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Meteorites To the people of L'Aigle, France, it must have...
Asteroids At the dawn of the 19th century, a group of...
Comets With the possible exception of Saturn's rings,...
Pluto After 76 years of glory, the small ball of rock...
Equipment Tips The only instrument that most beginners need is...
Pick a Good Viewing Spot Your own back yard will do just fine. Then, as...
What to Look For
Neptune Neptune might be called the mathematicians'...
Uranus To the eye alone, Uranus is a dull planet. It...
Saturn The planet Saturn is a delicate giant. Although...
Jupiter Weather systems on Earth blow themselves out in...
Mars Mars inspires speculation like no other world in...
Earth We know our world as an abode for life. Earth is...
Venus Cloud-covered Venus is the second planet from...
Mercury Tiny, cratered Mercury is the closest planet to...
Become a Stargazer
Explorations in 2009
Explorations of Minor Bodies When Comet Halley last passed through the inner...
Explorations of Outer Planets Pioneer 10 and 11 blazed the trail to the outer...
Explorations of the Inner Solar System The Soviet Union's Luna 3 solved an ancient...
Our Star, the Sun By human standards, the Sun is eternal. It rises...

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Soothing Moon Stirring up some epsom salts Sunday, May 26, 2013
Evening Planets Celestial theater in the evening sky Saturday, May 25, 2013
A New Cycle Beginning a new lunar cycle Friday, May 24, 2013

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Planetary conjunction, May 2013
 Evening Traffic Jam Saturday, May 25, 2013

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