NASA / Mike Zolensky
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“Home Cooking” Gives Meteorite an Organic Brew
June 10, 2011 | A dash of this and a pinch of that — slow cooked with water inside an asteroid — could have yielded a rich and diverse soup of organic matter. That’s the remarkable new finding from careful analysis of super-primitive Tagish Lake meteorite. > read more
Oddball Stars in the Heart of the Milky Way
June 10, 2011 | The first blue stragglers identified in the Milky Way’s bulge pose a question: why do they look so young? > read more
Amateur Science on the Rise
June 6, 2011 | Robert Naeye comments on his experience at the annual SAS symposium, held at Big Bear Lake, California. > read more
S&T: Leah Tiscione
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June 15th’s Deep, Eastern Lunar Eclipse
June 10, 2011 | Those of you in the Eastern Hemisphere are in for a treat: the deepest, longest total lunar eclipse in more than a decade. > read more
Supernova Erupts in Whirlpool Galaxy
June 3, 2011 | If you’ve got a medium- to large-aperture telescope, here’s your chance to check out a star that’s just blown itself to bits. > read more
Tour June’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
May 31, 2011 | Saturn stands nearly motionless in Virgo all month, as other zodiacal constellations parade to its left and right on these early summer evenings. > read more
Interactive Sky Chart is Unavailable
June 3, 2011 | Our popular Interactive Sky Chart will be unavailable for an indeterminate period. > read more
Saturn’s New Bright Storm
December 27, 2010 | A massive new storm in the ringed planet’s northern hemisphere is bright enough to see in small telescopes. > read more
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
June 10, 2011 | The gibbous Moon passes Saturn, Spica, and the head of Scorpius. Saturn and Porrima are still as close together as we’ll see them. And Jupiter is climbing into better view during dawn. > read more
Randy Halverson / Dakotalapse
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A Milky Way Masterpiece
June 6, 2011 | Using a deceptively simple setup, Randy Halverson has captured the galaxy’s motion across his South Dakota farm with breathtaking beauty and realism. > read more
Video: Remarkable Explosion on the Sun
June 7, 2011 | After three years of minimal activity, the Sun has come alive. This video of a 3-hour eruption earlier today beats anything you’ve seen. > read more
Let the Star Parties Begin!
April 14, 2011 | Want to gaze at the Milky Way all night or peer into the eyepiece of a 12-foot-tall telescope? Then escape the city lights and head for the nearest “star party.” > read more
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