Surface: The first planet from the Sun, Mercury’s small size (4,879 kilometers in diameter- the smallest planet in the Solar System) deceptively hides its extreme
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This Week’s Sky: August 14th-20th
Sunday, August 14th Jupiter shines at a magnitude -1.7 within the western portion of the Virgo constellation a half hour after sunset. Since it is
Skywatching: The Iconic Summer Triangle
Look directly overhead at 10:30 pm EDT and you will see Vega- the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and the fifth brightest in the
Origins: The Hubble Space Telescope
Since the 1920s, astronomers have struggled to deal with the very thing that keeps humanity alive: the atmosphere. Although it provides a relatively stable and
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