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Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
Tianhe Booster to Reenter This Weekend
One of the largest spacecraft to plunge from orbit in recent decades is likely coming down on May 8th.
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Where to Look Tonight
This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 30 – May 8
This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 30 – May 8
Mercury and Venus now show themselves better at dusk. After dark, Comet Atlas awaits telescopic skyhunters. And the waning Moon passes under Saturn and Jupiter in early dawn.
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Sky Tour Podcast
Exciting celestial events will happen during May, so download our narrated Sky Tour astronomy podcast to find out about this month's Eta Aquariid meteor shower and a total lunar eclipse.
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Active Region 2818, 2820 & 2821
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Milky Way and Aurora over Lake Huron
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M81/M82 and the Integrated Flux Nebula
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Mars in 2020: 13 image retrospective
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Comet C/2020 M3 ATLAS, IC 405 and IC 410
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Total solar eclipse in Patagonia, Argentina
Photographer: Eduardo Abello
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Mars on 2020-10-16 at 09:22 UT
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