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An autumn stargazing forecast: how to make the best of our night sky (opens the original)
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As autumn settles over the UK, there is something quietly magical about stargazing. Crisp air and early darkness come hand in hand with familiar constellations. Cold nights might not sound inviting when you’re on the sofa, but with a thick coat, a flask, and someone to share the view with, they’re rather easy to fall in love with. Those of us venturing outside this year will be rewarded with bright planets and dazzling meteor showers. Most events don’t need specialist equipment, just clear skies
An astronomer on what it’s really like to stargaze for a living (opens the original)
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Jodie Foster tearing up a dirt road, yelling stellar coordinates into a walkie-talkie à la the 1997 sci-fi film Contact. Control rooms alive with a cacophony of “enhance that signal”. Real-time discovery. That’s what I pictured when my PhD supervisor told me I’d be going observing at a telescope. Cut to 2am on top of a mountain in La Palma last April, at an altitude that makes you forget you’re in the Canary Islands. It was utterly freezing, and I had dressed for the sunny archipelago in thin la
How a cosmic coincidence gives Earth its ‘perfect’ solar eclipses (opens the original)
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A solar eclipse is a rare, visually striking phenomenon. The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, temporarily hiding our star – a geometrical alignment spanning millions of miles. A partial solar eclipse occurs when the Moon doesn’t fully block the Sun, resulting in a gentle dimming of the sky. A total solar eclipse, however, dramatically plunges a daytime sky into blackness. Everything has to be perfect for this to happen. An astonishing cosmic coincidence means that solar eclipses as viewed
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