A customized telescope camera near Tucson is playing an important role in discovering asteroids and other objects zipping by Earth. Upgrades helped the Catalina Sky Survey record 924 of the sightings in 2016, reported the Arizona Daily Star .
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Intergalactic collision birthed a sparkling ring of young stars
An intergalactic scuffle seems to have resulted in the birth of new stars. Astronomers have spotted a large ring of young stars around our galactic neighbour the Large Magellanic Cloud, that probably formed when the Small Magellanic Cloud smashed past its larger sibling.