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Watch China's Tiangong-1 Space Station in Real Time As It Nears Its Demise
March 28, 2018 | ArticleAs Tiangong-1 makes its last few orbits of Earth before burning up in the atmosphere in a few days, you can watch the Chinese space station live online through a robotically controlled telescope at The Virtual Telescope Project.
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Venus and Uranus Get Close in Wednesday's Sky
March 27, 2018 | ArticleHave you ever seen two planets together in the same high-power telescope field of view? This can be done Wednesday evening (March 28), when Venus, the most brilliant planet, closely snuggles up to the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus.
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Here's How to See the Chinese Space Station's Final Orbits and Fiery Fall
March 27, 2018 | ArticleChina’s first-ever space laboratory, Tiangong-1, will fall to Earth within the next week and, weather permitting, you may get an opportunity to see it in one of its final trips around our planet.
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You Could Soon Buy an 'Artificial Meteor Shower' — for a Hefty Fee
March 27, 2018 | ArticleA Japanese company has a plan to commercialize dropping metal pellets from space.
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Stars For Sale! But No, You Can't Really Buy an Official Star Name for Someone
March 23, 2018 | ArticleIf you read the fine print of many other companies they usually say that astronomers do not officially recognize the name of the star you just purchased.
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US National Park Rangers Look to the Stars with Skywatching Training Program
March 22, 2018 | ArticleThe U.S. National Park Service has partnered with the McDonald Observatory to create training programs for park rangers and improve skywatching events.
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Messier's List: Hubble Telescope's Stunning Views of Deep-Sky Objects
March 21, 2018 | Image AlbumThe Hubble Space Telescope has snapped views of 93 deep-sky objects from French astronomer Charles Messier's famous list. Here are some of the most spectacular.
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Watch Auroras Shimmer from Space in This Serene Satellite View
March 21, 2018 | ArticleThe shimmering dance of the aurora shines in a video released recently by the European Space Agency.
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Spring Will Light Up the Night Sky with Dazzling 1st-Magnitude Stars
March 20, 2018 | ArticleWith the impending arrival of spring, we can step out during the late evening hours (around 11 p.m. local daylight time) and count up to 11 "first-magnitude" stars – the brightest in the sky.
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Hubble Expands Skywatching List for Messier Marathoners with New Photos
March 20, 2018 | ArticleAmateur astronomers had 12 spectacular new images to look to during this year's Messier marathon, a skywatching challenge that happened on the weekend of March 17 and 18.
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