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- 8 Feb 2012, 21:18 UTC Earth from afar – tales of the Blue Marble
- 7 Feb 2012, 16:21 UTC Don’t miss tonight’s not-so-snowy Full Snow Moon
- 6 Feb 2012, 17:49 UTC Venus and Uranus ride piggyback this week
- 5 Feb 2012, 18:13 UTC Meet Castor, a remarkable double-double-double star
- 4 Feb 2012, 16:52 UTC Photopic Sky Survey lets you explore the night like never before
- 3 Feb 2012, 18:29 UTC Glaciers once plucked the valleys of Mars … and will again
- 2 Feb 2012, 18:57 UTC Comet Garradd pays a visit to a Herculean star cluster
- 1 Feb 2012, 14:02 UTC Seeing stars the American Indian way
- 31 Jan 2012, 19:44 UTC Astronomy’s an adventure and don’t let anyone tell you differently
- 30 Jan 2012, 19:06 UTC Ina Caldera – one of the moon’s coolest, hottest mysteries
- 29 Jan 2012, 18:16 UTC Moon, Jupiter, Mars strut their stuff tonight
- 28 Jan 2012, 17:09 UTC The biggest star in the sky and how to see it
- 27 Jan 2012, 19:07 UTC Zippy little asteroid 2012 BX34 makes a quick visit
- 26 Jan 2012, 20:43 UTC Comet Lovejoy pokes its head above Arizona’s horizon
- 25 Jan 2012, 20:06 UTC Beautiful aurora! What makes it happen?
- 24 Jan 2012, 18:54 UTC Things to see while waiting for the storm to hit
- 24 Jan 2012, 04:09 UTC Big solar storm, possible auroras on the way
- 23 Jan 2012, 17:53 UTC Mars shifts gears as it approaches Earth
- 22 Jan 2012, 21:57 UTC Aurora alert tonight
- 22 Jan 2012, 17:58 UTC Winter binocular tour of the Milky Way mansion
- 21 Jan 2012, 15:54 UTC Astronauts in perpetual twilight as space station returns to view
- 20 Jan 2012, 17:27 UTC Warming up for Valentine’s Day, Eros flies by Earth
- 19 Jan 2012, 21:32 UTC Subzero sun and a glimpse into the future
- 18 Jan 2012, 18:51 UTC Father-daughter-Jupiter conjunction, aurora video and more
- 17 Jan 2012, 17:01 UTC Witnessed fall of Tissint Mars meteorite stirs excitement
- 16 Jan 2012, 19:38 UTC Milky Way white as the driven snow, scientists say
- 15 Jan 2012, 19:04 UTC Phobos-Grunt cracks up over South Pacific
- 15 Jan 2012, 16:38 UTC Russian Mars probe demise imminent
- 14 Jan 2012, 18:37 UTC First-ever picture of a black hole coming soon
- 13 Jan 2012, 19:31 UTC Phobos-Grunt Mars probe comes a tumblin’ down this weekend
- 12 Jan 2012, 16:27 UTC Last ticket to Neptune! Teeny weeny solar system discovered
- 11 Jan 2012, 17:01 UTC Arc to Mars-turus
- 10 Jan 2012, 20:57 UTC The sun’s no Michael Buble, but it can still sing
- 9 Jan 2012, 20:38 UTC Coaxing the most from sunlight
- 8 Jan 2012, 17:24 UTC Minute by minute daylight takes back the night
- 7 Jan 2012, 18:04 UTC Moon and Winter Hexagon bright on bright tonight
- 6 Jan 2012, 20:17 UTC Space junk in your face!
- 5 Jan 2012, 19:48 UTC What would the sun look like from Jupiter or Pluto?
- 4 Jan 2012, 18:25 UTC Ah, the lovely Quadrantids plus Earth closest to the sun today
- 4 Jan 2012, 09:15 UTC Gobs of Quads? Maybe not, but still a nice shower
- 3 Jan 2012, 18:59 UTC Comet Lovejoy’s fading glory
- 2 Jan 2012, 15:51 UTC Quadrantid meteor shower sweetens up the week
- 1 Jan 2012, 19:21 UTC Lunar anatomy from skin to guts
- 31 Dec 2011, 18:37 UTC GRAIL moon mission lets middle schoolers snap lunar closeups
- 30 Dec 2011, 18:22 UTC Biggest, best astronomy events coming in 2012
- 29 Dec 2011, 18:43 UTC Jupiter’s moons reappear out of thin air tonight
- 28 Dec 2011, 14:09 UTC Meet the sun’s ruby persona; minor auroras possible tonight
- 27 Dec 2011, 17:25 UTC Jupiter in polka dots, a bear stands on its tail and Venus Act II
- 26 Dec 2011, 18:39 UTC Flaming rocket upstages Santa; satellite falls on Cosmonaut Street
- 25 Dec 2011, 15:53 UTC Merry Christmas and may your nights be bright




