ASTRONOMY & OBSERVING NEWS
Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
China's Chang'e 6 Lands on the Lunar Farside
China Chang’e 6 mission has landed on the Moon and is now set to perform another first: a sample return from the lunar farside.
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Where to Look Tonight
This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 31 – June 9
This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 31 – June 9
Arcturus and Vega highlight the evening, The Big Dipper quickly pivots. And sorry, tell your friends and family who ask that no "dazzling Parade of Planets" is blazing across the sky. Who makes this stuff up??
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Sky Tour Podcast
Listen to this tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during June. Learn how to spot three planets before dawn, and to track down a snake-handler in the early summer sky. Grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.
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Issue Highlights
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Eye on the X-ray Sky
Ákos Bogdán
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The Age of Sample Returns
David Dickinson
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The Rise and Fall of the Lunar Society
William Sheehan