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A national park is designated a dark-skies site. - International Dark-Sky Association

Dark Skies Make for Good Stargazing!

findingm15.jpg - Carolyn Collins Petersen

Visit a Globular Cluster Tonight!

- NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI

The Mountains of Pluto!

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Pictures of the Moon - The Moon from Galileo's Perspective - NASA
Frequently Asked Questions about the Moon
The Moon is a fascinating place and piques a lot of interest -- and questions -- from observers. Let's learn about it together!
1280px-Alpha-_Beta_and_Proxima_Centauri.jpg - Courtesy Skatebiker/Wikimedia Commons.
Some Big Questions about Stars Seen in the Night Sky
How Many Stars Can You See At Night? Get answers to this and other questions in this FAQ about space and astronomy.
Named Full Moons - Earth's Full Moon - Luna - NASA
Full Moon Names
Learn more about the full moon names that people have used throughout the year.
New_shot_of_Proxima_Centauri-_our_nearest_neighbour.jpg - NASA/ESA/STScI
Meet the Star Closest to the Sun and Earth
Come learn about Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Sun at the present time.
Asteroid impact. - Unknown
The Sky Isn't Always Falling, and Other Astro Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Don't believe all the wild rumors you see floating around about mysterious rock formations, hidden Mars life, and Moon hoaxes.
findingm15.jpg - Carolyn Collins Petersen
Visit a Globular Cluster Tonight!
Here's an easy way to starhop your way to a fine-looking globular cluster M15.
A national park is designated a dark-skies site. - International Dark-Sky Association
Dark Skies Make for Good Stargazing!
Canyonlands National Park -- a MUST VISIT place in Utah -- is the world's latest dark-sky site, free of light pollution.
New Horizons will encounter a new object in 2019. - NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Steve Gribben
Exploring a Tiny World Beyond Pluto
There's a new target for the New Horizons mission -- a tiny world nearly four years' travel time for the spacecraft to reach!
A schematic of the Kuiper Belt. - NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker
The Last Frontier has a Visitor from Earth
The Kuiper Belt is a treasury of materials dating back to the birth of the Sun and planets. New Horizons is the first spacecraft to explore it.
the planetary nebula M2-9. - NASA/ESA
Hubble Captures the Gorgeous Death of a Sun-like Star
Hubble Space Telescope takes another look at a gorgeous planetary nebula -- the end state of a dying sun-like star.
Galaxies dimming and aging. - ICRAR/GAMA and ESO
Dimming Galaxies Foretell a Dying Universe
Light from distant galaxies and observed by a collection of observatories holds clues to explain why the universe is dimming and slowly dying.
A last look back at Pluto from New Horizons. - NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Pluto is Losing its Nitrogen
The New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto discovered the planet's escaping nitrogen atmosphere, and a new mystery: where does the nitrogen come from?
A brown dwarf with a display of northern lights (auroral storm). - Chuck Carter/Gregg Hollinan/Caltech
Brown Dwarfs Glow in the Dark
Astronomers looking at brown dwarfs discover that they can sport auroral displays, similar to Earth's northern and southern lights.
A planetary nebula called the Southern Owl Nebula - European Southern Observatory
A Dying Star Gives up the Ghost
The Southern Owl Nebula is a good example of a ghostly looking planetary nebula -- the remains of a sun-like star that is on its way to becoming a white dwarf.
Wandering stars are tracked by astronomers - Dana Berry / SkyWorks Digital, Inc.; SDSS collaboration
Tracing the Travels of Stars
By looking at the chemical makeup of stars, astronomers can track their motions through the galaxy.
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