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When a comet gets close to the sun ... Located in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Survey has the biggest camera ever built. It will scan the entire southern hemisphere sky almost every night.

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I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

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Comet: At Christmas I love to eat as much chocolate as my heart desires. I do a big walk in the morning with my family, but the day is really relaxed. I eat what I like and enjoy Christmas like ...

This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...