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Space Station appears over United States this weekend
It moves across the sky too fast for conventional telescopes, but a good set of binoculars can enhance the viewing experience.

Phoenix mission research points to martian climate cycles
The lander experienced a move from summer to winter on Mars, gaining an unprecedented look at the planet's changing weather patterns, including frost and snow.

Solar eclipse 2009: Totality crosses eastern Asia
The longest total solar eclipse of the century occurs July 22, 2009. Astronomy magazine editors will be witnessing the event firsthand from China. This page is your guide to observing tips, on-site reports, and stunning images of this historic event. Stay tuned for updates!

Get ready for the great Asian eclipse
The century's longest total solar eclipse promises to thrill those who stand in the Moon's shadow.

Ulysses spacecraft ends historic mission of discovery
The mission gathered unique information about the heliosphere for nearly 4 times longer than expected.

Mapping the cold universe
APEX telescope provides astronomers a new guide to the galaxy.

New class of black holes discovered
The identification of this intermediate class is an important step towards a better understanding of the formation of supermassive black holes.

New Earth map provides precise terrain data
This global set of data will serve users and researchers from a wide array of disciplines that need elevation and terrain information.

Mars' geological landforms indicate "recent" warm weather
Pictures show features on Mars are similar to landforms on Earth typical of areas where permafrost terrain is melting.

Cincinnati Observatory Center's 40 Galileos Starry Messenger Project
The Cincinnati Observatory (COC) is awarding forty 8-inch Dobsonian telescopes to deserving students, teachers, and community leaders across the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana region.

Mars rover yielding new clues while lodged in martian soil
While extraction plans for the Spirit rover are developed and tested during the coming weeks, the team plans to have the craft analyze the soil from different depths.

Milky Way's super-efficient particle accelerators caught in the act
Scientists confirm that the expanding envelopes created by exploded stars are the super-accelerators that produce cosmic rays in the Milky Way.

Kepler mission data to go through Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
The institute's role is to convert the raw science data into files that can be analyzed by Kepler researchers and to store the files every 3 months in an archive.

Exclusive: LRO scientist recaps launch week
Michael Wyatt, participating scientist on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, offers a firsthand account of the days leading up to the launch of NASA's lunar-bound craft. He's at Cape Canaveral and will provide exclusive updates to Astronomy.com throughout the week.

Profile: Youngest person to discover a supernova
This teenaged supernova sleuth is working to inspire more young people to explore the hobby of astronomy.

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): NASA's mission to map the lunar surface
Keep up with Astronomy magazine's coverage of this important mission. Here you'll find the latest headlines and blogs about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS).