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The night sky over a harbor, with stars visible

Can you see stars in light polluted skies?

By Tom Kerss published

Feature Light pollution is the enemy of astronomers, but it is possible to pick out some stars even in the largest cities

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The Orion Constellation is a familiar sight around the world.

Orion Constellation: Facts, location and stars of the hunter

By Kim Ann Zimmermann, Daisy Dobrijevic published

Reference The Orion Constellation — named after the hunter in Greek mythology — is found on the celestial equator and is a prominent constellation in the night sky.

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Boeing is planning a large satellite constellation to provide V-band and C-band communications services.

Boeing gets FCC approval for 147-satellite constellation

By Elizabeth Howell published

Boeing has the green light to launch a planned broadband constellation that will place 147 satellites in orbit.

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corona borealis

Two celestial crowns for late summer

By Joe Rao published

There are two star patterns representing crowns that are visible in our current late-summer evening sky: Corona Borealis (the Northern Crown) and Corona Australis (the Southern Crown).

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Stealth Transit's system detects approaching satellites and uses an active shutter to interrupt exposure to protect astronomical observations from unwanted effects of the passing satellites.

Russian startup tests technology that filters SpaceX Starlink passes from astronomical observations

By Tereza Pultarova published

A Russian startup is testing a technology that filters out disruptive passes of SpaceX's Starlink satellites from astronomical observations.

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A diagram shows Hercules in the late-July sky over New York City.

Hercules, the mighty strongman of the summer sky

By Joe Rao published

A staple of mythology, the hero Hercules has a strange celestial story.

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A fleet of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites is seen poised for deployment in orbit in this image from a May 2019 launch.

Change to SpaceX's Starlink internet constellation faces legal challenge

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's burgeoning satellite-internet business is getting a legal challenge.

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The Milky Way shines above the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana in this screenshot from a timelapse video by the European Space Agency.

Milky Way lights up Guiana spaceport in stunning timelapse video

By Tereza Pultarova last updated

The Milky Way galaxy glistens over the launchsite of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket in these stunning timelapse videos.

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The image shows diagonal lines caused by the light reflected by a group of 25 Starlink satellites passing through the field of view of a telescope at Lowell Observatory in Arizona during observations of the NGC 5353/4 galaxy group on May 25, 2019.

Astronomers ask UN committee to protect night skies from megaconstellations

By Tereza Pultarova last updated

A United Nations committee will discuss whether pristine night sky should be protected against Starlink trains.

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This sky map shows where to spot the Orion constellation from the Northern Hemisphere in the night sky on March 20, 2021.

Spring skywatching: Big Dipper and a 'big' little moon reign in the night sky this month

By Joe Rao published

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