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Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine: An Expression of Silence by Beth Goder

"If it were worth the while to settle in those parts near to the Pleiades or the Hyades, to Aldebaran or Altair, then I was really there, or at an equal remoteness from the life which I had left behind, dwindled and twinkling with as fine a ray to my nearest neighbor, and to be seen only in moonless nights by him." -Henry David Thoreau Two weeks ago, I asked if you knew your brightest stars. And there are some spectacular ones, of course.

Q&A with Dava Sobel, whose new book “The Glass Universe” explores pioneering work by female analysts at the Harvard College Observatory.

It's no surprise that the universe is a violent arena of destruction. After all, it was born out of the grandest "explosion" that was ever possible. The

To understand the nature of our galaxy, astronomers had to look to distant island universes.

Cross-linked news, and information resources about Astronomers

A ring-shaped object 160,000 light years away may be the first intergalactic supernova remnant ever observed

The constellations Mensa and Dorado are deep in southern skies. Between them, stretching across the border, lies the Large Magellanic

Why search for such a faint constellation? Only because it's beautiful. Plus seeing Eridanus can give you a kinship with stargazers from centuries ago.

Affectionately known as our eye on the Universe, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990, via the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.