Long Nights, 90 Below. What More Could Astronomers Want?
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The whitest place on Earth could be the coolest place on the planet for astronomy.
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In late afternoon, the wispy clouds part. For the first time I discern the distant domes, tiny and white, on the peak of blue-grey Mauna Kea, but a heavy cloud hovers above. Dr. Hammel tells me that once the sun sets, this cloud will cool, sink and wrap the telescopes in its fog, unless &#150; there&#39;s a small possibility &#150; the cloud sinks all the way beneath the summit, down below the telescopes. Despite the bleak predictions in all the weather forecasts for tonight, I begin to hope that we&#39;ll finally get some data.
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AUSTIN, Texas &mdash; The orbiting space telescope that just won't quit collecting gobs of celestial data well beyond its expected twilight is set for a major tune-up and upgrade, NASA scientists announced today here at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
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Until recently, astronomers had never seen dust and planets around the same stars. This month, astronomers said they had closed the loop.
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Much to astronomers&#39; surprise 36 new galaxies have been discovered between two and four billion light years away. Until now astronomers had believed that 14 billion years after the Big Bang, cosmic creation
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The discovery of a large disc of dust around a double star system may force a rethink of some astronomical models.
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A dying comet has prompted astronomers to take issue with a mainstream theory about the impact of &quot;space weather&quot; on these enigmatic wanderers of the Solar System.
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A recent article in New Scientist magazine, entitled â Mysterious signals from 1000 light years away,â implies that the UC Berkeley SETI@home project has uncovered a very convincing candidate
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Despite all the reports about SETI discovering a likely signal from an alien civilisation, you shouldn&#39;t squint skywards just yet looking for a spherical disc from which little green men will hop out.
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If skies are clear, people can expect to see the full moon turn a deep reddish colour as the Earth&#39;s shadow falls over the face of the moon, astronomers say.
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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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On these late summer evenings    after the Sun has set, look low in the south for the classical Archer, Sagittarius.
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The story of the little star over Bethlehem has many people looking up this time of year, as scientists at planetariums try to explain what the wise men were following.
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So you're a fish. Right now some tubeworm tartare and clams on the half shell would really hit the spot, so you're headed for the all-night cafÃ©. &quot;All-night&quot; being the operative word because the volcanic ridge you're tooling along is nearly 1.5 miles below the surface.
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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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A cosmic explosion that seems to have come out of nowhere&#x2014;thousands of light-years from the nearest collection of stars&#x2014;has left astronomers baffled.
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SPACE.com / Nearly 2,000 years ago, Chinese astronomers spotted a bright light materializing in the night sky. Turns out the skywatchers had witnessed the spectacular explosion of a dying star.