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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...
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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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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...