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The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, aka the Dog Star. Sirius is so dazzling because, at only 8.6 light years away, it is one of the closest stars to Earth.
Mars shining like a red star in the night sky, alongside the blue-tinged star Regulus. These two celestial bodies, though ...
A flash of light in the night, An arch of bright color followed by another, A mingling of aqua and blue transforms into ...
7 night sky events to see in ... are extremely hot and burn a bright blue that’s easy to see ... April’s full moon is known as the “pink moon,”—not because of its color, but because of ...
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much ...
A SpaceX rocket launch from Florida on Monday afternoon produced a dazzling display in the night sky above Europe, leading to some people asking Elon Musk what they were witnessing.
The night sky isn’t perfectly dark—instead it glows faintly, and the source isn’t exactly local By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings Zodiacal light over Padar Island, Indonesia.