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Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

Mars starts May not far from the Beehive star cluster, Venus is unmistakable in the predawn sky, and Mercury looks best early ...

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Potential Trump administration funding cuts at NASA would take a blowtorch to space science and American leadership in space.

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Stargazers can see clusters of shooting stars and planets lighting up the California night sky in May. Stunning streams of comet dust will dash across the sky when the Eta Aquarid meteor shower ...