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
New Clue in the Mystery of the Green Blob and the Disappearing Quasar
Hanny’s Voorwerp- Dutch for “Hanny’s Object” and more casually known as the “Green Blob”- is an intergalactic gas cloud located approximately 680 million light-years from
Your Guide to the 2016 Perseid Meteor Shower
Considered by many as the best annual sky watcher’s event, this August the Perseid meteor shower dazzles dark skies. Even though the shower reaches its
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