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When and where is the best place to see the Milky Way? The bright core of the Milky Way —…
Topline For three successive nights, beginning Monday, June 16, the red planet Mars will be positioned next to the bright…
Scientists have discovered a unique star 15,000 light-years from the solar system that appears to pulse every 44.2 minutes. Separate…
Topline Exactly 35 years ago this week, the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo hatch.…
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern…
Thanks to a spectacular “planet parade” and Venus, in particular, shining so brightly after sunset, it’s been a great start…
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern…
The current parade of planets, mistakenly called a planetary alignment by some, in the night sky shortly after sunset has…
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in…
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern…