Stargazing articles
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Stargazing: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin kicked off the 'World's Space Party'
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space. On April 12, 1961, Gagarin spent a historic 108 minutes aboard Vostok I. After one orbit, his
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Stargazing connected these Mainers. They’ll finally see an eclipse together.
It's only fitting, since heavenly stars are what brought them together, in the first place.
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Stargazing in Scotland: Here 10 dark sky areas of Scotland for the stars and Northern Lights
It’s a sight that has caused excitement, awe, joy and even fear over the centuries – the brilliant multi-coloured Northern Lights that occasionally illuminate the dark skies of the Northern Hemisphere. A major tourist industry has become established in recent years, taking people to the dark wildernesses in Iceland and Scandinavia to hunt for the lights. But the truth is that Scotland is far north enough to offer a decent chance to see the aurora borealis, and has plenty of locations where the...