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What Are Seasons Like on Other Planets?

(via Popular Mechanics) Do other planets in our solar system have seasons like we do on Earth? The answer: not

(via NPR) Astronomers in California are building the largest digital camera in the world. It will go on a giant telescope

(via Popular Mechanics) Do other planets in our solar system have seasons like we do on Earth? The answer: not

(via Gizmodo) As everyone is undoubtedly aware by this point, on August 21st, folks across the United States will be

(via Atlas Obscura) Our cosmic neighborhood is full of characters, and now it’s Neptune’s turn in the spotlight. Astronomers recently

(via mental_floss) If you’re planning some kind of outdoor nocturnal mischief this November, we recommend you avoid the 14th, when

(via Motherboard) Since it was discovered in 1900 by divers off the Greek island of Antikythera, a complex clockwork device

June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 0 Comments astronomy

(via Great Big Story) Tim Doucette is legally blind, yet he sees the stars better than most people. A childhood

(via NASA) Bright, frosty polar caps, and clouds above a vivid, rust-colored landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic seasonal planet