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This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: Bright Planets and Stars
In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and spot the many planets currently in our night sky. You’ll see four of ...
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How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?
Where the astronauts sat in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the ...
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February 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Venus, Jupiter, and Mars continue to dominate the sky, and the Moon occults the Pleiades
We’re quickly losing sight of Saturn, but Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Uranus and Neptune are easy binocular objects. Mars is still at its best, having reached opposition last month.
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February 2025: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?
Venus appears low in the evening sky, guiding us to Saturn. Jupiter makes an attractive sight below the Hyades and Mars ...
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20 years ago, the discovery of Eris spelled doom for planet Pluto
When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...
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Scientists find life’s ‘building blocks’ in asteroid Bennu samples
The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...
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The Sky This Week from January 31 to February 7: Watch the Pleiades disappear
Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...