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Observing This Week’s Sky at a Glance
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A Galaxy when Galaxies Were Young
January 27, 2011 | News media worldwide are reporting today on the new “farthest galaxy ever found,” but the discovery is not quite as definite as it’s being made out. > read more
A Sign of the Times
January 20, 2011 | What’s with the sudden realization that the zodiac has 13 constellations and that Sun signs have shifted due to precession? S&T devotees — and astrologers — have known this all along. > read more
March Digital Edition Available
January 17, 2011 | The digital edition of the March 2011 S&T is now available. > read more
 Joseph Kaye
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Sun Worship in Cambridge
January 27, 2011 | On a few days each year, sunlight shines all the way down an 825-foot-long corridor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a phenomenon that has been dubbed MIThenge. > read more
Saturn’s New Bright Storm
December 27, 2010 | A massive new storm in the ringed planet’s northern hemisphere is bright enough to see in small telescopes. > read more
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
January 28, 2011 | With February arriving, not only is Orion high but the Big Dipper is on the way up, Cassiopeia is on the way down, Leo is already making its appearance, and the Northern Cross plants itself upright. > read more
 R. Jay GaBany
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R. Jay GaBany Wins Chambliss Award
January 25, 2011 | California astrophotographer R. Jay GaBany wins the 2011 award for cutting-edge amateur research. > read more
“Hidden Treasures” Winners Announced
January 24, 2011 | It was challenging to pick the best of the best from among nearly 100 entries. But there’s no argument that the melding of raw European Southern Observatory images with amateur astrophotographers’ creativity has produced stunning results. > read more
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