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From Hawaii to Iceland, researchers found the 10 best places to see the Northern Lights and stargaze across the world.

Part of the worlds biggest mega-science facility the SKA Observatory is being built in outback Western Australia. After ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

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