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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights ...

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From Jupiter at its brightest to a dazzling Saturn-Moon-Neptune alignment, here’s what to watch in the night sky in January ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Have you seen the “Christmas Star?” Step outside after dark ...

In 1837, the mother of all nights out took place in a quiet corner of Leicestershire. Henry de la Poer Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford, and a group of his friends piled into Melton Mowbray after ...

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