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May 19, 2010
The next Mars rover, Curiosity, zaps a Martian rock with a small laser in this a

War of the Worlds?

May 17, 2010
A fish-eye image shows a laser firing from the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii.

Zapping the Sky

May 14, 2010
A "family" of young stars shows off in this combined infrared and X-ray view of

Big Family

May 11, 2010
Halley's Comet streaks across the sky

Look! It's Halley's Comet!

May 3, 2010
Hercules, the strongman, climbs into good view on May evenings

Not-So-Mighty Hercules

April 28, 2010
Three of the four planets that are known to orbit the red-dwarf star Gliese 581

Homey Star System

April 23, 2010

Loopy Sun

April 15, 2010

Busy Sky

April 12, 2010

Turning On, Tuning In

April 6, 2010

Planetary Tail

April 2, 2010

Dust Storm

March 29, 2010

Scars of Apollo

March 21, 2010

Golden Beacon

March 19, 2010

Cold Fingers

March 14, 2010

Martian 'Canali'

March 11, 2010

Peek-A-Boo Moon

March 8, 2010

Beautiful Triplets

March 4, 2010

Youthful Oldies

March 1, 2010

'Leaking' Moon

February 26, 2010

Starry Neighbor

February 21, 2010

(Almost) Just Like Home

February 17, 2010

Death Star Moon

February 15, 2010

Swooping In

February 10, 2010

Star Nursery

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