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The true origins of some globular clusters can give you a new perspective when you're viewing them through your telescope.

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A beautiful conjunction is coming, and all you need are your eyes to enjoy it.

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NASA has announced that, after six months of trying to recover the MAVEN mission at Mars, they are saying goodbye.

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This month’s episode highlights the close pairing of Venus and Jupiter under way in the western sky after sunset. You'll also learn why astronomers are fixated on a star in Corona Borealis — and how to find a huge but dim constellation that will likely be new to you. So grab curiosity and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.

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Rovers, drones, and landers will usher in a sustained lunar presence, under the new plan NASA announced this week.

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Reanalysis shows that the Hubble Space Telescope's detection of water vapor escaping from Jupiter’s moon Europa might have been a glitch.

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Venus and Jupiter grab your eyes in the west in late twilight. The Summer Triangle marks the dark in the east. So will the subtler Milky Way once the glary Moon is gone.

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