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Under its four-meter dome, Florida Atlantic University’s Astronomical Observatory invites all astronomy enthusiasts for a ...

An algorithm that detects streaks of light in telescope images could help to counter a growing threat to astronomy.

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A new astronomy discovery center at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff is near completion and our photojournalist Levi ...

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