Tag Archives: Night Sky

Meteor Shower Created by Halley’s Comet is on Display

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A meteor shower will appear in the night sky today. And it is a creation of the debris left by Halley’s Comet. For those who cannot view it due to clouds, the action can be seen live on the Internet...

How the Duolingo Founders Offered Free Education To Millions

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As stars fill the night sky in Veracruz, Mexico, 23-year-old Uziel Alejandro López kicks back at home to play on his Android smartphone. His thumbs breeze over the brightly colored screen, but this...

Astronomers Still Puzzle Over ‘Low Surface Brightness’ Galaxies

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Our own Milky Way and Andromeda, its nearest spiral neighbor, are stunningly beautiful examples of High Surface Brightness (HSB) galaxies. Both grand spirals represent the sort of brilliantly-...
    






Comet ISON Observed in the Night Sky

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NASA’s probe which was quite close to Mercury sent back photographs of Comet ISON to earth. Several other space missions are also on standby to record the journey of the comet through its path across...