Astronomy
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PublishedMarch 1, 2020
What’s up in March?
Betelgeuse in Orion just keeps getting more interesting.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2020
Telescope programs give the public a better look at the night sky
Maine libraries are loaning the instruments out to 9,000 people a year, and starting this summer, 12 state parks will have them on hand.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
What’s Up In March: This month’s sky provides good look at elusive zodiacal light
Quite a celestial dance will be going on in the morning sky all month.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2019
Astronomers capture the moment a rock from a comet hits the moon during an eclipse
It's said to be the first impact flash ever seen during the lunar event.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2019
China begins first surface exploration of moon’s far side
A Chinese lunar rover has begun exploring the terrain in the world's first mission on the surface of the far side of the moon.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2018
12 more moons found orbiting Jupiter
Astronomers say they're very small, about one to two miles across.
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PublishedApril 28, 2018
NASA’s only moon rover just got canceled
Members of the Resource Prospector mission are instructed to close out the project by the end of May.
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PublishedApril 4, 2018
Center of Milky Way galaxy teeming with black holes
Scientists have long guessed that many stellar black holes swirl within galaxies, but until now they hadn't seen evidence.