Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

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Dark matter is one of nature's most confounding mysteries. It keeps particle physicists up at night and cosmologists glued to ...

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Alternative to fireworks? Stargazers could instead catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way ...

The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.