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Artist's illustration of a possibly disintegrating planet

Exoplanets

Are We Watching a Planet Disintegrate?

By: AAS Nova June 2, 2020

Moon near Jupiter and Saturn on June 8-9, 2020

Night Sky Sights

June 2020: Stars of Early Summer

By: Kelly Beatty June 1, 2020

Spacecraft and Space Missions

NASA, SpaceX Launch Historic Mission to International Space Station

By: David Dickinson May 30, 2020

Galaxies

Galaxies Are Even Bigger Than You Think

By: Monica Young June 2, 2020

Galaxies swim in hot gas that extends much farther out than their stars — and plays an important role in the galaxy's evolution.

Solar System

Jupiter Has Trapped a Comet in a Bizarre Orbit

By: Jeff Hecht May 28, 2020

Stellar Science

Two New Beasts for an Explosive Zoo

By: Govert Schilling May 27, 2020

Deep Sky

Globular Clusters Await: Hello, Messier 3!

By: Gary Seronik May 22, 2020

Explore the Night with Bob King

Astronomers Witness the Birth of Planets

By: Monica Young May 21, 2020

observing guides

Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast

June 2020: Stars of Early Summer

By: Kelly Beatty June 1, 2020

This Week's Sky At a Glance

This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 29 – June 6

By: Alan MacRobert May 29, 2020

Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky

95 Sunrises Along the Columbia Riverbank

By: Margaret Stautberg Greenwood May 28, 2020

Astronomical Tools

Bright Capella is still up in the northwest in twilight, but it sets in the northwest fairly soon after dark. That leaves Vega and Arcturus as the brightest two stars in the evening sky. Both are magnitude 0. Vega shines in the east-northeast. Arcturus is very high toward the south.

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June 2020: Stars of Early Summer

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