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AMA Addresses Light Pollution
July 16, 2012 | The American Medical Association has released a report detailing several possible health concerns related to nighttime light exposure. But some lighting researchers worry the conclusions are more alarmist than is warranted. > read more
Discovery Channel Telescope Celebrates First Light
July 20, 2012 | After seven years of construction, Lowell Observatory’s Discovery Channel Telescope is about to come online. The DCT team expects the state-of-the-art 4.3-meter scope to breathe new life into the storied observatory and allow astronomers new views of comets, stars, and deep-space objects. > read more
Ancient Spiral Galaxy Discovered
July 18, 2012 | An ancient spiral galaxy offers another tantalizing clue to how nature might create these grand designs. > read more
Do-It-Yourself Space Science
July 19, 2012 | A California startup seeks to democratize space research by putting a tiny, custom-built satellite into orbit — and letting the public decide how to use it. > read more
Seeing “Dark” Galaxies
July 17, 2012 | After years of failure, astronomers have finally succeeded in imaging primeval clouds of gas like those that existed before there were stars. > read more
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Jupiter’s Disappearing Act
July 18, 2012 | Skywatchers across the Eastern Hemisphere looked on as the King of Planets briefly ducked behind the Moon on July 15th. > read more
Tour July’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
May 30, 2012 | This month, you can see a pair of planets before sunrise and another pair after sunset. In each case, one of them is situated near a bright star. > read more
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
July 20, 2012 | Mars is closing in on Saturn and Spica at dusk, as the waxing Moon passes by them this week. > read more
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