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Born June 29, 1868, in Chicago, George Ellery Hale revolutionized American astronomy by, among other things, championing...
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Chirag Upreti from New York City Active region AR 4475, a cluster of sunspots that emerged June...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 28: Mercury stands...
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On June 28, 2011, Pluto’s moon Kerberos was discovered by a team using the Hubble Space Telescope,...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 27: Mars meets...
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Piotr Czerski, taken from Trzonów, Poland Galaxies M81 and M82 lie amid large clouds of galactic cirrus...
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Space Shuttle Atlantis, a reusable winged spacecraft and the fourth space-qualified orbiter to join the U.S. space...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 26: Mercury closes...
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In November 2025, Airbus grounded approximately 6,000 of its A320 family of aircraft after an international flight...
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On June 5, 2026, NASA ordered five astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to shelter in...
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Why is the Moon exactly the same apparent size from Earth as the Sun? Surely this cannot...
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Charles Messier was born in Badonviller, France, on June 26, 1730, the 10th child of court bailiff...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 25: Iapetus passes...
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Friday, June 26Even with a bright waxing Moon up most of the night, there are still plenty...
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Luigi La Bella from Melilli, Italy The Squid Nebula (Ou4) is a faint cloud of oxygen about...
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An airplane began its journey across the Pacific on Thursday, June 18, with a rocket strapped to...
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Telescopes 4 inches or less in diameter are portable, easy to use, and great beginner instruments. Here,...
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China’s Chang’e 6 mission successfully returned to Earth two years ago today, delivering the first-ever rock and...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 24: Look for...
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Most amateur astronomers live with light pollution. When a free schedule, the New Moon, and the ability to...