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Total solar eclipses in the USA
If you miss the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 - first such eclipse in contiguous U.S. since 1979 - you'll have to wait until 2024 to see the next one.
March 7, 2016
Asteroid 2013 TX68 passed safely Monday
The asteroid - whose precise trajectory was unknown - passed Earth on March 7 at 13:42 UTC (8:42 ET) at some 10 times the moon's distance.
March 7, 2016
Are solar eclipses more common than lunar eclipses?
It's sometimes said that, on a worldwide scale, solar eclipses outnumber lunar eclipses by about a three to two margin. True?
March 7, 2016
SpaceX landing attempt failed, as expected
Latest attempt to land Falcon9 first stage at sea was too "hot." Rockets landed too hard on drone ship and tipped. Elon Musk sees good chance for next time.
March 6, 2016
New cosmic distance record via Hubble
Astronomers pushed the boundaries of what's possible with the Hubble Space Telescope to see a galaxy at a time when the universe was only 3% of its current age.
March 6, 2016
Catching Venus
The very bright planet Venus is low in the east before dawn now, but you can catch it, if you look.
March 5, 2016
Jupiter and its 4 largest moons
Earth will soon pass between Jupiter and the sun, so the best time of year to see this giant planet is upon us.
March 4, 2016
Looking for ETs who see us
Astronomers speculate on some 100,000 nearby stars could harbor planets with inhabitants who might have discovered us and might be trying to contact us.
March 3, 2016
Mysterious chimp behavior evidence of sacred rituals?
Groundbreaking video footage could change the way we look at our closest relatives.
March 3, 2016
Moon halo, planets, star
Stephen Marceau in Eastern Australia captured two planets and a star inside a lunar halo this week. Beautiful!
March 3, 2016
