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Latest Updates on Comet ISON
November 29, 2013 | Researchers are still trying to sort out how much of Comet ISON survived its close passage around the Sun. The comet’s head dwindled out, but after perihelion a headless ghost of the comet continued on its way, even seeming to brighten. > read more
Comet ISON Becomes a Nail-Biter
November 25, 2013 | Is the comet dying, just three days before its closest pass by the Sun? There are signs that its nucleus has stopped producing anything. > read more
Can You Spot Comet ISON at Perihelion?
November 22, 2013 | It won’t be easy by a long shot, but it just might be possible to spot the comet in broad daylight as it passes nearest the Sun. > read more
Tour December’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
October 27, 2013 | December’s crystal-clear skies offer Venus low in the west after sunset, a “tower of brilliance” (including Jupiter) rising in the east, and the prospect of a nice showing by Comet ISON in the predawn sky early in the month. > read more
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Downsizing a Black Hole
November 27, 2013 | Astronomers have revealed a supposedly monster black hole to be rather ordinary in size. > read more
Oddball Pulsar Origin?
November 26, 2013 | A few whirling neutron stars might get their start as very different objects, at least if a new analysis is correct. > read more
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Announcing the Comet ISON Photo Contest
October 24, 2013 | Sky & Telescope is now accepting submissions to the Comet ISON Photo Contest! > read more
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
November 27, 2013 | After swinging through perihelion on November 28th, what’s left of Comet ISON may emerge into the dawn sky as previously scheduled. Meanwhile, the rest of the heavens continue going about business of their own. > read more
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