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What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? July holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.
You may have heard the phrase "the dog days of summer," but do you know the science behind the saying? Hint: it's got nothing ...
The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...
Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the ...
The hotties of summer are on the doorstep, and they begin next week and will remain with us until the middle of August. These ...
Sirius is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, which is Latin for "greater dog." The ancient Greeks and Romans noticed that during the heart of summer, this star rose and set with ...
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Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much ...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has shared its skywatching highlights - revealing what will light up the sky in July ...
Explore the warped spiral galaxy NGC 3718 and its neighbor NGC 3729 — a dynamic duo of deep-sky oddities in the constellation ...
The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...
In an extraordinary celestial coincidence, two "new stars" —scientifically known as novae —are currently visible to the naked ...