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This remote island might have the best night sky view in all of Japan–and we caught something incredible with our cameras!
The anime heroines might be like a family, but their relative sizes are very different.
Recordings of multiple sightings of the bright light also show the visible plume it left as it streaked down from the sky.
Ever wished you could take pictures of the moon’s craters on your phone? Now there’s a way, thanks to a new smartphone telescope gadget!
Many people that work a weekday 9-5 job consider Mondays to be the bane of their existence. Unsurprisingly, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of love for that first day back to the office after a fun weekend.
But for those caught in rush hour traffic this past Monday in Thailand, it was anything but dull and monotonous thanks to a shooting star sighting caught on camera by a number of drivers on their way to work.
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