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April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...
Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all.
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Starry Sky Over Cityscape Painting
What a dreamy night sky in this cityscape painting! Muhammad Noman Afzal Kakar ...
Hollywood A-listers and regional stars descended on the UAE capital for the glitzy grand opening of TeamLab Phenomena Abu ...
Based in Somerset, southwest England, astrophotographer and night-sky conservationist Josh Dury has dedicated his career to ...
We bundled up for the 20-degree weather and I knelt on the ground, cheek pressed to my kindergartner’s cheek, aligning his vision with mine to find Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, is the brightest star in the sky. It’s twice as massive as the Sun. Alpha Centauri is a triple star system, the third brightest and closest star system ...
For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at the Panagia Hozoviotissa Monastery, built high into a cliffside on the ...
In April, the night sky is packed with cosmic events: star clusters, planetary alignments, a meteor shower, and even a rare micromoon. Whether you’re a seasoned stargazer or just looking for a m ...
On Fridays this month, the UW-Milwaukee planetarium's "Stars in the Tropics" takes stargazers to cities near the equator for a different perspective on the night sky. While we’re certainly not ...
A British version of long-running US sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL) will be coming to Sky next year. An American pop culture institution, SNL launched the careers of stars including Bill ...