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By searching sparsely populated regions of the galaxy, astronomers have for the first time found the source of a kind of signal that has puzzled them for years.

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe the Geminid meteor shower, which will peak during the early morning hours ...

Both astronomy and astrology were born of human fascination with the stars. Despite their common origins, however, the two ...

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