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A solar eclipse rarity

Bob Berman’s strange universe: Major Ursa phobia

When a gravitational lens magnifies a background galaxy, why don’t we see the object doing the lensing, as we would if looking through an optical lens?

Glenn Chaple’s observing basics: Gemini secrets

Moore’s best

Space Buzz

Interview: Andrew Gould

The curious case of NGC 6397

Do-it-yourself moon-finding

Mercury climbs into view

Glenn Chaple’s observing basics: Jealous Copernicus

Can we turn Minuteman missiles into cheap launchers to deliver small payloads to the Moon and Earth-passing asteroids?