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Why Have Parts of Mercury's Landscape "Deflated"?
A type of landscape on Mercury known as “chaotic terrain” might have released materials stored underground for eons.
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Where to Look Tonight
This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 27 – April 4
This Week's Sky at a Glance
Venus and the waxing crescent Moon shine in the west during and after twilight. As night deepens, you'll find the Pleiades a little above Venus.
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Sky Tour Podcast
This month's Sky Tour astronomy podcast highlights how Venus flirts with the Pleiades star cluster after sunset, then leads you to views of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars together in the predawn sky.
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Crecent moon over Myrtle Beach, SC
Photographer: Tim-Tooley
Photographer: araujo
Photographer: Wim Maats
Photographer: FERNANDO MENEZES
Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS (Jan.23,2020)
Photographer: Pepe Chambó
Photographer: Orestis Pavlou
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Waxing Crescent Moon and Jupiter
Photographer: dr. ski
Photographer: MOREL-Philippe
A Black Dot of Mercury Crossing The Sun
Photographer: WeatherlyAir
Photographer: James-Wentworth
NGC6888 Crescent with soap bubble
Photographer: Andre vd Hoeven
Photographer: Ramiro Hernández
Photographer: Haim Huli
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Photographer: astroavani
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Photographer: Pepe Chambó
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Rugged Worlds
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May’s Galaxy Cascade
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Changing of the Guard
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