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HAHPK2 2016's Perseid meteor shower Above Spray Lake, Spray Valley Provincial Park - Kananaskis Country

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Get ready to watch the dazzling Perseid meteor shower in August

It is nearly time for one of astronomy's top annual sights – the Perseid meteor shower. This year is a bit special, says Abigail Beall

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The physicist who wants to build a telescope bigger than Earth

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The protective bubble around the sun (yellow dot) and Earth (blue dot)

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Cosmic cloud exposed Earth to interstellar space 3 million years ago

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'Unluckiest star' may be trapped in deadly dance with a black hole

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Messier 78

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Amazing new images of galaxies and nebulae caught by Euclid telescope

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path of fast radio burst FRB 181112

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Mysterious space signals may come from a dead star with a planet

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View Los Angeles financial district skyline at night

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The shift to LED lighting is stopping us from seeing our night skies

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How to see the Lyrid meteor shower and when is the peak?

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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality

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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality

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I might be an astrophysicist, but I'm still learning about stargazing

I have two degrees in astronomy, so you'd think I would know what I'm doing when it comes to looking at the sky. I don't, but I'm trying to change that, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Planet caught in a gravitational 'tidal storm' is so hot that it glows

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The ambitious plans to study the sun during April's solar eclipse

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Is the truth out there? Yes, but it doesn't involve aliens

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How to spot the Spring Triangle as the equinox approaches

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