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50 Weirdest Objects

Reader Photo Gallery

Browse thousands of beautiful astroimages

like this one of the Owl Cluster (NGC 457) by

Jaspal Chadha. Submit your own images at

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Dave’s Universe blog

Astronomy Editor David J. Eicher shares amazing astrophotos, highlights

from trips, insights from popular names in the world of amateur astronomy,

videos about his favorite topics or a recent scientific pet peeve, and much

more at http://www.Astronomy.com/davesuniverse.

The Sky this Week

This daily digest of celestial events highlights the brightest objects you can

observe each night. In 10-day increments, learn when and where to spot each

planet, the best meteor showers, bright comets and asteroids, notable con-

stellations and asterisms, a few deep-sky objects, and more. Each daily entry

offers essential details of the event or object and how to locate it in your sky.

See what’s happening tonight at http://www.Astronomy.com/skythisweek.

Whether relatively close to home or billions of light-years from us, the cos-
mos is filled with weird and wacky wonders. After all, as Contributing Editor
Bob Berman aptly demonstrates each month in Astronomy, we really do live
in a strange universe. And for the past year, maga-
zine subscribers have been able to follow Berman’s
countdown of the 50 strangest and most fascinating
oddities he’s come to know over the years. Each week
at http://www.Astronomy.com/50weirdest, Berman has
covered a new object he believes should be inducted
into the “Cosmic Hall of Weird,” starting at No. 50 and
counting down. No. 1 will be revealed by New Year’s
Eve. What will it be?
Magazine subscribers can still look back on the
countdown at http://www.Astronomy.com/50weirdest,
getting to tour everything from the coldest place in
space and some planetary wannabes to invisible particles and dark galax-
ies. Be sure to follow Astronomy on Facebook and Twitter for updates on
when we publish the top five objects (along with lots of other fun stuff).
But remember, the online version of Bob Berman’s 50 Weirdest Objects in
the Cosmos is only available to magazine subscribers. Join the final weeks
of the countdown and receive in-depth
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Cosmic oddities with Bob Berman

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