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The Amateur Astronomy Association, a nonprofit volunteer group, will no longer be following through on its plan, announced in ...

For your own view of Neptune, you'll need either binoculars or a telescope; its brightest moments will occur from July 23 to Nov. 19. Due to its distance, most telescopes with a diameter of 4 inches ...

In short, it means that Uranus is as close to the Earth as it can possibly get, which will make it appear larger and brighter in the sky than it does during the other 11 months of the year. The reason ...

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Join Missoula Public Library and the University of Montana Department of Teaching and Learning for a movie viewing in ...

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...

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Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble ... fusion and can no longer support themselves against their own gravity. The outer layers of these stars are blasted away in ...