Review: SkyScout enlightens stargazers
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Take a walk on a clear, dark night far from city lights and be prepared to be awed by a sky blanketed with stars of various magnitudes, the Milky Way's wispy arm and brilliant planets.
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Scientists have gotten their best look ever at the composition of planets outside our solar system, but were more surprised by what they didn't see than what they did see.
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A high, almost windless spot in the central region of the Antarctic plateau is the best place on Earth to view the stars, according to the first results from a small, automated telescope.
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In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO.
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Heliodisplay projects a convincing mid-air display.
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The lights are going out in Iceland this week so people can gaze at the night sky.
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A long- sought-after Holy Grail for astronomers is a complete understanding of how galaxies such as the Milky Way formed. But since scientists believe
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes will be trained on the skies on Friday, searching for planets similar to our own from a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands.
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By RICK CALLAHAN   Associated Press writer  OMEGA, Ind. -- Take a walk on a clear, dark night far from city lights and be prepared to be awed by a sky blanketed with stars of various magnitudes, the Milky Way's wispy arm and brilliant planets.
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Early autumn is a fine time for stargazers, with generally clear skies, moderate temperatures and darkness falling earlier and earlier in the evenings.
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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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A UK-led sky survey known as SuperWasp discovers two new planets orbiting far-distant stars.
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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. The case appeared to be solved last week.
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Astronomers reveal one of the clearest images obtained of Stephan's Quintet.
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A telescope with a 4-inch diameter -- about the size that some backyard astronomers might use -- tracked the periodic dimming of light from a bright star 500 light-years away.
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By PHILP, Matt  A spectacular visitor to the heavens has more of us than usual reflecting on the mysteries of the universe. MATT PHILP joins the crowds looking skywards.   On the shores of the unknown -- or, at least, Upper Cashmere -- people are massing.
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A University of Colorado study has embarked on demonstrating that new planets can be found with the help of an orbiting starshade. The method has been compared to building a giant pinhole camera in space.