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On the evening of June 24, 1881, Sir William Huggins directed his reflector, equipped with spectroscopic and...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 23: Try out...
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Chris Schur, taken from Payson, Arizona In 1983, NASA’s pioneering Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) imaged the sky...
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After 30 years of observing, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite deep-sky objects. These...
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NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft completed its 60,000th orbit of the Red Planet on June 23, 2015. When...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 22: Visit the...
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Rocket launches this week Tonight, Monday, June 22, according to tracking from Next Spaceflight, The China Aerospace...
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On my way to Tash Rabat from Son-Kul, both in Kyrgyzstan, sitting on the comfortable seats of...
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The Royal Observatory Greenwich celebrates its 351st anniversary today. Founded by King Charles II on June 22,...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 21: A summertime...
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Stonehenge, the infamous stone circle on Salisbury Plain, U.K., dates to around 2500 B.C.E. The monument is...
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We’re used to a lot of different natural things falling out of the sky. These can include...
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Sally Ride made history aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983, becoming the first American...
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John Vermette, taken from Starfront Observatory, Texas The famous galaxy group Markarian’s Chain in the heart of...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 17: The Moon...
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The wait is almost over. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is just weeks, maybe even just days,...
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On June 17, in the year 2 B.C.E, a significant planetary conjunction occurred involving Venus and Jupiter....
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 16: The Moon...
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Massimo Di Fusco, taken via Chilescope NGC 6727 is a reflection nebula and star-forming region in Corona...
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On June 16, 1963, 26-year-old Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made history by becoming the first woman to...