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Opportunity Reaches Its New Home
August 11, 2011 | The surviving one of NASA’s two Mars Exploration Rovers is reaching the brink of a whole new adventure on Mars. > read more
Juno Lifts Off for Jupiter
August 5, 2011 | NASA’s solar-powered spacecraft Juno successfully lifted off Cape Canaveral on Friday, August 5th. > read more
The Return of Cosmos
August 9, 2011 | The most successful PBS television show ever — now 30 years out of date — is being reborn as a new series to be aired in 2013. > read more
Sky & Telescope September 2011
July 22, 2011 | Sky & Telescope‘s September 2011 issue is now available to digital subscribers. > read more
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Off Year for the Perseid Meteor Shower
August 9, 2011 | The year’s best-known display of shooting stars is usually dramatic and dependable. But even though light from a full Moon will wash out the fainter arrivals when the shower peaks early in the morning of August 13th, you’ll still see the shower’s brightest meteors streak across the sky. > read more
Ceres and Vesta in 2011
May 20, 2011 | The two brightest asteroids are in fine view for binoculars or a telescope. Here are instructions and charts to find them. > read more
Tour August’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
July 29, 2011 | This is your last chance to spot Saturn before it sinks into the evening twilight. But there are many other celestial attractions to look for on August evenings. > read more
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
August 12, 2011 | Jupiter blazes high in the wee hours. Vesta is coming into earlier evening view. And watch Saturn an Spica sink from sight after sunset. > read more
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Beyond the Familiar Veil
August 8, 2011 | We have received many compliments on Alan Whitman’s article “Beyond the Familiar Veil” in the September 2011 issue of Sky & Telescope. However, we made an error by using red to mark the areas of the Veil that Whitman observed, making the article unusable by red flashlight at night. Here’s a black-and-white replacement. > read more
Interactive Sky Chart Restored
August 1, 2011 | The Interactive Sky Chart is now working again after a 2-month hiatus. > read more
Let the Star Parties Begin!
April 14, 2011 | Want to gaze at the Milky Way all night or peer into the eyepiece of a 12-foot-tall telescope? Then escape the city lights and head for the nearest “star party.” > read more