The aurora in early October followed by the appearance of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS the following week had me thinking about the rare events we observe in astronomy.

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The copy of “Harmonia Macrocosmica” dates back to the 17th century and includes ancient theories of the universe Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent A newly restored 17th-century map of the ...

The Mercury challenge: With the ecliptic—the centerline of the zodiac and plane of Earth’s orbit—making ... Robert Miller, who provided the evening and morning twilight charts, did graduate work in ...

Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years from the Milky Way. By Dennis Overbye President-elect Donald J. Trump ...

While you’ve got your telescope out, slide your gaze east along the ecliptic to Cancer, where magnitude 0.1 Mars stands just 7’ from much fainter magnitude 5.3 Mu (μ) Cancri in the western ...

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Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...