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We don't put much stock in astrology or horoscopes here at Universe Today, but there's one thing related to the zodiac that's all science and no superstition: zodiacal light, captured here in a gorgeous photo by astronom...

I love those images taken from the International Space Station that show the Moon rising or setting above Earth's limb, and when I first saw this image posted on Universe Today's Flickr Group page, I thought someone had ...

Astronomers at Keck have it easy - whereas I used to slog up to the summit of Mauna Kea*, dealing with the lack of oxygen up there in harsh conditions**, Meg is observing from a sumptuous sea-level facility. Before her n...

NASA's nearly decade old Opportunity Mars rover is sailing swiftly on a southerly course towards her first true mountain climbing destination - named "Solander Point" - in search of more evidence of habitable environment...