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| | Dark 'noodles' may lurk in the Milky WayInvisible structures shaped like noodles, lasagna sheets, or hazelnuts could be floating around in our galaxy radically challenging our understanding of gas conditions in the Milky Way. |
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| | All the classical planets align under one sky this weekFor those willing to brave January’s cold, five planets will look spectacular before sunrise all week. |
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| | Lonely planet has a parent star after allOnce thought to be a free-floating planet, astronomers have now discovered it orbits its star only once every 900,000 years. |
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| | Theorists propose a new method to probe the beginning of the universeNew research suggests the existence of "primordial standard clocks,” in the form of heavy particles, which can be used to measure the passage of time at the universe's birth. |
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| | BONUSA sickness over the landEditor David J. Eicher discusses why scientists believe what they do, and why the public too often doesn’t go along. |
| | DAVE’S UNIVERSEA wonderful short astronomy video!Editor David J. Eicher shares a beautiful video by the staff of USC-Dornsife in Los Angeles. |
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| | | Issue Preview VideoThis month’s issue of Astronomy covers the race to find evidence of cosmic inflation, tells the story of how Pluto got its name, looks at 25 tips to plan for the 2017 USA solar eclipse, explains how oxygen colors the universe’s life, and much more. |
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| February sky highlightsFive bright planets adorn morning during the first half of February. Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Mercury stretch from west to east across the sky an hour before sunrise.
Astronomy magazine subscribers have access to the complete version of February’s The Sky this Month at Astronomy.com. To learn about other daily sky events, visit The Sky this Week. |
|  | Observing PodcastJanuary 28 – February 4 |
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| | THE REAL REALITY SHOWWhy is there an antiscience movement?Editor David J. Eicher talks about the disturbing antiscience trend gaining momentum around the world. |
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| | PICTURE OF THE DAYA lunar halo and a horseJared Bowens caught this nighttime scene from Dekalb County, Missouri. |
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| | NEBULAE GALLERYThe Flame Nebula (NGC 2024)John Vermette captured this shot from Tucson, Arizona. |
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| | SUN AND MOON GALLERYSummertime Sun in the Southern HemisphereUser MROCKENBACH caught this southern Sun from Praia Real, Torres, Brazil. |
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| | Send us your astronomy questionsPerplexed by planets? Confused by cosmology? Baffled by black holes? Then send in your questions. If you have an astronomy question about observing, equipment, the planets, stars, cosmology, or astronomy history, send it in! Astronomy magazine editors select five questions each month for publication in the Ask Astro section of the magazine. If your question is selected, we will forward it to an expert for a response. Then, the question and answer will appear together in a future issue. We may edit or revise your question for clarity. |
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