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S&T: Lauren Darby

Tour December's Sky by Eye and Ear!

After listening to this podcast, you'll have no trouble spotting Venus, Jupiter, the Pleiades star cluster, and much more in the evening! Host: S&T's Kelly Beatty. (5MB MP3 download: running time: 5m 47s) > read more

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The First Interstellar Comet?
Periodic Comet Machholz 1 has such a unique composition that it may have come from another solar system. > read more
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Constellation of Scorpius
Photo Gallery
Here we showcase amateur astrophotos from visitors to our online photo gallery. > read more

 

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LET'S GO STARGAZING!
Astronomy doesn’t have to be hard! Inside here are articles for stargazers of all ages — in clear, easy-to-understand language. > read more
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