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The Dreamtime constellation of The Emu rises out of the glow of Sydney, 350km away from the Australian Astronomical Observatory. David Malin

Darkness is disappearing and that’s bad news for astronomy

Fred Watson, Australian Astronomical Observatory

Darkness is precious to astronomers, but it’s also good for everybody. We should ensure we preserve the dark by using the latest technologies responsibly.
Hubble fireworks.

Hubble in pictures: astronomers’ top picks

Tanya Hill, Museums Victoria Research Institute; Alan Duffy, Swinburne University of Technology; Chris Tinney, UNSW ; Fred Watson, Australian Astronomical Observatory; Geraint Lewis, University of Sydney; Howard E Bond, Penn State; James Bullock, University of California, Irvine; Jane Charlton, Penn State; John Clarke, Boston University; Kim-Vy Tran, Texas A&M University; Lucas Macri, Texas A&M University; Michael Drinkwater, The University of Queensland; Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University; Mike Eracleous, Penn State; Philip Kaaret, University of Iowa; Rachel Webster, The University of Melbourne; Roberto Soria, Curtin University, and William Kurth, University of Iowa

Astronomers from around the world identify their favourite images sent back to Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope.
A computer-generated artists impression of the thousands of objects in orbit around Earth. AFP

Space junk and the environment: it’s a very dark picture indeed

Fred Watson, Australian Astronomical Observatory

Since the launch of the first artificial satellite in 1957 – the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1 – countries around the world have been putting satellites and spacecraft into Earth orbit. While the majority of…

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