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Taurid 2005 by Hiroyuki Iida

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Be Alert for Taurid Fireballs This Week

If you see a really bright autumn fireball, it might be a Taurid meteor — a fragment of Comet 2P/Encke.

Radar image of 2015 TB145

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2015 TB145 — Rogue Asteroid or Dead Comet?

Astronomers can't decide whether the sizable object known as 2015 TB145, which is cruising past Earth today, is a renegade asteroid or a dead comet.

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Tour November's Sky: Treats at Dawn & Dusk

Bright planets are putting on a show in the predawn sky, and evenings feature a mythical horse flying upside-down across the sky.

Orbit of asteroid 2015 TB145

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Close-in Asteroid Offers Halloween Treat

The recently discovered asteroid 2015 TB145 won't come especially close to Earth on October 31st, but it's big enough to be seen in medium-size backyard telescopes.

Venus, Jupiter, Mars in a bunch at dawn Oct. 24, 2015

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Venus-Jupiter Conjunction This Weekend!

Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets, draw close together in the eastern sky before dawn, creating an ever more eye-catching spectacle for skywatchers. They're in conjunction October 25 and 26.

Air Force's X-37/B

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How to Spot the USAF’s ‘Mini-Shuttle’

Now is the time to track the secret space plane X-37/B on its OTV-4 mission.

Draconid radiant

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October's Unpredictable Draconid Meteors

Watch for any slow, unusual meteors starting at nightfall tonight and tomorrow.

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Aurora Alert for Wednesday Night!

Aurora borealis possible October 7, 2015

Moon-Jupiter-Mars on October 9th

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Tour October's Sky: Predawn Planet Pileup

Early risers will be treated to wonderful groupings of bright planets, and evening sky offers excellent stargazing as well.

Near miss

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Moon Hides Hyades, Occults Aldebaran Friday

After a late-night ramble through the Hyades cluster, the waning gibbous Moon will cover up the bright star Aldebaran for observers across North America Friday morning.

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A Look Back at the Total Lunar Eclipse

Call it a blood Moon, supermoon, harvest Moon, a portent of the apocalypse, or just a regular ol' total lunar eclipse — for those who caught a glimpse, last night's celestial event did not disappoint.

Total lunar eclipse on Sept. 27-28, 2015

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Ready for Tonight's Total Lunar Eclipse?

On the night of September 27–28, the full Moon will plunge completely through Earth's shadow for the last time until January 2018.

Partial lunar eclipse

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Watch September's Lunar Eclipse - Live Webcast!

Visit SkyandTelescope.com on the night of September 27th to watch our exclusive webcast of the last total lunar eclipse anywhere until 2018.

F-CHROMA logo

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Call for Solar Observers (Sept. 19–27)

Does your version of stargazing involve pointing your telescope at the Sun? With the right equipment, you can aid a project that aims to catch a solar flare in the act of erupting. The observing campaign is coming up soon: September 19 - 27, 2015.

Path of September 2015's partial solar eclipse

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September 13th's Partial Solar Eclipse

Residents of southern Africa get to watch the Moon cover part of the Sun not long after (or during) sunrise on Sunday, September 13th.

Before dawn in September 2015

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Tour September's Sky: A Lunar Eclipse!

This month's stargazing features pretty planetary treats in the eastern sky before dawn — and the last total lunar eclipse visible until 2018.

Path of 2017 total solar eclipse

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Planning for America's Great American Eclipse in August 2017

Dozens of solar specialists are coordinating outreach activities for a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse that's only two years away.

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Our Late Night Under the Perseids

Meteors bright and faint rewarded patient watchers of the 2015 Perseid meteor shower. And the show continues tonight.

Perseids crossing Ursa Major

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Moonless Nights Make for Fine 2015 Perseids

This year there's no Moon, and the Perseid meteor shower should peak at just the right time for North America. Every three years, more or less, the Moon is new around the peak night of the Perseid meteor shower — and it's that time again. New Moon falls on August…

Perseid radiant

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Plan for the Perseids!

Conditions are ideal for watching this year's Perseid meteor shower. Plan ahead!