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Mercury reaches greatest elongation in the evening sky this month. Venus and Jupiter have a spectacular conjunction,...
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June evenings offer a great chance to view three bright planets. Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury gather in...
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In the 1960s, two organizations were formed for cooperation around a European presence in space: the European...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 30: Fly a...
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Harry Clement Stubbs – perhaps better known by his penname, Hal Clement – was born near Boston...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 29: Split Nu...
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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida resumed operations Friday following the explosion of Blue Origin’s...
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After completing what it said was a “thorough assessment,” the FAA on Wednesday ordered SpaceX to investigate...
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Ahead of what observers anticipate will be the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history, SpaceX debuted...
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As winter’s brilliant stars slip toward the western horizon and the constellations of spring climb higher, Northern...
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One of the most important eclipses in history happened in 1919. This particular eclipse cut a path...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 28: Scorpius holds...
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Katelyn Beecroft from London, Ontario, Canada The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174) lies roughly 5,000 light-years away...
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Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, May 29An hour after sunset...
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When organizers of the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago wanted a splashy and futuristic way to kick...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 26: Enter Endymion...
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Vikas Chander from New Delhi, India; taken from Río Hurtado, Chile RCW 27 occupies the center of...
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May 25 and 26, 1959, saw the first meeting of the Research Steering Committee on Manned Space...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 25: Three planets...
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This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to find the Ring Nebula in the...