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Moon and Regulus The stars turn across the night sky Friday, January 21, 2011
Counting Planets II Keeping score in the search for planets Thursday, January 20, 2011
Counting Planets Adding to the planetary census Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Habitable Zones Looking for worlds with rainy days Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Plurality of Worlds Changing ideas about the universe Monday, January 17, 2011
Lunar Swirls Swirling across a drab surface Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Twilight Zone Entering the lunar twilight zone Tuesday, January 11, 2011
More Moon and Jupiter Diving into a famous lunar "sea" Monday, January 10, 2011
Quadrantid Meteors Tracers of a bygone constellation Sunday, January 2, 2011
Jupiter and Uranus Two giants passing in the night Saturday, January 1, 2011
New Year's Sky The dawn of a new year Friday, December 31, 2010
The Moon's Tail The tale of the Moon's tail Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wet Moon Diving into a "wet" lunar surface Sunday, December 26, 2010
Holiday Skies Holiday lights in the night sky Saturday, December 25, 2010
The Sun Shines Stoking the fires of the Sun Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Shields Up! Protection against a dangerous universe Friday, December 17, 2010
Early Summer Flip-flopping the seasons Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Chippy Family Disrupting an icy world Friday, December 10, 2010
Orcus Giving birth to a distant moon Thursday, December 9, 2010
Eris Sowing discord in the outer solar system Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Distant Iceballs Clearing up some distant definitions Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Featured Images

Earth is in the middle of the Sun's habitable zone
 In the Zone Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The Sun as seen from space
 Close to the Sun Monday, January 3, 2011
Western sky a couple of hours after sunset in late December
 Happy Holidays! Saturday, December 25, 2010
Eruption of gas from the surface of the Sun
 Sun Power Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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