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Jasmine_K/Shutterstock.com The Ursid meteor shower is pretty much always overshadowed by the Geminids. This year, it got buried even deeper. It's been overshadowed by the Geminids, beautiful conjunctions, and the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Plus, it's cold. The shower has worked hard for the nickname "cursed Ursids." Nonetheless, the Ursids are the last significant meteor shower of the year, peaking the night of December 21 into the morning of December 22. It will not produce 100 or more meteors per hour like the Geminids, but you're going to see meteors. That's always a cause f...

Twelve-year-old Sarah vividly remembers the first stargazing trip her parents took her to, about 70-km from Bengaluru, just for a glimpse of the comet Neowise. “When I was young, my parents would scoff at the idea of going this far just to look at the sky,” her father, who proposed this outing, said. “Living in a city has snatched away such simple pleasures, and I had to make that effort for my little astronomer!” Stargazers are not the only ones losing out due to the city’s lights. Studies all over the world have shown that long-term exposure to bright artificial lights can affect ...