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 | The annual event encourages individuals and businesses to turn off their outdoor lights and turn on to astronomy this weekend. By Laura Layton
Published: April 27, 2006 |
 | Despite months of contemplation, the University of Chicago hasn't sold the historic observatory. By Jeremy McGovern
Published: April 27, 2006 |
 | The famous space telescope struts its stuff as another year passes by. By Laura Baird
Published: April 26, 2006 |
 | Planet formation around pulsars — supernova remnants — may be more common than previously thought By Laura Layton
Published: April 21, 2006 |
 | The Australian National University has joined an international partnership to build a giant telescope. By Jeremy McGovern
Published: April 20, 2006 |
 | Satellites now orbiting Earth will monitor our atmosphere and space weather. By Laura Baird
Published: April 20, 2006 |
 | This weekend's Lyrid meteor shower offers a chance to witness impacts on the Moon. By Francis Reddy
Published: April 19, 2006 |
 | A radio astronomy survey uncovers a dark-galaxy candidate in Aries the Ram. By Laura Layton
Published: April 14, 2006 |
 | NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite will venture to the Moon to search for water ice. By Jeremy McGovern
Published: April 13, 2006 |
 | Images taken in the spacecraft's first orbit show Venus in unexpected detail. By Francis Reddy
Published: April 13, 2006 |
 | Saturn's moon Prometheus borrows material from the planet's faint F ring. By Andrew Fazekas
Published: April 12, 2006 |
 | Europe's Venus Express spacecraft enters Venus orbit, ending a 12-year lull in close-up study of the planet. By Francis Reddy
Published: April 11, 2006 |
 | Scientists make plans to explore Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of life. By Bruce Moomaw
Published: April 11, 2006 |
 | Computer models suggest a giant impact shattered Mercury and showered Earth and Venus with debris. By Francis Reddy
Published: April 5, 2006 |
 | Three objects in the asteroid belt constitute a new class of comets, say astronomers. By Francis Reddy
Published: April 3, 2006 |
 | Discovery of the Kebira impact crater confirms silica glass strewn over southwestern Egypt formed when a meteor collided with Earth millions of years ago. By Laura Layton
Published: April 1, 2006 |
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