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Lunar eclipse 2008, abdallah/Wikimedia
Full Moon Fever
Blue moons, a month without a moon, and a total lunar eclipse!
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NASA

A cross-section of a thick sheet of underground ice is exposed at the steep slope (or scarp) that appears bright blue in this enhanced-color view from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Exploring Mars Using Earth Climate Science
Thick layers of Martian ice await future researchers!
Image courtesy USRA/SOFIA
Dust Grains Tell a RAT Tale
Airborne observations chart a new route to understanding how stars form.

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Small, Spinning Galaxies

Big surprises coming from little galaxies…

Rolling Grains of Sand on the Red Planet

The dark streaks on Mars may have no equivalent on Earth.

The Origin of Organic Matter on Ceres

Ceres icy crust may be sliding on water

Bowling at (Nearly) the Speed of Light!

In water, cosmic rays break the speed limit and reveal their origins…

CHIME Rings in Epic Sky Survey

These half-pipes are for science!

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Asteroid Moons

What can moons orbiting asteroids tell us about the formation of our solar system?

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NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech
Looking for a Habitable Exoplanet

A San Francisco researcher is looking for life not so far away.

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ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (geckzilla)
Two Comets, a Megamaser, and Goodbye to Vera Rubin

Ring in the New Year with a couple of comets and a megamaser. Plus, we remember astrophysicist Vera Rubin.

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V838 by the Hubble Space Telescope
A “New Star” Coming to a Sky Near You (Maybe)

Two distant stars may soon merge, creating a luminous red nova and possibly quite a show!

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Illustration Credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA
Clues to the Latest Cosmic Mystery

Astronomers are getting closer to solving the origins of Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs.

Observing the Night Sky

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How to View a Solar Eclipse 2017

Get ready for this year's solar eclipse. For more information, visit eclipse.aas.org

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Astro-Viz
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team
Astronomy News
NPS photo by Brad Sutton
Looking Up