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In 1928, the amateur astronomer was offered a job at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, where he discovered Pluto. In 1934, he married Patricia Edson. They had two children, Annette and Alden.

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Brahe was the last great European astronomer to work without a telescope. In contrast, Kepler, a contemporary of Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) and in contact with the Italian master, had the advantage ...

So, here's what Australians can expect to see in the sky this year. Astronomer from the University of Southern Queensland Jonti Horner says the first event of note will be the perihelion on January 4.

A new 3,200-megapixel digital camera is set to change the face of global astronomy. From the AURA Observatory in Chile, it will map the entire Southern Hemisphere in unprecedented detail.