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Science

If our Sun is a typical star, and if most stars are surrounded by Oort clouds, why do these clouds not obscure our view of other stars?

Science

Is the Moon’s rotation rate still slowing down? If so, will there come a time when the currently unseen 41 percent will be visible from Earth?

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

Capturing galaxies

Observing

Carrington trick-or-treat

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

Gems in Cygnus

Observing

The Taurid meteor shower

Observing, Planets

Uranus peaks in Pisces

Science

September 2016: 100+ Years of Astronomical Discoveries

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Martian driving record

Science

Bob Berman’s Strange Universe: Exam Time

The Sun

Naked-eye sunspot

Observing

Surface brightness