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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...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 15: Mercury at...
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Astronomers have created a comprehensive census of active galactic nuclei (AGN) — galaxies powered by a feeding...
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On June 15, 763 B.C.E., a near-total solar eclipse occurred over northern Assyria and was recorded by...
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Gaetan Thibault from Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada A meteor slices across the Summer Triangle — glowing hot blue...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 14: Irene nears...
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On June 14, 1949, a rhesus monkey named Albert II was launched into space aboard a V-2...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 13: Catch Comet...
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Pioneer 10 holds the titles for many “firsts”: It was NASA’s first mission to the outer planets,...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 12: The Moon...
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📷 Mark Johnston from Scottsdale, Arizona A line of filaments march toward the limb of the Sun,...
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On June 12, 2021, Nova Herculis 2021 (V1674 Herculis) erupted, and was discovered by amateur astronomer Seiji...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 11: Point to...
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Friday, June 12The Moon passes 6° north of Mars at 5 P.M. EDT. You can catch the...
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In Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, opening tomorrow, protagonists race across the globe to expose a decades-long government...
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Born in 1888, artist and illustrator Chesley Bonestell became famous for his realistic paintings of space. His...