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Amateur astronomer photographs mysterious Martian 'clouds'

  • Mars Cloud
  • March 28, 2012
The amateur (as well as professional) astronomy world is abuzz over images taken by a backyard amateur that apparently show never-before-seen...
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How to see Venus in broad daylight

Is it possible to see Venus during the day? Well, today, thanks to some lucky cosmic coincidences, this normally almost impossible task will be...
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'Warp Speed Planets' could be getting thrown out of the galaxy every day

  • warp speed planets
  • March 25, 2012
According to a new study, so-called 'warp speed planets' could be getting flung out of the Milky Way galaxy at speeds of 30 million miles...
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Mars at opposition March 3, 2012

Mars, the blood-red god of war, will be at opposition on March 3, 2012. Two nights later, Mars will be at its closest approach to Earth for this...
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NASA robs Peter to pay for Paul

  • NASA
  • February 29, 2012
NASA, which learned just the other week that its budget was being cut with its planetary science allocation taking the hardest hit, has been in...
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Crescent Moon near Jupiter and Venus late February 2012

During early nights in late February the thin waxing crescent Moon will pass by the two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus to form beautiful...
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Planets visible in night sky late winter 2012

During February and March 2012 all the naked eye planets will be visible in the night sky. Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, will all be...
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Jupiter opposition October 28/29, 2011 close approach to Earth

Stargazers who have been following Jupiter lately may have noticed that it is pretty bright right now. That is because Jupiter's 2011...
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Update on potentially habitable exoplanets and the Habitable Exoplanet Catalog

There is a new report from thePlanetary Habitability Laboratory(PHL), part of the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, regarding thenumber of...
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Space and astronomy apps for iPhone and iPad

  • apps
  • September 12, 2011
Mobile apps have opened up an entire new way of experiencing the world; there are now apps for almost anything you can think of, and that includes...
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