Lights go off in Iceland, clouds dim sky for star gazers
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Iceland's capital and several towns   plunged into darkness on Thursday as street lights were turned   off for people to get a better view of the night sky.
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Their first silhouettes appear at dusk, moving briskly under dim moonlight or the rare streetlamp. Sometimes the crunch of their boots on trash-strewn streets will stir families dozing on lawns in the cool of evening.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Stargazers across the US were craning their necks Wednesday night as the Earth&#39;s shadow moved across the moon, totally eclipsing our planet&#39;s only natural satellite.
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Tens of thousands of people in Finland face a cold and dark Christmas after severe storms left much of the country without power.
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The launch of a Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the northern lights is set to launch on Friday.
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Studies conducted over the last several years have found that Icelanders suffer less from winter-related depression than people in many southern climates.
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The surface of one of the brightest stars in the night sky is imaged by scientists.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space-bound electricians lit up the skies on their way to make a cosmic nighttime house call.
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Control towers at some airports could go dark between midnight and 5 a.m. under a cost-cutting plan the government is considering.
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As winter begins, the early morning sky is loaded with planets. Some are unmistakably bright, but a few will require some sleuthing.
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Lights across France dim for five minutes as part of a campaign designed to raise awareness of climate change.
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With the Moon reaching New    phase on Jan. 10 and thus leaving the sky darker, now is an ideal time to get    out your binoculars and explore the profusion of open or galactic star clusters    now evident in our evening sky.
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The most important rule at this remote vacation spot is simple: no white light. Even a sliver of the pupil-contracting rays coming from the window of a cabin at Deerlick Astronomy Village could ruin a neighbor's view of the Milky Way. The 96-acre village in rural Taliaferro County in eastern Georgia is designed for amateur stargazers looking for total darkness and wide-open spaces to build weekend homes.
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More and more people are unable to see the night sky because of light glare in built up areas, a survey suggests.
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Astronomers believe they've glimpsed light from some of the universe's first stars through the world's largest telescope on the Big Island.
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Deer can&#39;t see cars at night because of blindingly bright headlights. And until now, astronomers couldn&#39;t see foreground galaxies outshined by the dazzling quasars behind them.
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Astronomers have spotted a faint cluster of stars in or near our galaxy, but they're not sure what to call the grouping.