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While the moon is sometimes a frustrating object for deep-sky-object observers -- the light from the surface can wash out faint objects -- in November, our celestial neighbor will point the way to three gorgeous star clu...

Tonight (Nov. 5), the moon will temporarily hide the orange star Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus, in what astronomers call an occultation.

"From a fundamental perspective the question is 'has it ever happened anywhere before?'" said Adam Frank, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester. "And it is astonishingly likely that we are not...