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After 40+ years of development, design, construction, and delays, the Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24,...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 19: Three in...
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Arnaud Malleval M82, also known as the Cigar Galaxy, lies about 12 million light-years away in Ursa...
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On May 19, 1939, Francis “Dick” Scobee was born in Washington State. Scobee joined the Air Force...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 18: The Moon...
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Mission Highlight: SMILE The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are targeting...
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When deep-sky observers contemplate the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxy, they immediately...
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This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to look to the western sky on...
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On May 18, 1976, the visitors center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, opened...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 17: Glimpse the...
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On May 17, 1882, an eclipse trekked across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Many scientists gathered...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 16: Whale watching...
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Nicknamed the “Mother of Hubble,” Nancy Grace Roman spent years pushing for the use of the newest...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 15: A double...
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There comes a point in many astrophotographers’ lives when we realize that our standard DSLR just isn’t...
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When the Sun reaches higher levels of activity, junk drifting in low Earth orbit loses altitude at...
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The annular eclipse of May 15, 1836, has an important place in history because an astronomer who...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 14: The Moon...
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📷 Ash Sayedi The Milky Way’s winter arc is draped across St. Michael’s Church atop Brent Tor...
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Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, May 15Are you familiar with...