April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

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Pope Francis becomes only the seventh Holy Father to be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome.

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Dancing silently in Earth’s upper atmosphere ... Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, coined the term aurora in 1619 after the Roman goddess of dawn—mistakenly believing it to be the reflection ...

Eventually, it is planned that 30 satellites will be deployed in the Galileo system, over three planes in medium Earth orbit. A spare satellite ... Portrait by Justus Sustermans Galileo Galilei ...