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After Einstein: 100 years of general relativity

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Queensland’s cloud-beating eclipse

The central parts of the Milky Way, seen using the near-infrared NACO instrument on ESO’s Very Large telescope.
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Radio waves could detect hidden stars

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A mixed eclipse in wild surroundings

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Tales from the Eyepiece: March 2015 eclipse

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Europe’s only International Dark Sky Reserve

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An interview with John Dobson

Roman Tkachenko processed this image of crescent Jupiter and its Great Red Spot using raw data captured by the Juno spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Roman Tkachenko

The true nature of our ambiguous ally

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Seeds from space

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Top 12 solar events of 2012

The Subaru, Keck I and Keck II Telescopes at Mauna Kea. Credit: Julie Thurston Photography / Getty Images

The Keck Observatory’s top five discoveries

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Astronomy via Starlight Tourism in Alqueva, Portugal

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An interview with the producer of Stargazing LIVE

A curtain aurora seen by Paul Money in Bardufoss, Norway. Credit: Paul Money

How to observe the aurora

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Comet and Cluster