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Aurora, meteors and a star eclipse with the naked eye: the summer night sky

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Aurora Borealis glows on the horizon of NE Minnesota Lake in the Superior National Forest. Getty It may have shorter nights and fewer bright stars than the winter night sky, but the Northern Hemisphere’s summer offers the best views of our Milky Way. The sight of the Milky Way arcing across the sky in the … Read more

Rare sky explosion coming soon: a unique event visible to the naked eye

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Sometime in the coming months, a spectacle could light up the northern sky. There, in the constellation Corona Borealis, more than 2,500 light-years away, lurks a star called T Coronae Borealis, building up to an explosion that will temporarily cause the star to become one of the brightest objects at night. sky. Astronomers are eagerly … Read more