characteristics.
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Scientists disagree on the origins of the annual Geminid shower but agree that conditions this year favor a spectacular show. Shooting stars of mysterious origin promise a spectacular sky-show tonight for
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Do you love gazing at a starry night sky?  Nothing you've ever seen on Earth could prepare you for the fantastic skies of some &quot;orphan stars&quot; just discovered by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Scientists see a galaxy whose light would have set out some 12.8 billion years ago.
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The earliest stars may hold clues to the nature of the Universe's mysterious dark matter, simulations suggest.
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com Staff. Astronomers have produced the first truly useful image ever of something in space using gamma rays. It&#39;s a picture only an astronomer could love, but it appears to help solve a century-long mystery.
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory has re-imaged a familiar scene of a relatively nearby exploded star, revealing new details of the chaotic aftermath.
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When you look at Sirius, the Dog Star, you&#39;re actually seeing light that left the star 8.6 years ago. In the meantime, the star could have burst into a supernova or run off chasing the gargantuan Ford Galaxy.