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Cloud Appreciation Day 2025 is here

Friday, September 12, 2025 by Richard Harris

For us astronomers—clouds can suck (on Earth anyway). But cloud Appreciation Day is an annual initiative by the Cloud Appreciation Society that invites people worldwide to stop, look up, and celebrate the clouds above them. The event encourages participants to photograph their local skies, wri...

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The golden age of amateur astronomy is finally here

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 by Richard Harris

Not long ago, the kind of jaw-dropping space photos we see today were out of reach for all but professional observatories. A decade ago, a backyard astronomer would have dreamed of capturing images that could rival those taken with million-dollar telescopes. Fast forward to now: technology has unlea...

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